National Security Division - Manchester, United Kingdom - HM Prison & Probation Service
Description
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Reference number:
Salary:
- £37,909 - £42,251
Job grade:
- Other
- NPS Pay Band 5 National
Contract type: - Permanent
Type of role: - Other
Working pattern:
- Fulltime
Number of jobs available: - 1Contents
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Location
- This position is based at NMS Redfern Building, M60 0AEAbout the job
Job summary:
- Please refer to Job Description
Job description:
Overview of the job
This is a specialist role within the National Security Division (NSD).
The NSD Specialist Probation Practitioner is required to provide specialist additional monitoring and contact to those assessed as posing a specific risk of further extreme offending which would cause serious and widespread harm.
The NSD Specialist Probation Practitioner is required to do this through liaison with specialist external agencies and have oversight of targeted risk reduction work and intervention.
The case load managed by the NSD Specialist Probation Practitioner poses a national security threat and high media profile.The NSD Specialist Probation Practitioner reports to the NSD Senior Operational Lead.
Summary
This work will take place in custody and community settings, as well as in multi
- agency environments. The postholder will need to undertake additional specialist training to undertake certain roles, and be security cleared to SC level.
The postholder is required to cover a caseload across the entire divisional area, this will involve travel by car or public transport.
This cohort will be supervised to enhanced national standards, meaning twice weekly contact and additional monitoring alongside regular liaison with external agencies and interested parties.
Responsibilities, Activities & Duties
The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities and duties:
- Release planning for TACT, TACT connected/risk, complex cases, critical public protection and Serious Organised Crime cases using enhanced national standards.
- Specialist case management including completion of OASys, response plans, trigger plans, EMS protocols, sentence planning and parole preparation and attendance as well as MAPPA referrals and attendance.
- Appropriate and effective sharing of information and risk and specific briefings, including briefing approved premises staff, DDP mentors, Police, Prison and CTSPP staff to ensure all professionals are aware of risk levels and relevant information. Ensuring sensitive information is shared handled and stored appropriately.
- Building and maintaining multi agency working relationships with external agencies and partners, crucial to appropriate and effective management of this cohort. Agencies will include but are not limited to DDP mentors, CTP, AP staff, children's services, Local Policing. Job holders are required to have an awareness of these agencies' cultures and processes and be adept at working with people on probation who have a history of splitting professionals.
- Specialist support, advice and guidance to staff on all aspects of TACT/TACT connected and Terrorist risk offender management within APs and staff working in other settings and agencies e.g. mental health, children's services.
- Provide professional advice and assessment, including written reports to courts, the Parole Board, other criminal justice agencies and partner organisations.
- Undertake prison, home or other alternate location visits as required. This involves travel by car or public transport across the whole allocated division. There will also be the need to cover other divisions during significant events or staffing issues.
- Carry out safeguarding children and vulnerable person duties in accordance with the PS statutory responsibilities and agency policies.
- Demonstrate prosocial modelling skills by consistently reinforcing prosocial behaviour and attitudes, and challenging antisocial behaviour and attitudes where people on probation may hold and share significant exclusionary and discriminatory views and can potentially pose an increased risk to the PP.
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.
Person specification:
- Please refer to Job Description
Qualifications: - 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
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