Community Payback Placement Coordinator, Yorkshire and the Humber Probation

at  Ministry of Justice

Salary
£26,475 - £31,650 pro rata
Number of jobs available
1
Detail of reserve list
12 Months
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber
City/Town
Scunthorpe
Building/Site

NPS UNIT 1 SCUNTHORPE, DN15 6JH

Grade
Other
Organisation Grade for HMPPS
NPS Pay Band 3 National
Post Type
Permanent
Working Pattern
Part Time
Role Type
Operational Delivery
Will the successful applicant have line manager responsibilities?
No
Job description

SUMMARY

The job holder will identify and establish community-based work projects that fulfil the requirements of the Community Payback Guidance Manual. This includes monitoring and review of existing projects.
The post holder will conduct relevant health and safety assessments of work placements and ensure compliance with organisational policy and health and safety legislation.
The post holder will have oversite of the placement induction procedure, defining tasks and safe working practices and appropriate allocation and use of required tools and equipment.

ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE

• Evidence of working as part of a team, sharing good practice, knowledge of community networks and the skills to promote a strong team ethos.
• Examples of maintaining positive working relationships with a range of stakeholders (beneficiary organisations) and represent the organisations at meetings and Forums.
• Experience of conducting work place reviews to make judgements about compliance with quality standards

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Health and Safety Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) Level 3 or Managing Safely qualified
• Ability to drive a Minibus D1 and trailer
• Qualified as an assessor for NVQ awards for service user e.g. OCN
  The job holder must be able to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in English or (when specified in Wales) Welsh.

QUALIFICATIONS

Level 3 or Managing Safely qualified
Ability to drive a Minibus D1 and trailer
Qualified as an assessor for NVQ awards for service user e.g.OCN
Additional Information
Some roles in probation require employees to have access to additional intelligence systems that require a higher level of vetting. An example of this, is the multi-agency ‘Visor’ system. If you are applying for a role that requires you to access systems such as Visor, you will be expected to undertake additional vetting for this once you commence in post, in addition to the pre-employment checks.
This will may include weekend working as part of the normal pattern of working. The work may involve working alongside volunteers or staff from partner organisations.
Candidates must hold a full UK manual driving licence to apply, this is a mandatory technical requirement in order to carry out this role. Unfortunately, we cannot accept applications from candidates who hold an automatic driving licence only.

• Find and assess a wide range of suitable Community Payback placements, including those providing an opportunity for service user training and future employment and placements appropriate for people with protective characteristics
• Assess the viability of income generation opportunities within new placements, discuss with beneficiaries and manage the process to maximise this potential
• To complete a schedule of safe working practice for work and create a project file in accordance with Health and safety standards.?
• Promote positive relationships with beneficiaries/ stakeholders; including meetings and site visits as required to manage customer/stakeholder relationships and promote a positive perception of the NPS with community networks.
• Ensure that a safe working environment for staff, service users and beneficiaries is maintained on all Community Payback work sites in compliance with Health and Safety legislation and NPS policy.
• Ensure that placements remain compliant with quality requirements and take action as required to improve or discontinue placements where quality standards cannot be met.
• Be responsible for coordinating tools, equipment, appropriate clothing and PPE and other resources used on Community Payback placements and ensure that all equipment complies with Health and Safety requirements and that users know how to safely use the equipment.
• Ensure that relevant Health and Safety Training is provided to staff both in response to ad‐hoc needs and as required by the service delivery plan.
• To support investigations into Health and Safety incidents and ensure that serious incidents including near misses are reported and that lessons learnt are shared within the team.
• To support the electronic, social media and other innovative means to receive nominations for new placements from the public and promote Community Payback, within NPS guidelines.
• Liaise with probation practitioners as necessary to exchange information and maintain appropriate working arrangements.
• To participate in a rota planning, delivering and reviewing the service user induction.
• Recruit, support and coordinate Mentors who will encourage service user compliance, engagement and access to local support networks.
• To cover the CP supervisor role where required to avoid cancellation of work placements for operational reasons.
• To contribute to training of CP supervisors and beneficiaries, as appropriate
  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 confidence through the medium of English or (where specified in Wales) Welsh.