About the job

Job summary

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Job description

HMPPS Wales pride ourselves on being an employer of choice and encourage applications from candidates irrespective of identity, background, life experience or circumstances. It’s vital that our justice system is as diverse as the society we serve and we welcome the unique contribution diverse applicants bring. In line with the Equality Act 2010, we are able to offer advice and support to candidates from backgrounds which are currently under-represented in our workforce or face recognised barriers. This includes ethnic minority and disabled people. If you are interested in finding out more, please contact Wales_Diversity_and_Inclusion_Team@justice.gov.uk

Mae Gwasanaeth Carchardai a Phrawf EF yn ymfalchïo mewn bod yn gyflogwr o ddewis ac anogwn ceisiadau gan ymgeiswyr ni waeth beth yw eu hunaniaeth, eu cefndir, eu profiadau bywyd neu eu hamgylchiadau. Mae’n hanfodol bod ein system gyfiawnder yr un mor amrywiol â’r gymdeithas rydym yn ei gwasanaethu ac rydym yn croesawu’r cyfraniadau unigryw a ddaw gan ymgeiswyr amrywiol. Yn unol â Deddf Cydraddoldeb 2010, rydym yn gallu cynnig cyngor a chymorth i ymgeiswyr o gefndiroedd sydd wedi’u tangynrychioli yn ein gweithlu neu sy’n wynebu rhwystrau amlwg. Mae hyn yn cynnwys pobl anabl a phobl o gefndiroedd ethnig lleiafrifol. Os hoffwch wybod mwy, cysylltwch â’r Tim Amrywiaeth a Chynhwysiant yn Wales_Diversity_and_Inclusion_Team@justice.gov.uk

Overview of the job       

This is a non- operational job in an establishment.

Summary           

The job holder will contribute to and lead the assessment of prisoners and prepare, implement, review and evaluate their sentence plans with them.  The job holder will build effective, appropriate and supportive relationships with prisoners, with the aim of reducing re-offending 

The job holder will have undergone selection and additional training to carry out this specialist delivery job as an offender Supervisor to prisoners.

This is a non-operational job without line management responsibilities.

Responsibilities, Activities and Duties 

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

• Interview prisoners on arrival within prescribed timescales, set and review targets with prisoners and update case management notes on the prison database
• Use the Offender Assessment System (OASys) to identify risks and manage offenders appropriately
• Lead the sentence planning meeting in order to prepare appropriate plans
• Co-ordinate information for Parole Board reports and hearings
• Liaise with prisoners and other departments and agencies to action the sentence plan, gather and exchange information and understand/investigate conflicting opinions on prisoner progress
• Encourage and support prisoner to participate in education, interventions and workshops as defined within the sentence plan. Develops strategies to assist prisoners to overcome reluctance to attend
• Liaise with probation service and case workers regarding Release on Temporary Licence (ROTL), Home Detention Curfew (HDC) and transfers to other prisons. Make recommendations to Governor on suitability for early release.  Inform relevant agencies of release dates and address of prisoners considered a risk on release
• Engage with Indeterminate Sentence Prisoners (ISP) within the specific timescales as required and complete relevant paperwork
• Highlight any prisoner who gives significant concerns by their behaviour to the Offender Management Unit manager or Orderly Officer.  Concerns may be for a variety of issues for example any prisoner who has presented in the past risk of suicide or self harm, or if there are any outstanding concerns with regards to victims or further offences and racial harassment
• Obtain further information if required from outside agencies to complete a comprehensive OASys report
• Send relevant pre-course information to all those attending review
• Arrange dates, venues and special needs arrangements for the Post Programme Progress Reviews
• Chair post programme review in accordance with guidelines
• Produce and distribute post programme review minutes, ensuring these minutes reflect compliance with audit baselines
• Contribute to and attend Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) Boards and work with all relevant external agencies to protect the public when releasing prisoners under MAPPA
• Liaise with the Foreign National department or UK Border Agency regarding foreign national prisoners  as appropriate
• Complete lifer and ISP paperwork as directed by manager in compliance with standards and set timescales
• If working in a YOI or Juvenile estates facilitate multi agency planning meetings which are inclusive of Young people and their parents/carers to assess needs and risks posed by the Young person to him/herself or others during custody and upon release into the community
• Act as the establishment Resettlement Manager by forging, developing and maintaining the links between the programmes, the progress or otherwise made by participants, and the prisoner's ongoing path through the Offender Management (OM) model

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

An ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with the confidence through the medium of English or (where specified in Wales) Welsh. 

Person specification

Please refer to Job Description

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £30,471, HM Prison & Probation Service contributes £8,257 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours.https://justicejobs.tal.net/vx/candidate/cms/About%20the%20MOJ

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

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. 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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Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

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.