23440 - Community Payback Placement Co-Ordinator - Liverpool North

The Methodist Church in Britain; Sefton; Hybrid; GBP 17,000 - 22,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Pension via LGPS

Hybrid working

Training and development

Paid paternity/maternity leave

Flexible benefits

Job summary

The Probation Service's Community Payback team is seeking a part-time placement co-ordinator to secure unpaid work placements for individuals serving court-ordered sentences. The role involves building relationships with councils, charities, and other partners, and ensuring placements meet quality standards and policy obligations.

Weekend rota duties and full UK driving licence are required. Responsibilities include maintaining partner networks, securing sufficient placements, supporting

Qualifications

• Civil Service behaviour: Delivering at Pace.
• Civil Service behaviour: Working Together.
• Civil Service behaviour: Communicating and Influencing.
• Civil Service behaviour: Developing Self and Others.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain relationships with partner organisations including local authorities, charities and other bodies.
• Secure enough work placements that meet Community Payback quality standards.
• Support the CP Manager to ensure placements meet policy objectives and legislation.
• Explore on-the-job training and education opportunities for people on probation.
• Cover for Community Payback supervisors on weekends.
• Visit project sites to complete risk assessments and meet beneficiaries.
• Provide regular weekend duty cover on a rota basis.
• Provide cover across all Merseyside offices.

Skills

Delivering at Pace

Working Together

Communicating and Influencing

Developing Self and Others

Job description

The Probation Service's Community Payback team needs a placement co-ordinator to secure unpaid work placements for people serving court-ordered sentences, reporting to the CP Manager. The work centres on building relationships with councils, charities and other voluntary and statutory partners, then checking that placements meet quality standards and comply with policy and legislation. This part-time post carries regular weekend cover on a rota and needs a full UK manual driving licence. Skilled Worker visa sponsorship is not available.

What the job involves

• Establish and maintain relationships with current and future partner organisations, including local authorities, charities and other voluntary and statutory bodies
• Secure enough work placements that meet Community Payback Guidance quality standards so that court sentences can be carried out effectively
• Support the CP Manager to ensure all Community Payback placements meet organisational policy objectives and comply with relevant legislation
• Explore on-the-job training and education opportunities for people on probation during their unpaid work hours
• Cover for Community Payback supervisors on weekends when needed
• Visit project sites, including schools not accessible on weekdays, to complete risk assessments and meet beneficiaries
• Provide regular weekend duty cover on a rota basis
• Provide cover across all Merseyside offices

Registration & licences

• Full UK manual driving licence (automatic-only licences are not accepted)

Experience

• Relevant experience evidenced in an application form question

Skills & knowledge

• Civil Service behaviour: Delivering at Pace
• Civil Service behaviour: Working Together
• Civil Service behaviour: Communicating and Influencing
• Civil Service behaviour: Developing Self and Others

Checks & eligibility

• Enhanced DBS check
• Right to work in the UK and the Civil Service
• Security and identity checks before taking up post
• Eligible under Civil Service nationality rules

What’s offered

• 25 days annual leave rising to 30 after five years' service, plus public holidays
• Pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme, run by Greater Manchester Pension Fund
• Higher rate of pay for weekend days worked, with toil or flexi provided for weekend cover
• Annual pay progression through a Competency Based Framework
• Hybrid working where business need allows, informal and non-contractual
• Training and development opportunities
• Paid paternity, adoption and maternity leave
• Flexible benefits and discounts on goods and services