18335 - Probation Officer - Flint , Wrexham & HMP Berwyn

Ministry of Justice UK•Town of Wales, NY

161d•£37,238 - £44,520•Hybrid

About The Position

This role involves undertaking the full range of offender management tasks with people on probation under supervision, including assessment, sentence implementation, and report production, utilizing service procedures and practice directions to underpin professional judgment. The primary goal is to assess and manage the risk posed by individuals on probation to protect victims of crime and the general public. This includes providing information and advice to criminal courts, other criminal justice agencies, and partner organizations, supervising individuals on probation subject to community orders and licenses, and contributing to risk management. The role also involves working collaboratively with other agencies and groups to prevent crime and meet the needs of victims and those on probation. The position requires a commitment to equality and inclusion, adherence to policies regarding sensitive/confidential information, and the ability to adapt to reasonable alterations and additional tasks. These Band 4 Probation Officer roles offer opportunities across community and custodial settings in Flint Probation, Wrexham Probation, and HMP Berwyn Prison Offender Management Unit. Successful candidates will develop and broaden skills in both prison and community environments, influencing Sentence Management, Offender Management in Custody (OMiC), and community-based supervision. The work involves engaging with individuals in custody and the community, assessing risk, needs, and strengths, developing and managing sentence plans, and building professional relationships to support behavioral change and promote compliance. Close multi-agency working with courts, police, prisons, local authorities, and third sector partners is essential for risk management and coordinated interventions. Candidates will contribute to protecting the public through effective risk management planning and participating in multi-agency forums like MAPPA. In custody, this includes contributing to sentence management under OMiC. In the community, it involves preparing individuals for release, supporting their transition, and maintaining supervision continuity. Responsibilities include collating and presenting information for formal settings (court reports, Parole Boards), contributing to recommendations for Release on Temporary Licence (ROTL), Home Detention Curfew (HDC), licence conditions, and recall decisions, and ensuring accurate recording of case activity using HMPPS systems. The roles require strong professional judgment, the ability to manage complex cases, and a commitment to public protection, offering the chance to operate across the full offender journey with an integrated offender management approach.

Requirements

Must hold a Probation Officer qualification or be a qualified Probation Officer.
PQF Honours Degree/Graduate Diploma in Probation Practice; or Level 5 Diploma in Probation Practice; or Diploma in Probation Studies; or Diploma in Social Work (Probation option); or CQSW (Probation option).
Strong professional judgement.
Ability to manage complex cases.
Commitment to public protection.
Ability to operate across the full offender journey, working flexibly between custody and community as part of an integrated offender management approach.
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)
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.

Nice To Haves

Welsh Language skills are desirable.

Responsibilities

Provide professional advice and assessment, including written reports to courts, the Parole Board, other criminal justice agencies and partner organisations.
Undertake the full range of offender management tasks with people on probation assessed at all levels of risk of serious harm including high and very high.
Use computer based systems to produce, update and maintain records and other documentation within agreed timescales.
Ensure timely and effective referrals to, and relationships between, offender management, court teams, victim contact units, interventions, Approved Premises, prisons and external agencies to enhance positive outcomes, manage risk and reduce reoffending.
Attend professional meetings and represent the PS at appropriate partnership forums e.g. MAPPA, MARAC.
Work collaboratively with colleagues, maintain effective team relationships and provide professional guidance and support to Probation Services Officers (PSOs) and other staff as appropriate.
Provide cover within your team and to other teams as required.
Undertake prison, home or other alternate location visits as required.
Deliver and co-lead accredited programmes commensurate with grade.
Conduct mandatory alcohol and drug tests as required, and to follow prescribed medication procedures.
Carry out safeguarding children duties in accordance with the PS statutory responsibilities and agency policies.
Demonstrate pro-social modelling skills by consistently reinforcing pro-social behaviour and attitudes and challenging anti-social behaviour and attitudes.
Work within the aims and values of PS and HMPPS.
Assess and manage the risk posed by people on probation to protect victims of crime and the general public.
Provide information and advice to criminal courts, other criminal justice agencies and partner organisations.
Supervise people on probation subject to community orders and licences and during custodial sentences.
Contribute to the management of risk.
Work with other agencies and groups to prevent crime and meet the needs of victims and people on probation.
Supervise individuals subject to community orders and post-release licences, working to assess and manage risk, support rehabilitation, and reduce reoffending.
Undertake structured inductions, complete assessments of risk, needs and strengths, and develop and actively manage sentence plans tailored to the individual.
Build and maintain professional relationships with people on probation, using evidence-based approaches to support behavioural change, challenge offending behaviour and promote compliance with court orders and licence conditions.
Monitor progress against sentence plans, respond to non-compliance (including enforcement, breach or recall decisions), and ensure that individuals are engaged with appropriate interventions, services and support networks.
Liaise with courts, prisons, local authorities and third sector partners to manage risk and deliver coordinated interventions.
Participate in multi-agency forums such as MAPPA.
Ensure that sentence planning is effectively delivered to manage and reduce the risk of reoffending and serious harm, while improving rehabilitation and resettlement outcomes.
Contribute to sentence management under OMiC, working alongside prison offender managers and key workers.
Prepare individuals for release, support their transition, and maintain continuity of supervision.
Collate, verify and present information for a range of formal settings, including court reports and Parole Boards.
Contribute to recommendations relating to Release on Temporary Licence (ROTL), Home Detention Curfew (HDC), licence conditions and recall decisions.
Ensure accurate and timely recording of case activity using HMPPS systems.

Benefits

Attractive holiday allowance
Promotion opportunities
Access to training
Flexible working
Generous maternity benefits
Employer contribution pension scheme
Annual leave is 25 days on appointment and will increase to 30 days after five years’ service, plus public holidays.
Leave for part-time and job share posts will be calculated on a pro-rata basis.
The National Probation Service is covered by the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) run through the Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF).
The Ministry of Justice is committed to staff development and offers an extensive range of training and development opportunities.
The opportunity to join employee-run networks that have been established to provide advice and support and to enable the views of employees from minority groups to be expressed direct to senior management.
A range of ‘Family Friendly’ policies such as opportunities to work reduced hours or job share.
Access to flexible benefits such as voluntary benefits, retail vouchers and discounts on a range of goods and services.
Paid paternity, adoption and maternity leave.
Free annual sight tests for employees who use computer screens.
Prison Allowance only for HMP Berwyn