PS Job Description (JD)
PS Band 5
Directorate: Probation Service
Job Description - Health and Justice Partnership
Coordinator
Document Ref.
PS JES 0106 Health and Justice Partnership Coordinator
Document Type
Management
Version
2.0
Classification
Official
Date of Issue
28 April 2022
Status
Baselined
Produced by
Job Evaluation Assurance and Support Team
Authorised by
Reward Team
JD Evidence
PS JES 0106 Health and Justice Partnership Coordinator v2.0
Job Description
Job Title
Health and Justice Partnership Coordinator
Directorate
Probation Service
Band
Band 5
Overview of the job
The job holder is strategic lead on strengthening and developing continuity of care
pathways so those leaving prison can access treatment and support on release, as
part of the organisation’s aims on reducing/breaking the cycle of reoffending.
As a strategic role within the Probation Service (PS), post holders are accountable to
the Head of Community Integration.
The role will work regionally 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.
In line with PS policies and procedures, the job holder must at all times demonstrate
a commitment to equality and inclusion and an understanding of their relevance to
the work they do.
Summary
The job holder will be expected to lead on continuity of care pathways working in
tandem with relevant local partners and HMPPS colleagues to develop practice
related to substance misuse and health-related release planning.
This includes designing and consulting on processes to enable information sharing,
improving the use of substance misuse and health-related licence conditions, and
understanding of health and substance misuse resettlement pathways.
The post holder must adhere to all policies in respect of the sensitive/confidential
nature of the information handled whilst working in this position.
Responsibilities,
The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities
Activities and Duties
and duties:
• Develop effective relationships with key partners including prisoners,
people on probation, prisons, treatment providers in custody and
community and commissioners to identify opportunities to improve join-up,
locally innovate and drive forward national priority workstreams.
• Lead strategic discussions with partners and stakeholders to ensure a whole
system approach to the delivery of health and justice pathways from
custody to community setting.
• Use performance data to drive activity to improve probation and prison
practice and inform partnership working. With a key of focus on Substance
misuse and continuity of care pathways. This is also to include engagement
with prisoners and people on probation to understand how to improve
health and substance misuse pathways.
• Lead joint partnership working with health and substance misuse partners
to design a more integrated health and justice partnership, focusing on
continuity of care pathways. Where the service exists, drive improvements
in service integration between probation and NHS England and
Improvement’s Reconnect service.
• Identify good practice and innovation opportunities to improve substance
misuse and health continuity of care pathways. Drive these forward locally
and share with national teams.
• Provide a key interface between national Offender Health teams within
HMPPS and regional probation delivery. This includes escalating local
concerns and needs and ensuring communication and delivery of agreed
national activity.
PS JES 0106 Health and Justice Partnership Coordinator v2.0
• Increase understanding within Probation about good practice and health
and substance misuse pathways to support continuity of care, operating as
a specialist point of contact across the region for both Probation and its
partners.
• Drive partnership working with the prison Drug Strategy Leads and PGD
leads offering advice and support to manage the transition into the
community to improve substance misuse continuity of care.
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.
Behaviours
• Changing and Improving
• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together
• Leadership
• Seeing the Big Picture
Strengths
It is advised strengths are chosen locally, recommended 4-8.
Experience
• Worked with prisoners or those engaged in the criminal justice system with a
proven record of good practice in a variety of settings.
• Experience of working across stakeholder groups and Other Government
Departments.
• Excellent influencing skills, showing the ability to deal effectively with conflict
and deliver objectives.
• Experience of working under pressure and fulfilling demanding deadlines with
experience of setting goals and achieving targets.
• Experience of working flexibly as a member of a team to achieve performance
targets.
• Experience in delivering change across large organisations and multiple
stakeholders.
• Evidence of ability to evaluate practice.
• Demonstrable achievements in managing/supporting change and effecting
improvements in quality and efficiency.
• Able to demonstrate well developed IT skills, including evidence of ability to
interpret and apply performance reports.
• Experience of proactively championing diversity and inclusiveness both
internally and externally.
• Knowledge of health pathways for those leaving prison, particularly for
substance misuse and mental health, including the key partners involved.
• Sound understanding of probation processes, including release planning.
Technical
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 (Unsocial Leave blank
Hours) Allowances
To be used by the JES Team only
PS JES 0106 Health and Justice Partnership Coordinator v2.0
Success Profile
Strengths
Behaviours
It is advised strengths
Ability
Experience
Technical
are chosen locally,
recommended 4-8
Changing and Improving
Worked with prisoners or those engaged in
.
the criminal justice system with a proven
record of good practice in a variety of
settings
Communicating and Influencing
Experience of working across stakeholder
groups and Other Government
Departments
Working Together
Excellent influencing skills, showing the
ability to deal effectively with conflict and
deliver objectives
Leadership
Experience of working under pressure and
fulfilling demanding deadlines with
experience of setting goals and achieving
targets.
Seeing the Big Picture
Experience of working flexibly as a member
of a team to achieve performance targets
Experience in delivering change across large
organisations and multiple stakeholders
Evidence of ability to evaluate practice
Demonstrable achievements in
managing/supporting change and effecting
improvements in quality and efficiency
Able to demonstrate well developed IT
skills, including evidence of ability to
interpret and apply performance reports
PS JES 0106 Health and Justice Partnership Coordinator v2.0
Experience of proactively championing
diversity and inclusiveness both internally
and externally
Knowledge of health pathways for those
leaving prison, particularly for substance
misuse and mental health, including the key
partners involved.
Sound
understanding
of
probation
processes, including release planning.
PS JES 0106 Health and Justice Partnership Coordinator v2.0