Case Worker : Special Units (Ref: 12848)

HM Prison and Probation Service; Perry; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A government agency in Perry, England, is looking for a professional to work within a specialist IPP unit. The successful candidate will deliver induction processes to new prisoners, support their engagement in education and activities, and work closely with psychologists and staff. You'll maintain electronic records, contribute to strategy meetings, and play a key role in welfare efforts while ensuring high standards of service delivery. This position offers a salary of £33,275 with benefits including a Civil Service pension.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Access to learning and development

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Civil Service pension

Annual Leave

Public Holidays

Qualifications

• Strong leadership skills demonstrated in previous roles.
• Excellent communication and influencing abilities.
• Capability to work collaboratively within a team.
• Experience in managing quality services.

Responsibilities

• Deliver an induction process for new prisoners.
• Assist in establishing a support strategy within the establishment.
• Manage electronic systems for tracking prisoner involvement.
• Prepare and deliver sessions for prisoners alongside the psychologist.
• Liaise with departments to gather information on prisoner progress.
• Contribute to Multi-agency Public Protection meetings.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Teamwork

Quality Management

Job description

The job holder will deliver a range of tasks including providing service delivery on a specialist IPP unit, maintaining systems and processes related to this, as well as engaging IPP residents more widely across the establishment. This is a non-operational job with no line management responsibilities.

Responsibilities, Activities and Duties

• Establish and deliver an induction process, with the involvement of the psychologist, for prisoners entering the establishment who fit criteria for the unit.
• Assist in establishing a wider strategy for prisoners in the establishment, including identifying prisoner representatives, holding regular meetings with them, establishing a network of support across the establishment.
• Maintain and manage a referral process for the unit
• Work with wing staff to engage prisoners moving onto the unit and assist in discussing the wing ethos and compact with them, and assist in setting relevant and meaningful objectives for residents to be working on whilst on the unit.
• Encourage and support prisoners to participate in education, group sessions and workshops as defined with the wing compact and/or their sentence plan and develop strategies to assist residents in overcoming concerns about engaging.
• With the Psychologist, prepare for and deliver group based sessions to prisoners on the unit (this may include psycho-educational/skills based groups as well as interest groups). Wing staff will also be involved in this.
• Maintain electronic systems regarding prisoners' involvement in the unit including meetings and session attendance and progress on goals. This will include making P-NOMIS entries as well as maintaining local excel spreadsheets.
• Liaise with other departments and agencies to gather and exchange information relating to prisoners' progress.
• Attend prisoners meetings, staff meetings, and supervision, training and strategy meetings.
• Work closely with the unit staff and the Psychologist to ensure that high standards of delivery are maintained across the unit.
• Highlight any prisoners who give cause for significant concern, by way of their observed behaviour, to the relevant function e.g. safer custody, security, IRMT, programmes etc.
• Contribute and attend Multi‑agency Public Protection Arrangement (MAPPA) boards, IPP Progression Panels, Sentence Planning Reviews and Parole Boards as required.

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.

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together
• Managing a Quality Service

This vacancy is using Success Profiles and will assess your Behaviours and Strengths.

Security Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard checks.

Nationality requirements

• UK nationals
• Nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• Nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• Nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre‑settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• Nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre‑settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• Individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Alongside your salary of £33,275, HM Prison & Probation Service contributes £9,639 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Benefits

• Access to learning and development
• A working environment that supports a range of flexible working options to enhance your work life balance
• A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
• Annual Leave
• Public Holidays
• Season Ticket Advance