Engaging People on Probation Manager - Yorkshire & The Humber Probation Service - Community Integration - Part Time (Ref:6160) - #144980

This position can be based at NMS Church House, HD1 1SG, NMS LG, The Church View Centre, DN1 1AF, NMS Norwich House, HU1 3ES, NMS Reed House Beverley, HU17 0LF, NMS Suite 1, Grd Fl, Unit 2 Hawke Street Business Park, S9 2SU, NMS Westgate House, HX1 1PD, NPS 1 Burgage Square Wakefield, WF1 2TS, NPS 108 LOWTHER STREET YORK, YO31 7WD, NPS 30 ALBION STREET DEWSBURY, WF13 2AJ, NPS 34 BENNETTHORPE DONCASTER, DN2 6AD, NPS 379 YORK ROAD LEEDS, LS9 6TA, NPS 45 DIVISION STREET SHEFFIELD, S1 4GE, NPS 4A ST JOHNS AVENUE BRIDLINGTON, YO16 4NG, NPS 5/7 HAYWRA CRESENT HARROGATE, HG1 5BG, NPS ACORN HOUSE BARNSLEY, S71 1HH, NPS ASHLEY BUSINESS COURT ROTHERHAM, S60 1RU, NPS BARCLAYS HOUSE HULL, HU1 1RN, NPS CITY COURTS BRADFORD, BD1 1LA, NPS ESSEX LODGE NORTHALLERTON, DL7 8SG, NPS FRATERNAL HOUSE BRADFORD, BD1 4HP, NPS Northways Scarborough, YO11 1JH, NPS UNIT 1 SCUNTHORPE, DN15 6JH, NPS WATERLOO HOUSE LEEDS, LS1 2EE, SCARBOROUGH COUNTY COURT SCARBOROUGH, YO11 2JS

Job Summary

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Job Description

Overview of the job

Reports directly to a senior manager, for example, Head of Community Integration, Head of Reducing PDU, the Engaging People on Probation Managers will work across one of the Probation regions in England or Wales to lead and embed the Engaging People on Probation agenda on behalf of the Probation Service (PS). You will work at a regional and strategic level, providing management and leadership to a team of Peer Mentor Coordinators with the aim of working with stakeholders to reduce reoffending through improving the engagement of people on probation. Embedding this work into probation aligns to the organisation approach to rehabilitation set out in the rehabilitation strategy, delivered through the implementation of the Lived Experience Charter. You will represent the region at a senior level across multiple external agencies and stakeholders involved in Lived Experience. Equally, you will deliver skilled leadership within the PS to influence the Engaging People on Probation agenda, alongside the Lived Experience Charter, including improving performance, quality, and outcomes. You must also strategically identify and link how lived experience agenda can enhance all areas of probation e.g. interventions, sentence planning etc. You will work across the region and be based within a community probation office with the expectation that post holders will travel as and when required, including regular visits into selected prisons, probation offices and HQ offices.

Summary

As an Engaging People on Probation Manager, you will be expected to play a key strategic senior leadership role under the Head of Community Integration (HoCI) or Head of Reducing Reoffending in Wales (HRRW) and provide leadership to a team to deliver on the Engaging People on Probation Strategy within the Probation Service. This role will involve working with an extensive range of internal and external partners to improve the use of the voice of Lived Experience into the design of the Probation Service and external partners and agencies, contributing to reducing re-offending within the criminal justice system. This includes improving delivery of services for people on probation and in prison, developing peer led opportunities and employment opportunities for people with convictions. This work will make a key contribution to reducing reoffending and reducing the number of victims of crime that will support HMPPS’ shared goals with the rehabilitation strategy.

The Engaging People on Probation agenda is complex and will require you to engage with and lead multiple themes, which include regional and national themes. This work involves working with bespoke and high-risk cohorts such as people convicted of sexual offences and MAPPA finding inclusive ways to engage and involve cohort. You will have excellent analytical and stakeholder engagement skills with an ability to work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to solve problems and find pragmatic solutions that deliver improved outcomes for people on probation. The post holder must adhere to all policies in respect of the sensitive/confidential nature of the information handled whilst working in this position. The post holder must work closely with internal comms and press office to manage sensitive comms around lived experience and engaging people on probation work.

