Community Payback Group Supervisor - Yorkshire and The Humber Probation Service - Unpaid Work -[...]

HM Prison and Probation Service; Barnsley; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A government agency in Barnsley is seeking a dedicated individual to supervise work groups of offenders on community sentences. Responsibilities include conducting induction sessions, ensuring health and safety procedures are followed, and maintaining accurate records. The ideal candidate must hold a full UK Manual Driving Licence and demonstrate effective communication skills. This role offers opportunities for training and development.

Benefits

Civil Service pension

Annual leave

Access to learning and development

Qualifications

• Full UK Manual Driving Licence required.
• Ability to communicate effectively in English.

Responsibilities

• Supervise work groups of offenders on community sentences.
• Conduct pre-placement induction sessions.
• Ensure health and safety procedures are followed.

Skills

Supervisory skills

Motivational techniques

Risk assessment

Tools

Safety equipment

Job description

Overview

Please note: This is a minimum hours post (7.5 hours); these are the hours per month, and the candidate is expected to work weekends and throughout the week depending on business demands.

This is an operational role directly supervising work groups of offenders serving a community sentence. 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. This may include driving service vehicles to transport people or equipment. The post holder will work on varied projects that involve practical tasks that should be seen by the public to be 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. The duties/responsibilities describe the post as it is at present and are 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.

Responsibilities, Activities & Duties

• Conduct Pre-Placement Unpaid Work Induction sessions.
• Conduct a start of the day work "tool box" talk to ensure all service users understand the task at hand and safe working practices 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.

Requirements

• Candidates must hold a full UK Manual Driving Licence when applying for this role; this is a mandatory technical requirement. We cannot accept candidates who hold an automatic Driving Licence only.
• An ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence through the medium of English or (where specified in Wales) Welsh.

Work Environment & Policies

• 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.
• Significant adjustments may require re-examination under the Job Evaluation Scheme and shall be discussed in the first instance with the job holder.

Benefits

• Starting salary and pay progression information as described in the recruitment materials.
• Access to learning and development and a working environment that supports flexible working options to enhance work-life balance.
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97% and annual leave, public holidays, and other allowances.