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Job summary

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Job description

Overview of the job        

This is a specialist role within the Joint Extremism Unit (JExU) in SOCT. The CT Specialist Probation Practitioner is part of the regional Probation Counter Terrorism team. CT Specialist Probation Practitioners support work with convicted terrorists and those deemed a terrorist risk across all PS Regions, the National Security Division and Offender Management Units in custody.

They provide guidance and support on all aspects of CT offender management, deliver subject specific training, and liaise with CT specialists from other agencies. CT Specialist Probation Practitioners also conduct specialist CT assessments and interventions directly with offenders in scope and provide a supervisory role to the delivery of internal and external interventions.

The CT Specialist Probation Practitioner reports to the Probation Counter Terrorism Lead.

Summary            

The job holder will be expected to be a subject matter expert, providing counter terrorism support, guidance and training to probation practitioners and other agency staff managing TACT/TACT Connected and Terrorist Risk cases. This work will take place in custody and community settings, as well as in multi-agency environments.

The post holder will need to undertake additional specialist training to undertake certain roles, and be security cleared to SC level.

Responsibilities, Activities & Duties          

The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities and duties:

• Specialist support, advice and guidance to the PS regions including Offender Management and Court Staff, OMiC custody teams and the National Security Division, prison and external partner staff on all aspects of TACT/TACT connected and Terrorist risk offender management. Support the completion of OASys, sector specific risk assessment, sentence planning, session and intervention planning and parole. Support and develop the professional expertise of practitioners, to develop their practice, confidence and knowledge.
• Quality assurance and the development of professional expertise in self and others. Assist with the delivery of Quality Assurance exercises and assist probation practitioners to incorporate any learning into future practice.
• Peer supervise and also undertake and deliver CT specific assessments and accredited interventions including Extremism Risk Guidance 22+, Developing Dialogues and Heathy Identity Intervention and complete relevant paperwork to timescales. Peer review of Parole Reports and OASys.
• Plan, chair and review tasking with external providers for the Desistance and Disengagement Programme.
• Attend and contribute to internal and external multi-agency meetings including MAPPA, prison specific meetings, Counter Terrorism Police meetings, Adult and Child Safeguarding and those in hospital and education settings, acting as a subject matter expert in the management of TACT/TACT connected and Terrorist Risk cases in these settings.
• The effective management of sensitive information. Ensure sensitive information is shared appropriately and incorporated into assessments, interventions relevant to the management of the case. Seek such information from partners, and ensure it is handled according to agency guidelines and handling instructions by relevant recipients. Ensure own record keeping and that of others, across all databases, meets agency standards including in the recording of sensitive information. Work alongside partners to deliver intelligence requirements.
• Support to law enforcement agencies in their interface with probation liaison with external providers offering rehabilitative and monitoring interventions. Supporting partners to understand the roles and capabilities of probation and to utilise opportunities that the service can offer such as interventions, monitoring and enforcement. Act as a point of contact for partners requiring day to day information about Probation cases, in line with data protection policies.
• Deliver CT-specific training and briefings within and outside the sector. Provide regular training, briefings and ongoing support to probation practitioners in all settings, to ensure the requirements of the statutory Prevent duty are met, and practitioners are equipped to manage TACT/TACT connected and Terrorist risk. Deliver briefing and training to partner agencies regarding the work of probation in this context. Organise, chair and deliver locally agreed professional development forums for relevant staff. Assist in the development of training packages to ensure material is up to date and relevant. Provide guidance to staff working with TACT/TACT connected and Terrorist risk to manage possible risk of conditioning.
• Policy and communications. Support national teams to develop communication and policy requirements.
• Representation. Represent PCTL and JEXU at all levels as required.

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. Significant adjustments may require re-examination under the Job Evaluation Scheme and shall be discussed in the first instance with the job holder.

Person specification

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Benefits

• Access to learning and development
• A working environment that supports a range of flexible working options to enhance your work life balance
• A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
• Annual Leave
• Public Holidays
• Season Ticket Advance

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Selection process details

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Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window). People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window). The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.