Job Description (JD)
Band 3
Group Profile: Business Administrator(BA)
Job Description: BA: Substance Misuse and
Drug Strategy
Document Ref.
OR-JES-146-JD-B3 : BA : Substance Misuse and
Drug Strategy v6.0
Document Type
Management
Version
6.0
Classification
Official
Date of Issue
10th June 2024
Status
Baselined
Produced by
Job Evaluation Assurance and Support Team
Authorised by
Reward Team
JD Evidence
OR-JES-146-JD-B3 : BA : Substance Misuse and Drug Strategy v6.0
Job Description
Job Title
BA: Substance Misuse and Drug Strategy
Group Profile
Business Administrator
Organisation
Delivery
Level
Band
3
Overview of the
This is an administrative job in an establishment.
job
Summary
The job holder will provide administrative support to the
Substance Misuse Intervention / Detox programmes within
specified timescales for the establishment.
This is a non-operational job with no line management
responsibilities. This role is rotational.
Responsibilities,
The job holder will be required to carry out the following
Activities and
responsibilities, activities and duties:
Duties
• Co-ordinates the department diary and organise substance
intervention programmes and appointments
• Process referrals and ensure they are ready for key worker
allocation within specified timescales
• Organise and produce group work notifications on a daily
basis
• Liaise with internal departments to process information for
placing prisoners onto interventions programmes and inform
wing staff of drug programme clients
• Prepare notifications of prisoners attending drug intervention
programmes and inform Observation Categorisation
Allocation (OCA) and Healthcare, in order to prevent transfers
to other establishments before the end of the programme.
Undertake other administrative tasks including:
• Organise, produce and maintain accurate records for area of
work
• Act as contact point for all communications to the team.
Prioritise and distribute communications to the appropriate
person or relevant department in establishment
• Complete monitoring returns for area of work
• Input requisitions on to the finance database and process
requisitions for defined area of work
• Co-ordinate any awareness sessions for area of work
• Prepare paperwork for checking by manager, conducting initial
checks as required
• Correspond with relevant stakeholders and agencies to ensure
that they are aware of information so that information is
adequately shared
• Maintain and check establishment databases, manual filing
systems and logs of information, responding within agreed
timescales and producing reports as required
OR-JES-146-JD-B3 : BA : Substance Misuse and Drug Strategy v6.0
• Collate information relating to relevant Service Delivery
Indicators (SDIs)
• Act as secretary to meetings as required including organising
agenda, taking and distributing minutes and action points
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.
Civil Service Success Profile Criteria
Behaviours
• Changing and Improving
• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together
• Managing a Quality Service
• Delivering at Pace
Strengths
We recommend you choose 4 to 8 strengths locally
Experience
Technical
requirements
Ability
Minimum
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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
OR-JES-146-JD-B3 : BA : Substance Misuse and Drug Strategy v6.0