Greater Manchester Public Protection - OPD Services (Offender Personality Disorder Partnership) - Permanent Probation Officer (Ref: 18460)

Job summary

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Job description

This role is based within the Insight Community OPD Service and the Evolve Intensive Intervention Risk Management Service (IIRMs).

Applications are welcomed from experienced Band 4 Probation Officers with post qualifying experience.

We can only accept applications from candidates who meet the criteria.

Desirable candidates would have experience of working and supervising POPs assessed as High/Very High risk of serious harm and a diverse range of people who have experienced a range of social/personal difficulties and the need to use tact and discretion when dealing with confidential and sensitive issues.

We encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the wider society that we serve. We pride ourselves on being an employer of choice. We champion diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued and a sense of belonging.

Our team’s values are committed to understand and respond effectively to address disproportionality linked to race and ethnicity for People on Probation (POPs)

The OPD strategy provides co-commissioned services funded by the NHS and HMPPS. Within Greater Manchester the Insight & Evolve teams comprise of Probation Service and National Health Service colleagues including psychologists and other health professionals. We jointly provide services to improve outcomes for POPs who present with personality difficulties and meet the OPD screening criteria.

The Insight team contributes to the effective risk management for complex high-risk cases and provides Probation Practitioners (PPs) and Approved Premises staff with services including, screening, consultations, formulations, joint case work, training, reflective practice and other workforce development activity. The aim is to support effective risk management and improve outcomes for those with PD issues.

The Evolve IIRMs team provides an intervention service for adult offenders who meet the service criteria. The service is based on the growing theory and evidence base for working with individuals whose difficulties are in their personalities, who often have complex trauma and adversity in childhood, and whose behaviours include a repeated risk of significant harm to others. It aims to offer an integrated psychologically and socially informed intensive intervention and risk management, in partnership with service users’ and Probation Practitioners. The aim of this service is, through individually tailored work, to support service users attain more sustainable community living that has a positive impact on their wellbeing and reduces their risk of harm to others.

The Probation Officer role will involve working directly with individuals in service to build strong, trusting, attachment-based relationships with people whilst in custody, providing support upon release and then up to 18 months post release. Developing and maintaining links and working relationships with community partners will be essential.

Person specification

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Qualifications

You must hold a Probation Officer qualification or be a qualified Probation Officer.
In addition, successful candidates must hold the following:
• PQF Honours Degree/Graduate Diploma and Level 5 Diploma in Probation
Practice; or
• Diploma in Probation Studies; or Diploma in Social Work (Probation option); or CQSW (Probation option).

Memberships

You must hold a Probation Officer qualification or be a qualified Probation Officer.
In addition, successful candidates must hold the following:
• PQF Honours Degree/Graduate Diploma and Level 5 Diploma in Probation
Practice; or
• Diploma in Probation Studies; or Diploma in Social Work (Probation option); or CQSW (Probation option).

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Communicating and Influencing
• Changing and Improving
• Making Effective Decisions
• Delivering at Pace
• Working Together

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Must be a qualified Probation Officer. Please state when you qualified to be a Probation Officer

Benefits

• Access to learning and development
• A working environment that supports a range of flexible working options to enhance your work life balance
• A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
• Annual Leave
• Public Holidays
• Season Ticket Advance

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Selection process details

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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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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.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : SSCL Recruitment Enquiries Team
• Email : moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@resourcing.soprasteria.co.uk
• Telephone : 0345 241 5358

Recruitment team

• Email : moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@resourcing.soprasteria.co.uk

Further information

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