Community Payback Supervisor

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

Job summary

A government agency in the UK is seeking individuals for an operational role supervising work groups of offenders. The position involves enforcing discipline, ensuring safety, and contributing to rehabilitation. Candidates must possess a UK Manual Driving License and demonstrate effective communication skills. The role may offer hybrid working arrangements and requires a strong commitment to public safety. Salary and benefits details include annual leave and pension options.

Benefits

Annual Leave 25 days on appointment

Pension via Local Government Pension Scheme

Training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience of Practical Skills.
• Effective inter-personal skills to supervise constructively.
• Knowledge of safety at work and risk management.

Responsibilities

• Supervise work groups of offenders and manage tasks safely.
• Conduct risk assessments and ensure Health & Safety compliance.
• Maintain records and contribute to service delivery evaluations.

Skills

Managing a Quality Service

Working Together

Communicating and Influencing

Leadership

Education

UK Manual Driving Licence - Category D1 Minibus

IOSH L3 or equivalent

L3 Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement (CAVA) or equivalent

Job description

Overview

This is an operational role directly supervising work groups of offenders serving a community sentence. This may include driving service vehicles to transport people or equipment. 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 will include working alongside people to demonstrate good practice as necessary. 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. 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.

Policies and Standards

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.

Required Behaviours

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

Job Arrangements

The MoJ offers Hybrid Working arrangements where business need allows. This is an informal, non-contractual form of flexible working that blends working from your base location, different MoJ sites and / or from home (please be aware that this role can only be worked in the UK and not overseas). Some roles will not be suitable for Hybrid Working. Arrangements will be discussed and agreed with the successful candidate(s) and subject to regular review. For nationally advertised roles, the successful candidate(s) will be appointed to a MoJ office location, which may include their nearest Justice Collaboration Centre or Justice Satellite Office. This will be discussed and agreed on the completion of pre-employment checks.

Standard full time working hours are 37 hours per week excluding breaks which are unpaid. HMPPS welcomes part-time, flexible and job-sharing working patterns, where they meet the demands of the role and business needs. All applications for part-time, flexible and job-sharing working patterns will be considered in accordance with the HMPPS\' Flexible Working policy.

Experience and Qualifications

• Experience of Practical Skills
• UK Manual Driving Licence - Category D1 Minibus
• Evidence of commitment to teamwork
• Effective inter-personal skills with the ability to supervise people constructively while maintaining authority
• Evidence of problem-solving within a workplace or similar environment
• Knowledge of safety at work, public protection and risk of harm in all aspects of work
• Basic knowledge of First Aid and willingness to undertake further training
• To attain IOSH L3 or equivalent and a willingness to attend further training
• Willing to achieve and maintain L3 Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement (CAVA) or equivalent
• Ability to model pro-social attitudes and behaviour to service users
• Good written communication skills, Communicating and Influencing

Other Information

• Ability
• Communicating and Influencing

Benefits and Conditions

The MoJ offers a range of benefits: Annual Leave 25 days on appointment, increasing to 30 days after five years, plus public holidays. Pension via Local Government Pension Scheme. Training and networks are available. Eligibility subject to security checks. Flexible working policies and family-friendly options are described in detail in the original posting. Disability adjustments during recruitment are available.

Security and Recruitment

Working for the Civil Service The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour. We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition. If you feel recruitment principles were breached you may raise a formal complaint to the contacts listed in the original posting. We are an equal opportunity employer and provide adjustments for applicants with disabilities. DBS Enhanced level disclosure is required.