23446 - Community Payback - Probation Service Officer - Liverpool North

The Methodist Church in Britain; Sefton; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

LGPS pension through GM Pension Fund

Training and development opportunities

Family-friendly policies (reduced hrs,

Job share

Flexible benefits, vouchers and staff.

Paid paternity, adoption and maternity

Hybrid working where business need

Employee networks

Job summary

HM Prison and Probation Service in the United Kingdom is seeking a Probation Services Officer to join the Unpaid Work team within the Ministry of Justice. The role focuses on managing a caseload before and after sentence, with responsibilities including assessment, sentence implementation, and report writing for courts, while offering support across housing and employment.

The position is permanent and part-time, with potential hybrid working where needed.

Qualifications

• Good written communication skills.
• Ability to produce clear and accurate reports to tight deadlines.
• Empathy, patience and resilience.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of people on probation before and after sentence.
• Assess people on probation and manage risk.
• Implement sentences and provide offender management.
• Produce clear and accurate reports, including information for courts.
• Provide case management support using service procedures and practice directions.
• Work closely with agencies across the justice system.
• Offer practical support, such as advice on housing and employment, and listen to people on probation.

Skills

Good written communication

Reporting under tight deadlines

Empathy, patience and resilience

Job description

This Probation Services Officer role sits in Unpaid Work, the community payback strand of HM Prison and Probation Service within the Ministry of Justice. The core of the work is managing a caseload of people before and after sentence, covering assessment, sentence implementation, offender management and reports for courts. The post is permanent and part-time, works with medium and lower risk people on probation, and may include hybrid working where business need allows. Applicants who have not held a Skilled Worker visa before 22 July 2025 cannot be sponsored, so right to work must be confirmed first.

What the job involves

• Manage a caseload of people on probation before and after sentence
• Assess people on probation and manage risk
• Implement sentences and provide offender management
• Produce clear and accurate reports, including information for courts
• Provide case management support using service procedures and practice directions
• Work closely with agencies across the justice system
• Offer practical support, such as advice on housing and employment, and listen to people on probation

What’s required

Skills & knowledge

• Good written communication skills
• Ability to produce clear and accurate reports to tight deadlines
• Empathy, patience and resilience

Checks & eligibility

• Right to work in the UK and the Civil Service
• Security and identity checks
• VISOR vetting, completed after offer

Other

• Civil Service behaviours: communicating and influencing, developing self and others, making effective decisions
• Delivering at pace (assessed at interview)
• Pass the Civil Service Judgement test (CSJT)

Nice to have

• Experience of working with people who have social or personal difficulties

What’s offered

• 25 days annual leave, rising to 30 after five years, plus public holidays
• Local Government Pension Scheme run through the Greater Manchester Pension Fund
• Training and development opportunities
• Family friendly policies, including reduced hours and job share
• Flexible benefits, retail vouchers and discounts
• Paid paternity, adoption and maternity leave
• Hybrid working where business need allows
• Employee-run networks