Probation Quality & Practice Improvement Officer

Ministry of Justice; High Wycombe; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working arrangements

Family-friendly policies

Job summary

Ministry of Justice in the United Kingdom is seeking a specialist Probation Officer to contribute to excellence in the quality of work with offenders and victims within the National Probation Service. The role has no line management responsibilities and operates with hybrid working arrangements where business needs allow.

You will engage in quality assurance, performance improvement, and collaboration with local managers to strengthen evidence-based practices, while supporting staff through 1:1

Qualifications

• Evidence of undertaking good quality probation work.
• Evidence of analysing information and using it to design an action plan to meet specific goals.
• Experience of working with a wide variety of people and communities with social/personal difficulties.

Responsibilities

• Deliver quality assurance activities as part of the national effective practice programme and review impact on operational practice.
• Deliver practice improvement workshops and briefings to POs and PSOs and review impact on practice.
• Support the re-launch and deployment of SEEDS.
• Undertake audits of key work, provide analysis and feedback to staff and contribute to local improvement and quality plans.
• Provide coaching and support to groups of staff whose roles are changing.
• Play an integral role in divisional performance and quality work.

Skills

Good quality probation work

Collaborative working

Working with diverse communities

Motivating and changing offendingbehav

Data analysis for action planning

Education

Diploma in Probation Studies

Diploma in Social Work (Probation Option)

CQSW (Probation Option)

Tools

None

Job description

Ministry of Justice in the United Kingdom is seeking a specialist Probation Officer to contribute to excellence in the quality of work with offenders and victims within the National Probation Service. The role has no line management responsibilities and operates with hybrid working arrangements where business needs allow.

You will engage in quality assurance, performance improvement, and collaboration with local managers to strengthen evidence-based practices, while supporting staff through 1:1