Probation Officer: Risk & Rehabilitation Specialist

Ministry of Justice; Nottingham; Sur place; GBP 28 000 - 38 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Ministry of Justice in Nottingham is seeking Probation Officers to assess and manage offenders under supervision, including reporting to courts and other criminal justice partners. You will work across offender management tasks, maintain records, and collaborate with courts, victim contact units and external agencies to reduce risk and reoffending.

The role involves visiting prisons or other locations, delivering accredited programmes, and upholding PS and HMPPS values while ensuring

Qualifications

• To provide professional advice and assessment, including written reports to courts, the Parole Board, other criminal justice agencies and partner organisations.
• To undertake the full range of offender management tasks with people on probation assessed at all levels of risk of serious harm including high and very high.
• To use computer based systems to produce, update and maintain records and other documentation within agreed timescales.
• To ensure timely and effective referrals to, and relationships between, offender management, court teams, victim contact units, interventions, Approved Premises, prisons and external agencies to enhance positive outcomes, manage risk and reduce reoffending.
• To attend professional meetings and represent the PS at appropriate partnership forums e.g. MAPPA, MARAC.
• To work collaboratively with colleagues, maintain effective team relationships and provide professional guidance and support to Probation Services Officers (PSOs) and other staff as appropriate.
• To provide cover within your team and to other teams as required.
• To undertake prison, home or other alternate location visits as required.
• To deliver and co-lead accredited programmes commensurate with grade.
• To conduct mandatory alcohol and drug tests as required, and to follow prescribed medication procedures.
• Carry out safeguarding children duties in accordance with the PS statutory responsibilities and agency policies.
• Demonstrate pro-social modelling skills by consistently reinforcing pro-social behaviour and attitudes and challenging anti-social behaviour and attitudes.
• To work within the aims and values of PS and HMPPS.

Responsabilités

• Probation Officers may be required to undertake any combination, or all, of the duties and responsibilities set out below.
• 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.
• An ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence through the medium of English or (where specified in Wales) Welsh.

Description du poste

Ministry of Justice in Nottingham is seeking Probation Officers to assess and manage offenders under supervision, including reporting to courts and other criminal justice partners. You will work across offender management tasks, maintain records, and collaborate with courts, victim contact units and external agencies to reduce risk and reoffending.

The role involves visiting prisons or other locations, delivering accredited programmes, and upholding PS and HMPPS values while ensuring