Responsibilities, Activities and Duties

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

• Under the guidance of the regional HoCI/HRRW, the post holder will develop and deliver regional Probation Service Engaging People on Probation strategic priorities, which align with existing and emerging national priorities. This includes directly contributing to the delivery of the Engaging People on Probation/Lived Experience Charter for the PS.
• Develop and maintain effective relationships with key senior leads at multiple external stakeholders including Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs), Criminal Justice Boards.
• Represent the PS externally in key regional and local partnership meetings, as well as internally with national and regional senior teams. You will also develop briefings and presentations to influence the engaging people on probation agenda/outcomes at these forums.
• Effective analytical skills to identify multi-faceted and interdependent challenges between engaging people on probation and the Lived Experience Charter at a regional level, and progress local initiatives that deliver improved outcomes, including performance and quality.
• Interpret varied and highly complex information from numerous sources to identify local and regional opportunities, and support strategic discussions with an extensive range of partners to ensure a whole-system approach to the delivery of national priority workstreams.
• Play a critical role in developing Operational Engaging People on Probation Governance within HMPPS by providing interface between national and policy teams within HMPPS and regional probation delivery.
• Financial and budget responsibilities for joint initiatives or commissioning opportunities with health and justice partners, commissioning and partnership managers and Health and Justice managers. Identifying where business cases need raising to enhance engaging people on probation and the wider probation agenda.
• Responsible for the management of the Peer Coordinators and other staff as necessary within the probation region or national directorate, including ensuring impactful delivery of workstreams, performance and quality matrices.
• Be prepared to travel to facilitate forums, staff training etc.
  
  

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.

Summary

As an Engaging People on Probation Manager, you will be expected to play a key strategic senior leadership role under the Head of Community Integration (HoCI) or Head of Reducing Reoffending in Wales (HRRW) and provide leadership to a team to deliver on the Engaging People on Probation Strategy within the Probation Service. This role will involve working with an extensive range of internal and external partners to improve the use of the voice of Lived Experience into the design of the Probation Service and external partners and agencies, contributing to reducing re-offending within the criminal justice system. This includes improving delivery of services for people on probation and in prison, developing peer led opportunities and employment opportunities for people with convictions. This work will make a key contribution to reducing reoffending and reducing the number of victims of crime that will support HMPPS’ shared goals with the rehabilitation strategy.

The Engaging People on Probation agenda is complex and will require you to engage with and lead multiple themes, which include regional and national themes. This work involves working with bespoke and high-risk cohorts such as people convicted of sexual offences and MAPPA finding inclusive ways to engage and involve cohort. You will have excellent analytical and stakeholder engagement skills with an ability to work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to solve problems and find pragmatic solutions that deliver improved outcomes for people on probation. The post holder must adhere to all policies in respect of the sensitive/confidential nature of the information handled whilst working in this position. The post holder must work closely with internal comms and press office to manage sensitive comms around lived experience and engaging people on probation work.

Responsibilities, Activities and Duties

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

• Under the guidance of the regional HoCI/HRRW, the post holder will develop and deliver regional Probation Service Engaging People on Probation strategic priorities, which align with existing and emerging national priorities. This includes directly contributing to the delivery of the Engaging People on Probation/Lived Experience Charter for the PS.
• Develop and maintain effective relationships with key senior leads at multiple external stakeholders including Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs), Criminal Justice Boards.
• Represent the PS externally in key regional and local partnership meetings, as well as internally with national and regional senior teams. You will also develop briefings and presentations to influence the engaging people on probation agenda/outcomes at these forums.
• Effective analytical skills to identify multi-faceted and interdependent challenges between engaging people on probation and the Lived Experience Charter at a regional level, and progress local initiatives that deliver improved outcomes, including performance and quality.
• Interpret varied and highly complex information from numerous sources to identify local and regional opportunities, and support strategic discussions with an extensive range of partners to ensure a whole-system approach to the delivery of national priority workstreams.
• Play a critical role in developing Operational Engaging People on Probation Governance within HMPPS by providing interface between national and policy teams within HMPPS and regional probation delivery.
• Financial and budget responsibilities for joint initiatives or commissioning opportunities with health and justice partners, commissioning and partnership managers and Health and Justice managers. Identifying where business cases need raising to enhance engaging people on probation and the wider probation agenda.
• Responsible for the management of the Peer Coordinators and other staff as necessary within the probation region or national directorate, including ensuring impactful delivery of workstreams, performance and quality matrices.
• Be prepared to travel to facilitate forums, staff training etc.
  
  

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.

Person specification

Qualifications

Considerable knowledge of Lived Experience for those leaving

prison, and within probation

Behaviours

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

• Working Together
• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing
• Changing and Improving
• 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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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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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.

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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

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• Name : SSCL Recruitment Enquiries Team
• Email : [email protected]
• Telephone : 0345 241 5358
  
  

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