Probation Service Officer - UPW

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We are recruiting on behalf of our client for a Probation Service Officer. Post holder will manage single requirement UPW cases and multiple sentence management UPW requirements for their Unpaid Work.

If you have a passion for the criminal justice sector and are interested in offender rehabilitation then join the National Probation Service as aProbation Service Officer. This will give you the opportunity to work directly with a caseload of high-risk offenders and the opportunity to make a difference to the life of numerous vulnerable and at-risk people.

Location: London

Contract: Temp

Work hours: 37 hours per week

Salary: £22.92 per hour Umbrella, £17.59 PAYE

Vacancies: 3

Your main duties and responsibilities will include:

• Conduct Pre-Placement Unpaid Work Induction sessions
• Conduct a start of the day 'tool box’ talk to ensure all service users understand the task at hand and safe working practice and motivate and support service users to complete their Order
• Follow work directions within the project placement file
• Ensure Health & Safety procedures are followed, alerting the relevant staff to any risk, ensuring that any associated paperwork is completed accurately and on time as required, including contributing to the review of placement risk assessments.
• Conduct a dynamic risk assessment to ensure all hazards are noted and managed
• Use pro-social and other motivational techniques to ensure that service users complete the work assigned in a disciplined and well-behaved manner
• Monitor the attendance of service users allocated to agency placements and promote successful completions.

Person Specification:

• Evidence of commitment to team work
• Effective inter-personal skills with the ability to supervise people constructively while maintaining authority
• Evidence of problem-solving within a workplace or similar environment
• Knowledge of safety at work, public protection and risk of harm in all aspects of work
• Basic knowledge of First Aid and willingness to undertake further training
• IOSH L3 or equivalent and a willingness to attend further training
• Achieve a Certificate of professional competency - Minibus driver training
• Achieve and maintain the appropriate qualification to assess service user qualification for an NVQ award during work placement activity
• Ability to model pro-social attitudes and behaviour to service users
• Good written communication skills
• A current Enhanced DBS check is required for this role, which we can process for you

Due to the high volume of applications received, if you do not hear from us within 7 working days, I am afraid your application has been unsuccessful.

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