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The HMPPS Wellbeing team, within the People Intelligent Client Function of the Transforming Delivery Directorate (TDD), are responsible for setting the strategic direction for staff wellbeing and ensuring that core wellbeing services meet the needs of a large, complex, and operational focused business. The Staff Support and Wellbeing Lead is responsible for implementing the strategic direction of the HMPPS Wellbeing team within a designated Area or Directorate. This role is non-operational and has no line management responsibility.

Summary

The Staff Support and Wellbeing Lead is responsible for coordinating, facilitating, monitoring, maintaining and improving effective delivery of core wellbeing services for all staff within a designated Area or Directorate, to improve operational effectiveness via improved staff retention, confidence and wellbeing. This includes leading and supporting voluntary wellbeing services such as Mental Health Allies (MHA), TRiM Practitioners and Care Teams across both prisons and probation, or HQ, as appropriate for the Area/Directorate. They will continuously drive improvement to the wellbeing offer through collaboration with key stakeholders, analysis of available data and engagement with local wellbeing leads. They will work closely with the HMPPS Wellbeing Team and HR to ensure that wellbeing services and activities meet the identified staff wellbeing need.

Responsibilities, Activities and Duties

The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities, and duties:

Responsible for assessing and identifying risk to staff wellbeing and delivering, monitoring and maintaining Core Wellbeing services for all staff at all levels within a designated Area or Directorate. Escalating barriers and concerns to the HMPPS Core Wellbeing Team, the appropriate Area Executive Director and Senior Leadership Teams, working collaboratively with Senior Leaders and Key Stakeholders to drive continuous improvement of the Core Wellbeing Services offer.
Create collaborative business relationships across HMPPS, MoJ and with Trade Union representatives, to effectively manage delivery of Core Wellbeing Services within Area/Directorate, holding to account service providers and raising concerns with the HMPPS Wellbeing Team.
In collaboration with HR, Health & Safety and wellbeing service providers, work with local wellbeing leads and Senior Leaders to develop local wellbeing plans, ensuring alignment to the HMPPS Wellbeing strategy. Share best practice and distribute all relevant wellbeing information across Area/ Directorate.
Promote the Staff Support Directory at an Area/Directorate level, seeking opportunities to improve awareness and knowledge of existing HMPPS wellbeing services. Raising Area/Directorate concerns with the central HMPPS Wellbeing Team to ensure the Staff Support Directory remains fit for purpose. Contribute to and raise awareness of HMPPS Wellbeing Communications. Utilising local knowledge to celebrate success and share best practice.
Develop knowledge of Area/Directorate and national wellbeing activities by engaging with Staff Networks, Health and Safety teams and HR teams. Engaging with the Wellbeing Committee, providing feedback on activity and initiatives, identifying opportunities to collaborate and innovate, proactively escalating and supporting activities.
Support the HMPPS Core Wellbeing Team by contributing to risk register reporting, including providing details of interventions/activities in Area/Directorate that mitigate identified risk. Provide assurance to the HMPPS Wellbeing Team and Area Executive Directors by collating Area/ Directorate information for wellbeing focussed audits and reviews. Providing local knowledge to define context of Area/Directorate wellbeing interventions and activities.
Commit to continuous professional development of self and seek opportunities to support professional development of Local Wellbeing leads to facilitate a continuous process of improvement to the HMPPS Core Wellbeing Offer. Provide functional wellbeing leadership within Area/Directorate, linking with local wellbeing leads to develop knowledge base and confidence in matters related to workforce wellbeing.
The post holder is required to attend regional meetings and there will also be regular travel across the country as required.
Due to the nature of the subject area the material and information received can at times be of a disturbing and sensitive nature.

The duties/responsibilities listed above describe the post as it is at present and is not intended to be exhaustive. The job holder is expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary. Significant adjustments may require re-examination under the Job Evaluation Scheme and shall be discussed in the first instance with the job holder. An ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence through the medium of English or (where specified in Wales) Welsh.

Civil Service Success Profile Criteria

Behaviours

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

Experience

Experience of change management to bring order to complex situations and maintain focus on the programme’s objectives.
Have negotiating and strong interpersonal skills.
Knowledge or experience of managing projects.
Experience and/or knowledge of frontline operations.

Person specification

Please refer to Job Description

Behaviours

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

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

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £54,148, HM Prison & Probation Service contributes £15,686 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

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

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Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Strengths.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.The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

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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Salary range

£54,148 - £59,366 per year