Job Description (JD)
Band 4
Group Profile - Case Worker (CW)
Job Description - CW: Special Units
Document Ref.
OR-JES-2723-JD-B4 : CW : Special Units v1.0
Document Type
Management
Version
1.0
Classification
Official
Date of Issue
31/01/2020
Status
Baselined
Produced by
Job Evaluation Assurance and Support Team
Authorised by
Reward Team
JD Evidence
OR-JES-2723-JD-B4 : CW : Special Units v1.0
Job Description
Job Title
Case Worker: Special Units
Group Profile
Case Worker
Organisation Level
Delivery
Band
4
Overview of the job
This is a non-operational prisoner facing job based in an establishment.
Summary
The job holder will deliver a range of tasks including providing service delivery on a
specialist IPP unit, maintaining systems and processes related to this, as well as
engaging IPP residents more widely across the establishment.
This is a non-operational job with no line management responsibilities.
Responsibilities,
The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities
Activities and Duties
and duties:
• Establish and deliver an induction process, with the involvement of the
psychologist, for prisoners entering the establishment who fit criteria for
the unit.
• Assist in establishing a wider strategy for prisoners in the establishment,
including identifying prisoner representatives, holding regular meetings
with them, establishing a network of support across the establishment.
• Maintain and manage a referral process for the unit
• Work with wing staff to engage prisoners moving onto the unit and assist in
discussing the wing ethos and compact with them, and assist in setting
relevant and meaningful objectives for residents to be working on whilst on
the unit.
• Encourage and support prisoners to participate in education, group sessions
and workshops as defined with the wing compact and/or their sentence
plan and develop strategies to assist residents in overcoming concerns
about engaging.
• With the Psychologist, prepare for and deliver group based sessions to
prisoners on the unit (this may include psycho-educational/skills based
groups as well as interest groups). Wing staff will also be involved in this.
• Maintain electronic systems regarding prisoners’ involvement in the unit
including meetings and session attendance and progress on goals. This will
include making P-NOMIS entries as well as maintaining local excel
spreadsheets.
• Liaise with other departments and agencies to gather and exchange
information relating to prisoners’ progress.
• Attend prisoners meetings, staff meetings, and supervision, training and
strategy meetings.
• Work closely with the unit staff and the Psychologist to ensure that high
standards of delivery are maintained across the unit.
• Highlight any prisoners who give cause for significant concern, by way of
their observed behaviour, to the relevant function e.g. safer custody,
security, IRMT, programmes etc.
• Contribute and attend Multi-agency Public Protection Arrangement
(MAPPA) boards, IPP Progression Panels, Sentence Planning Reviews and
Parole Boards as required.
OR-JES-2723-JD-B4 : CW : Special Units v1.0
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.
An ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence through the medium
of English or (where specified in Wales) Welsh.
Behaviours
? Leadership
? Communicating and Influencing
? Working Together
? Managing a Quality Service
Strengths
It is advised strengths are chosen locally, recommended 4-8.
Essential Experience
Technical
Undertake any training specific to the unit.
Requirements
Ability
Minimum Eligibility
? All candidates are subject to security and identity checks prior to taking up post.
? All external candidates are subject to 6 months’ probation. Internal candidates are
subject to probation if they have not already served a probationary period within
HMPPS.
? All staff are required to declare whether they are a member of a group or
organisation which HMPPS consider to be racist.
Hours of Work
37 hour working week
(Unsocial Hours)
Allowances
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Success Profile
Strengths
Behaviours
It is advised strengths
Ability
Experience
Technical
are chosen locally,
recommended 4-8
Leadership
Undertake any training specific to the
unit.
Communicating and Influencing
Working Together
Managing a Quality Service
OR-JES-2723-JD-B4 : CW : Special Units v1.0