Probation Officer

LOCATION: Essex

HOURS: 37 hours per week

PAY RATE: £28.63 limited per hour (Umbrella pay rate) or £20.30 per hour PAYE rate

Full Job Description

Depending on the role, work may include:

• Working with people on probation to analyse and address their behaviour;
• Assessing offender needs;
• The preparation and delivery of reports (Court, Parole etc);
• The assessment and management of the risk of serious harm posed by individuals;
• Accurate case recording;
• Able to facilitate learning events, provide guidance, support, feedback and mentoring to operational staff across the Probation Service through a programme of learning events.

The job holder is expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary.

Essential Requirements

• Possession of a Probation Qualification Framework Graduate Diploma/ Honours Degree in Community Justice integrated with Level 5 Diploma in Probation Practice, or a recognised qualification by the Secretary of State for Justice as per Section 10 of the Offender Management Act 2007.
• Evidence of working for a recognised provider of probation services in the last 5 years.
• Experience and knowledge of evidence based practice and risk/needs assessment tools, including OASys, SARA and RSR, for risk assessment and management, including the ability to use/learn quickly.
• Experience of writing detailed reports to strict deadlines and quality standards, including Court reports including completion of the RSR tool, and parole reports.
• Experience of using and maintaining Probation Service computer based systems to produce, update and maintain records and other documentation within agreed timescales – NDelius and OASys.
• Working knowledge of Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements.

If you are interested in applying, please contact Oliver Jefferson on 01772 208962 or send your CV to [email protected]