Probation Officer: Personality Disorder PO (PDPO): London Probation Service (Ref: 17455)

Job summary

Please refer to Job Description

Job description

This is a dual workplace role. The post holder will be required to work across more than one location within their allocated cluster. Travel between locations will be required in line with business need.

Job Specification

1) Offering individual and group consultations, writing formulations and developing pathway plans for cases that screen into Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) and recording this in line with current guidance.

2) Delivering CORE-OM joint case work as required

3) Attending MAPPA as required for cases that screen in to OPD.

4) Delivering training including the OPD induction for OPD staff and Personality disorder Awareness Training (PAT) to probation staff

5) Promoting the OPD pathway and services offered within PDUs

Additional role information

This role includes aspects that differ from the generic probation officer job description, such as completing Joint Case Work (JCW)

• The post holder will be managed within the Probation Service London OPD team.
• There is an expectation that the post holder will generally attend one office in each of the four allocated PDUs once per week. The PDUs allocated to the role and addresses of offices covered within are as follows:

Ealing and Hillingdon PDU

Ealing Probation Office, Leeland House, London, W13 9HH

Uxbridge Probation Office, The Court House, Middlesex, UB8 1PQ

Acton Probation Office, 4 Birkbeck Road, Acton, W3 6BG

Brent PDU

Willesden Probation Office, 440 High Road, NW10 2DW

Hammersmith, Fulham, Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster PDU

Hammersmith Probation Office,191A Askew Road, London, W12 9AX

Harrow and Barnet

Hammersmith Probation Office,191A Askew Road, London, W12 9AX

This is a dual workplace posting and the business will cover the cost of any tax and National Insurance implications W12 9AX

Mandatory Vetting Requirement – Non‑Police Personnel Vetting (NPPV)

This role requires the postholder to access sensitive police and criminal justice information and systems, including information shared under Multi‑Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA). As a result, Non‑Police Personnel Vetting (NPPV) is a mandatory requirement.

NPPV is a police‑led vetting process that provides assurance of an individual’s integrity, reliability and suitability to access police information, intelligence and systems. It is required for non‑police staff working in roles where there is unsupervised physical or remote access to police premises, data, or classified material.

Appointment to this role is conditional upon successfully obtaining and maintaining the required level of NPPV clearance. Successful candidates must be willing to undergo the NPPV process upon appointment. Where NPPV clearance is not granted or cannot be maintained, this may affect the individual’s ability to carry out the duties of the role”

Technical Skills

To be eligible for this role, you must confirm you meet the mandatory qualification requirements outlined below and you must also upload a
scanned copy of your qualifications.
Applicants that do not provide the mandatory qualification evidence, will not progress to interview stage.
-Probation Qualification Framework Graduate Diploma/ Honours Degree in Community Justice integrated with Level 5 Diploma in Probation
Practice.
Or a qualification which was recognised at the time of qualification by the Secretary of State for Justice as per Section 10 of the Offender
Management Act 2007.The following qualifications gained in England and Wales were previously recognised as providing such eligibility:
-Diploma in Probation Studies,
-Diploma in Social Work (with Probation Option)
-CQSW (with Probation Option)

Person specification

Please refer to Job Description

Qualifications

To be eligible for this role, you must confirm you meet the mandatory qualification requirements outlined below and you must also upload a
scanned copy of your qualifications.
Applicants that do not provide the mandatory qualification evidence, will not progress to interview stage.
-Probation Qualification Framework Graduate Diploma/ Honours Degree in Community Justice integrated with Level 5 Diploma in Probation
Practice.
Or a qualification which was recognised at the time of qualification by the Secretary of State for Justice as per Section 10 of the Offender
Management Act 2007.The following qualifications gained in England and Wales were previously recognised as providing such eligibility:
-Diploma in Probation Studies,
-Diploma in Social Work (with Probation Option)
-CQSW (with Probation Option)

Behaviours

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

• Changing and Improving
• Communicating and Influencing
• Making Effective Decisions
• Working Together

Technical skills

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

• Please see Job Description

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

For more information about the recruitment process, benefits and allowances and answers to general queries, please click the below link which will direct you to our Candidate Information Page.

Link: https://justicejobs.tal.net/vx/candidate/cms/About%20the%20MOJ

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

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Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Experience and Technical skills.https://justicejobs.tal.net/vx/candidate/cms/About%20the%20MOJ

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

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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Working for 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

Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles. If you feel a department has breached the requirement of the Recruitment Principles and would like to raise this, please contact SSCL (Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@gov.sscl.com) in the first instance. If the role has been advertised externally (outside of the Civil Service) and you are not satisfied with the response, you may bring your complaint to the Commission. For further information on bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission please visit their web pages: http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/civil-service-recruitm…

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