21072 - Probation Services Officer - Worcestershire

Ministry of Justice • Worcester, MA

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

Helping to keep the public safe. Giving people the chance to turn their lives around. Building a rewarding professional career. There are many reasons to join the Probation Service. What will yours be? We’re looking for empathetic, patient, and organised people to join us in this varied role, which offers the chance to make a difference, gain new skills and build a rewarding career within the Probation Service. If you are successful in the recruitment process to join the Probation Service, your starting salary will be £28,064. 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.

By managing offenders in the community, the Probation Service protects the public from the effect of crime and gives offenders the chance to turn their lives around. Join us and you’ll be part of a supportive team that thrives on sharing knowledge and expertise. Successful applicants may be based a wide variety of office, court, team, or prison locations within the Probation Service region. Allocations will be made according to business need.

Probation services officers can help make a real difference to peoples’ lives. It’s not always easy to help someone turn their life around, but it can be immensely rewarding. We’re looking for empathetic, patient and resilient people to join us as probation services officers. As well as making a difference to others, the role offers plenty of on-the-job training and a real chance to build a career in the Probation Service. As a PSO, you’ll have a similar job to a fully qualified probation officer. The main difference is you’ll work with medium and lower risk people of probation. That’s not to say it’ll be easy. There’s no doubt this is a challenging role. Day-to-day, you’ll manage a caseload of offenders before and after sentence. We’ll look to you to assess and manage risks, provide information to courts and work closely with agencies throughout the justice system. You’ll also do everything you can to support offenders. This could involve everything from providing practical advice about housing and employment to simply listening and empathising.

Requirements

• Must have the right to work in the UK.
• Good writing skills are essential.
• Must be able to produce clear and accurate reports to tight deadlines.
• All candidates are subject to security and identity checks prior to taking up post.
• DBS Enhanced

Nice To Haves

• Experience of working with people who have social or personal difficulties.

Responsibilities

• Undertake the full range of work with people on probation before and after sentence.
• Assessment, sentence implementation, offender management and producing reports.
• Provide case management support to a full range of people on probation utilising service procedures and practice directions that underpin professional judgement.
• Manage a caseload of offenders before and after sentence.
• Assess and manage risks.
• Provide information to courts.
• Work closely with agencies throughout the justice system.
• Support offenders by providing practical advice about housing and employment, listening and empathising.

Benefits

• Annual leave is 25 days on appointment and will increase to 30 days after five years’ service, plus public holidays.
• Pension: The National Probation Service is covered by the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) run through the Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF).
• Training: The Ministry of Justice is committed to staff development and offers an extensive range of training and development opportunities.
• Networks: 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.
• Paid paternity, adoption and maternity leave.
• Free annual sight tests for employees who use computer screens.
• Access to flexible benefits such as voluntary benefits, retail vouchers and discounts on a range of goods and services.

What This Job Offers

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