Probation Officer - Offender Personality Disorder Pathway.

Ministry of Justice; Ashington; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

Ministry of Justice is seeking a regional probation specialist to join the North East OPD Pathway team. The role focuses on supporting an IIRMS caseload across Durham and Cleveland, collaborating with PICS teams, and fostering professional relationships across probation and health services.

A strong background in risk management and formulation-informed practice is valued. The post involves probation tasks, risk assessment, report production, and opportunities to influence service development

Qualifications

• Good understanding of complexity and trauma.
• Interest in Personality Disorder advantageous but not essential.
• Strong report-writing skills transferable to formulation-informed practice.

Responsibilities

• Undertake the full range of offender management tasks with people on probation under supervision including assessment, sentence implementation and producing reports.
• Utilise service procedures and practice directions to underpin professional judgement.
• Contribute to service development, workforce development, and ongoing delivery of PICS.

Job description

Ashington, Darlington, Durham, Gateshead, Middlesbrough, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Newton Aycliffe, Peterlee, South Shields, Stockton-on-Tees, Sunderland

Region

North East

Closing Date

25-Sep-2026

Business Unit

NPS North East Personality Disorder Projects (2021)

Post Type

Fixed Term

Other

Number of jobs available

1

Reserve List

12 Months

Job ID

21897

Descriptions & requirements

We have an exciting opportunity to join the North East OPD Pathway team in a regional role. The role involves predominantly supporting an IIRMS caseload across the Durham and Cleveland areas, while working closely with PICS teams. The successful candidate will have a good understanding of complexity and trauma. Expertise in Personality Disorder is not essential, although an interest in this area would be advantageous.

This role provides probation expertise within the partnership, contributing to risk management, relational practice, and collaborative working across the wider OPD partnership and NE PDUs. You will be skilled in building strong professional relationships with both probation and health colleagues, working effectively as part of a team and also being confident working independently. The role requires strong report‑writing skills that can be transferred into formulation‑informed practice and offers opportunities to contribute to service development, workforce development, and the ongoing delivery of PICS.

Overview of the job

Post holders will undertake the full range of offender management tasks with people on probation under supervision including assessment, sentence implementation and producing reports; utilising service procedures and practice directions to underpin professional judgement.

Summary

To assess and manage the risk posed by people on probation to protect victims of crime and the general the public by