Community Payback supervisor in Widnes

We are looking for a Community Payback Supervisor who will work directly with offenders serving a community sentence to supervise and motivate them to complete unpaid work placements. The successful candidate will spend up to 7 hours each workday guiding a small group of offenders, ensuring tasks are carried out safely and to a high standard.

In this role you will also be responsible for driving service vehicles to transport people or equipment, handling work‑site supervision tasks, and working with service users to demonstrate good practice. You may be required to work frequent weekends and some evenings. Weekend work is paid at a 50% higher rate.

The role is part of the Probation Service’s Community Payback team, which offers progression through a Competency Based Framework and annual band pay increases aligned with Civil Service guidance.

Key Responsibilities

• Supervise and motivate offenders to complete unpaid community work hours.
• Plan, organise and lead manual tasks such as cleaning streets, planting trees, laying flowerbeds, graffiti removal and other community restoration projects.
• Use full UK Manual Driving Licence to transport offenders and equipment to and from work sites.
• Ensure safety, fitness and wellbeing of all participants during work placements.
• Record and report work progress and incidents to senior staff.

Person Specification

Essential Skills and Qualifications

• Full UK manual driving licence (automatic licence not acceptable).
• UK right to work in the Civil Service and the United Kingdom.
• Experience working with diverse individuals and ability to communicate and influence effectively.
• Capacity to lead small teams and manage work quality.

Behaviours (assessed in the selection process)

• Communicating and Influencing
• Managing a Quality Service
• Working Together
• Leadership

Benefits

• Learning and development opportunities.
• Flexible working options to support work‑life balance.
• Inclusive working culture.
• Annual leave and public holidays.
• Employer contribution to pension (28.97%).
• Season ticket advance – subject to approval.

Nationality Requirements

• UK nationals
• Nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• Nationals of Commonwealth countries with the right to work in the UK
• Nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein (and family members with settled or pre‑settled status)
• Individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EU Settlement Scheme on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals and certain family members of Turkish nationals with accrued right to work in the Civil Service

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

This vacancy is open to all qualified candidates regardless of age, gender, race, disability, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.