Community Payback Supervisors - Ministry of Justice

Countryside Classroom; Guildford; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Pension scheme

Paid sick leave

25 days holiday

Job summary

Countryside Classroom is seeking a Community Payback supervisor to lead teams on local projects in the Guildford and Redhill area. You will supervise offenders, coordinate tasks, and ensure high standards while supporting rehabilitation and employability through practical community work.

Role involves driving, weekend/evening work, and engaging with partner organisations. Training is provided; a full manual driving licence is essential, with opportunities for progression into management roles.

Qualifications

• Empathy and clear communication with a diverse group.
• Strong leadership and the ability to motivate and supervise teams.
• Basic IT skills for documentation and safety checks.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and motivate offenders to complete a range of manual tasks.
• Drive a van/minibus to transport people and equipment and brief on tasks.
• Lead safety and quality on site and liaise with partner organisations.

Skills

Empathy

Leadership

IT basics

Driving

Communication

Team management

Tools

Driving licence

Job description

Salary: £28,064 - £33,549 (starting salary £28,064 depending on role and location)

Location: Redhill & Guildford

Community Payback. Be part of it.

A career in community payback gives you the power to make a positive impact on offenders’ lives as well as your community.

Community Payback is a way of helping to create better outcomes for offenders and improve communities. As a Community Payback supervisor, you’ll be at the heart of this work, leading teams of people doing a wide variety of unpaid community service work. You’ll help them make the most of their time on Community Payback and to get their lives back on track through helping them learn new skills to increase their chances of employment and reduce their likelihood of reoffending.

The role

You’ll supervise and motivate them to complete a range of manual tasks to pay back for the harm they’ve caused. These tasks could include clearing overgrowth, restoring facilities such as sports halls and playgrounds, planting trees or laying flowerbeds, litter picking and graffiti removal.

You’ll be helping offenders to:

• make positive changes to local communities
• access training and development to learn new skills
• improve their chances of employment as they make changes in their own lives

On a typical day, you’ll spend up to 7 hours supervising a group of offenders on a Community Payback project.

You can expect to drive a van or minibus to transport people and equipment, and to brief people on probation ahead of each task. You’ll demonstrate good practice and ensure tasks are completed to a high standard. Often collaborating with partner organisations, you’ll need to be aware of the visible, public nature of the role.

About you

You’ll be working with a diverse mix of individuals, so it’s important that you’re empathetic, a good communicator, and happy to take the lead.

It’s all about supporting offenders on their journey and making your community a better place. Whether that’s building benches or cleaning the streets, you’re there because you genuinely want to help people.

Every day brings new challenges in this varied and meaningful role, so you’ll be someone who relishes solving problems in the workplace. The Community Payback supervisor role is accommodated to people on probation who work or have caring responsibilities. Community Payback projects run 7 days a week and some during the evening, therefore you will:

• work frequent weekends, and you may be asked to cover some evenings
• be paid a higher rate for any evening and weekend days you do work

There may be a chance to work part-time in some regions. You can discuss this at your interview.

A full manual driving licence is essential, alongside good organisation, leadership, and basic IT skills.

Training and benefits

We’ll bring out the best in you with comprehensive training. Before you start the job, you’ll learn about everything from first-aid, health and safety, and risk awareness to how to deal with challenging behaviour. You’ll also acquire a wide range of transferable skills, including coaching and mentoring.

If you’re looking for career progression, there are opportunities to move into Community Payback management and senior management roles.

We’ll reward your commitment with secure and stable employment and benefits including:

• A range of flexible working patterns
• An attractive occupational pension (Local Government Pension Scheme / Civil Service Pension Scheme with up to 28.97% employer contribution)
• Paid sick leave
• 25 days paid holiday plus Bank Holidays

A career in community payback gives you the power to make a positive impact on offenders’ lives as well as your community.