9888 - Community Payback Supervisor - Guildford, Surrey - Including weekends (KSS)

Ministry of Justice; Guildford; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A government agency in Guildford is seeking a Community Payback Supervisor. This role involves supervising individuals on probation in community work projects, ensuring safety and effective task completion. Applicants must have a valid manual driving licence and are encouraged to apply if they wish to contribute positively to the community. The position offers flexible working hours including weekends.

Benefits

Travel allowance

Flexible working hours

Qualifications

• Ability to conduct inductions and toolbox talks.
• Competence in maintaining records and case management.
• Understanding of equality and inclusion policies.

Responsibilities

• Conduct Pre-Placement Unpaid Work Induction sessions.
• Ensure Health & Safety procedures are followed.
• Monitor attendance and promote successful completions.

Skills

Manual driving licence

Health & Safety procedures

Motivational techniques

Job description

Overview

This role is based in Guildford with full and part time options available, with a fixed base location and travel to other offices within the Region (North Kent) as operational delivery requires. You will receive travel allowance at the relevant financial year rate and terms of contract. Flexible start times from 7.00 AM and finish time of 16.45 PM, including weekend shifts. Flexible full and part time positions are available; the working pattern must include at least one weekend day with alternative days to be agreed with the successful candidate. A typical full-time 37-hour week will consist of 4 days at 9.25 hours per day and must include one weekend day; remaining days to be discussed as operational delivery requires. You must hold a valid Manual driving licence.

A career in community payback gives you the power to make a positive impact on the lives of People on Probation as well as your community. People come from all walks of life to form one team in the Probation Service. It is about supporting People on Probation on their journey and making your community a better place, whether that includes building benches or cleaning the streets. If this sounds like you, apply now.

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Summary

The post holder will work on varied projects that involve practical tasks visible to the public as a credible punishment providing reparation to the community. The post holder will exercise appropriate authority to maintain discipline and good behaviour within working groups, alerting the relevant staff to any infringement of discipline or behaviour.

The post holder will contribute towards the rehabilitative potential of the sentence and will support some service users to gain employment skills through a positive work experience with the opportunity to gain vocational or skills-based training.

Staff are expected to contribute towards review and evaluation of all aspects of service delivery and to contribute towards a culture of continuous improvement. Post holders may be required to undertake weekend working as part of their normal pattern of working. The work may involve working alongside volunteers or staff from partner organisations.

Responsibilities, Activities & Duties

• Conduct Pre-Placement Unpaid Work Induction sessions.
• Conduct a start of the day ‘tool box’ talk to ensure all service users understand the task at hand and safe working practice and motivate and support service users to complete their Order.
• Follow work directions within the project placement file.
• Ensure Health & Safety procedures are followed, alerting the relevant staff to any risk, ensuring that any associated paperwork is completed accurately and on time as required, including contributing to the review of placement risk assessments.
• Ensure that appropriate tools, equipment and supplies are available in accordance with local procedure and that instructions for safe use are followed by service users.
• Conduct a dynamic risk assessment to ensure all hazards are noted and managed.
• Use pro-social and other motivational techniques to ensure that service users complete the work assigned in a disciplined and well-behaved manner.
• Monitor the attendance of service users allocated to agency placements and promote successful completions.
• Maintain all service users’ records in accordance with organisational requirements ensuring that all information is updated onto the case management system in a timely and accurate manner.
• Work towards accreditation as a workplace assessor or deliver training assessments for selected service users within the supervised work group to provide enhanced learning opportunities.
• Contribute towards promoting Community Payback with colleagues, external agencies, Sentencers and the public.

In line with PS policies and procedures, the job holder must at all times demonstrate a commitment to equality and inclusion and an understanding of their relevance to the work they do. The post holder must adhere to all policies in respect of the sensitive/confidential nature of the information handled whilst working in this position.

The duties/responsibilities listed above describe the post as it is at present and is not intended to be exhaustive. The job holder is expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary. Significant adjustments may require re-examination under the Job Evaluation Scheme and shall be discussed in the first instance with the job holder.

An ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence through the medium of English or (where specified in Wales) Welsh.