22407 - Community Payback Supervisor - Lincolnshire

Ministry of Justice • Lincoln, NE

8d • Hybrid

About The Position

A career in community payback gives you the power to make a positive impact on the lives of People on Probation as well as your community. People come from all walks of life to form one team in the Probation Service. It's all about supporting People on Probation on their journey and making your community a better place. Whether that's building benches or cleaning the streets, you're there because you genuinely want to help. The Community Payback supervisor role is accommodated to people on probation who work or have caring responsibilities. Community Payback projects run 7 days a week therefore you will work frequent weekends, and you may be asked to cover some evenings. You will be paid a higher rate of 50% for weekend days you do work. In this role, the pace of our work means that rest breaks don’t always happen in the standard way. When this happens, we make sure your wellbeing is looked after. Your wellbeing really matters to us, so we want to be open about this from the outset. If you’re someone who enjoys a varied, active role where no two days are the same, this is a great environment to make a real difference while being fully supported. The Probation Service offers the opportunity for annual pay progression through a Competency Based Framework (CBF), which if eligible, will see your pay increase. CBF is designed to enable you to move up through the pay band range as your competence grows. New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band. Probation Service also increase their pay band ranges annually in line with Civil Service Pay guidance, which will also apply an increase to band pay ranges where applicable. This is an operational role directly supervising work groups of offenders serving a community sentence. This may include driving service vehicles to transport people or equipment. The post holder will be responsible for all work site supervision tasks and will work with service users to ensure that all tasks are carried out to the best of their ability. This will include working alongside people to demonstrate good practice as necessary.

Requirements

• Must hold a full UK Manual Driving Licence.
• Excellent people and communication skills.
• Confidence to lead, motivate and supervise groups.
• Right to work in the UK.
• Must have and maintain the legal right to live and work in the Civil Service and in the United Kingdom.

Nice To Haves

• Practical skills or experience in areas such as painting and decorating, carpentry, gardening, grounds maintenance, construction, landscaping or general maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Supervising a group at a Community Payback unpaid work placement for up to 7 hours per day.
• Undertaking weekend working as part of the normal pattern of working.
• Working frequent weekends and potentially covering some evenings.
• Directly supervising work groups of offenders serving a community sentence.
• Driving service vehicles to transport people or equipment.
• Being responsible for all work site supervision tasks.
• Working with service users to ensure tasks are carried out to the best of their ability.
• Working alongside people to demonstrate good practice as necessary.
• Leading small teams to complete unpaid work hours.
• Supervising and motivating individuals to complete a range of manual tasks.
• Tasks may include clearing overgrowth, restoring community facilities, planting trees, laying flowerbeds, litter picking, and graffiti removal.

Benefits

• Annual Leave: 25 days on appointment, increasing to 30 days after five years’ service, plus public holidays.
• Pension: Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
• Training: Extensive range of training and development opportunities.
• Networks: Opportunity to join employee-run networks.
• Support: 'Family Friendly' policies, access to flexible benefits, paid paternity, adoption and maternity leave, free annual sight tests for computer screen users.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed