9908 - Community Payback Supervisor - Canterbury East Kent - Including weekends (KSS)

Ministry of Justice; Canterbury; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A governmental department is seeking a Community Payback Supervisor in Canterbury to oversee community service projects and work with service users. The role requires a valid manual driving licence and a commitment to equality and inclusion. Candidates must be flexible with weekend shifts and will be responsible for ensuring safety and motivation among service users. This position offers the opportunity to make a positive impact on the community.

Benefits

Travel allowance

Qualifications

• Must hold a valid Manual driving licence.
• Commitment to equality and inclusion in the workplace.
• Ability to communicate in English.

Responsibilities

• Supervise service users during community service projects.
• Conduct induction sessions for unpaid work.
• Ensure compliance with Health & Safety procedures.

Skills

Driving licence

Health & Safety procedures

Motivation techniques

Job description

Overview of the job

This role is based in Canterbury also covering Ramsgate and Ashford locations, with full and part time options available, 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. The role requires a flexible approach with start times from 7.00 AM and finish time of 16.45 PM, including weekend shifts. A 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. Must hold a valid Manual driving licence.

The post holder will be responsible for all work site supervision tasks and will work with service users to ensure that all tasks are carried out to the best of their ability, including driving service vehicles to transport people or equipment. This is an operational role supervising work groups of offenders serving a community sentence and may involve working alongside people to demonstrate good practice as necessary.

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’s about supporting People on Probation on their journey and making your community a better place, whether that’s 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, providing reparation to the community. They will exercise appropriate authority to maintain discipline and good behaviour within working groups, alerting relevant staff to any infringement of discipline or behaviour. They will contribute towards the rehabilitative potential of the sentence and support some service users to gain employment skills through 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 and may work alongside volunteers or staff from partner organisations.

Responsibilities, Activities & Duties

The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities and 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, safe working practices, and to motivate and support service users to complete their Order.
• Follow work directions within the project placement file.
• Ensure Health & Safety procedures are followed, alerting relevant staff to any risk, ensuring that any associated paperwork is completed accurately and on time, 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 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 demonstrate a commitment to equality and inclusion and understand their relevance to the work they do. The post holder must adhere to policies regarding 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 are not 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 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.