Probation Services Officer

HM Prison and Probation Service; Greater London; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

A national rehabilitation service in Greater London is seeking a Probation Services Officer to work with medium and lower risk clients. This challenging role involves assessing and managing risks, providing practical advice about housing and employment, and collaborating with various agencies to support offenders' rehabilitation. The ideal candidate should have strong interpersonal skills and at least 5 GCSEs including English and Maths.

Qualifications

• Experience working with people facing social or personal difficulties.
• Ability to read, understand, and interpret policies.

Responsibilities

• Assess and manage risks for clients.
• Provide practical advice about housing and employment.
• Collaborate with criminal justice agencies.

Skills

Empathy

Patience

Resilience

Numeracy skills

Literacy skills

Education

Minimum 5 GCSEs at Grade C or above including English and Maths

Job description

Overview

As a Probation services officer, you'll have a similar job to a fully qualified probation officer. The main difference is you'll work with medium and lower risk clients. That's not to say it'll be easy. There's no doubt this is a challenging role.

Responsibilities

• Assess and manage risks, provide information to courts and work closely with agencies throughout the justice system and support offenders.
• Provide practical advice about housing and employment, listen, and liaise with criminal courts, criminal justice agencies and other partner agencies.
• Work with other agencies and groups to prevent crime and meet the needs of victims and people on probation.

Qualifications and qualities

You don\'t need a degree for this role. We\'re much more interested in your personal qualities. Ideally with experience of working with people who have social or personal difficulties, you\'ll be empathetic, patient and resilient.

You will have the ability to evidence high level numeracy and literacy skills required to read, understand and interpret policies and the ability to write reports and correspondence for internal and external stakeholders or minimum 5 GCSEs at Grade C or above, including English, Maths.

About the Probation Service

The Probation Service works with offenders who are pre or post-release from prison or serving community sentences. Our role is to support their rehabilitation and protect the public.