Community Payback Placement Co-ordinator - Crewe (Ref: 10205)

HM Prison and Probation Service; Crewe Green; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A government service based in Crewe is looking for a Community Payback Coordinator to establish and manage community-based work projects in compliance with legal standards. Responsibilities include assessing placements, ensuring health and safety compliance, and coordinating with stakeholders. Ideal candidates will have experience in project management and strong community engagement skills. This role requires a minimum of 60% office presence and includes weekend duties.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Access to learning and development

Civil Service pension

Annual Leave

Public Holidays

Qualifications

• Experience in managing community projects or placements.
• Strong communication skills for stakeholder engagement.
• Ability to conduct health and safety assessments.

Responsibilities

• Identify and establish community-based work projects.
• Conduct health and safety assessments for work placements.
• Coordinate resources and ensure compliance with safety standards.
• Support investigations into health and safety incidents.
• Recruit and coordinate mentors to guide service users.

Skills

Relationship management

Health and Safety compliance

Project management

Community engagement

Team coordination

Job description

Overview

Crewe will be the base but will require regular travel across offices (Winsford and Macclesfield), across Cheshire and across the region. Minimum of 60% of the working week in an Office, however, may be more dependent on operational requirements. Requirement of regular weekend duty cover on a rota basis for which toil/flexi is provided in addition to enhanced weekend pay.

Job purpose

This is a high-profile role within PS responsible for establishing and maintaining relationships with a range of current and future partner organisations, customers and stakeholders. This will involve working with a range of voluntary and statutory organisations. The post holder will ensure that sufficient work placement that meet the quality standards set out in the Community Payback Guidance are available so that the sentence of the Court can be carried out effectively. The post holder will support the CP Manager to ensure that all Community Payback placements meet the policy objectives of the organisation and comply with relevant legislation. Post holders may be required to undertake weekend working as part of their normal pattern of working.

Summary

The job holder will identify and establish community-based work projects that fulfil the requirements of the Community Payback Guidance Manual. This includes monitoring and review of existing projects. The post holder will conduct relevant health and safety assessments of work placements and ensure compliance with organisational policy and health and safety legislation. The post holder will have oversight of the placement induction procedure, defining tasks and safe working practices and appropriate allocation and use of required tools and equipment.

Responsibilities, Activities & Duties

The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities and duties:

• Find and assess a wide range of suitable Community Payback placements, including those providing an opportunity for service user training and future employment and placements appropriate for people with protective characteristics.
• Assess the viability of income generation opportunities within new placements, discuss with beneficiaries and manage the process to maximise this potential.
• To complete a schedule of safe working practice for work and create a project file in accordance with Health and safety standards.
• Promote positive relationships with beneficiaries/ stakeholders, including meetings and site visits as required to manage customer/stakeholder relationships and promote a positive perception of the PS with community networks.
• Ensure that a safe working environment for staff, service users and beneficiaries is maintained on all Community Payback work sites in compliance with Health and Safety legislation and PS policy.
• Ensure that placements remain compliant with quality requirements and take action as required to improve or discontinue placements where quality standards cannot be met.
• Be responsible for coordinating tools, equipment, appropriate clothing and PPE and other resources used on Community Payback placements and ensure that all equipment complies with Health and Safety requirements and that users know how to safely use the equipment.
• Ensure that relevant Health and Safety Training is provided to staff both in response to ad-hoc needs and as required by the service delivery plan.
• To support investigations into Health and Safety incidents and ensure that serious incidents including near misses are reported and that lessons learnt are shared within the team.
• To support the electronic, social media and other innovative means to receive nominations for new placements from the public and promote Community Payback, within PS guidelines.
• Liaise with probation practitioners as necessary to exchange information and maintain appropriate working arrangements.
• To participate in rota planning, delivering and reviewing the service user induction.
• Recruit, support and coordinate Mentors who will encourage service user compliance, engagement and access to local support networks.
• To cover the CP supervisor role where required to avoid cancellation of work placements for operational reasons.
• To contribute to training of CP supervisors and beneficiaries, as appropriate

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.

Behaviours

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

• Delivering at Pace
• Working Together
• Communicating and Influencing
• Managing a Quality Service

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

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Link: https://justicejobs.tal.net/vx/candidate/cms/About%20the%20MOJ

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Strengths.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security & Nationality

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

Nationality requirements: This job is broadly open to UK nationals, nationals of the Republic of Ireland, nationals of Commonwealth countries with right to work in the UK, nationals of the EU/EEA with settled or pre-settled status, family members of those nationalities with status under the EUSS, individuals with limited or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS by 31 December 2020, Turkish nationals and certain family members with right to work in the Civil Service. Further information on nationality requirements is available.