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PS Job Description (JD)
PS Band 3
Directorate: Probation Service
Job Description: Community Payback Supervisor
Document Ref.
PS-JES-0094 Community Payback Supervisor v3.0
Document Type
Management
Version
3.0
Classification
Official
Date of Issue
5 December 2024
Status
Baselined
Produced by
Job Evaluation Assurance and Support Team
Authorised by
Reward Team
JD Evidence
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PS Job Description
Job Title
Community Payback Supervisor
Directorate
Probation Service
Band
Band 3
Overview of the
This is an operational role directly supervising work groups of
job
offenders serving a community sentence. This may include
driving service vehicles to transport people or equipment. The
post holder will be responsible for all work site supervision tasks
and will work with service users to ensure that all tasks are
carried out to the best of their ability. This will include working
alongside people to demonstrate good practice as necessary.
Summary
The post holder will work on varied projects that involve practical
tasks that should be seen by the public to be a credible
punishment providing reparation to the community. The post
holder will exercise appropriate authority to maintain discipline
and good behaviour within working groups, alerting the relevant
staff to any infringement of discipline or behaviour.
The post holder will contribute towards the rehabilitative potential
of the sentence and will support some service users to gain
employment skills through a positive work experience with the
opportunity to gain vocational or skills-based training.
Staff are expected to contribute towards review and evaluation of
all aspects of service delivery and to contribute towards a culture
of continuous improvement.
Post holders may be required to undertake weekend working as
part of their normal pattern of working. The work may involve
working alongside volunteers or staff from partner organisations.
Responsibilities, The job holder will be required to carry out the following
Activities &
responsibilities, activities and duties:
Duties
• 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.
• Ensure that appropriate tools, equipment and supplies are
available in accordance with local procedure and that
instructions for safe use are followed by service users.
• Conduct a dynamic risk assessment to ensure all hazards are
noted and managed.
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• 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.
• Maintain all service users’ records in accordance with
organisational requirements ensuring that all information is
updated onto the case management system in a timely and
accurate manner.
• Work towards accreditation as a workplace assessor or
deliver training assessments for selected service users within
the supervised work group to provide enhanced learning
opportunities.
• Contribute towards promoting Community Payback with
colleagues, external agencies, Sentencers and the public.
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. The post
holder must adhere to all policies in respect of the sensitive/
confidential nature of the information handled whilst working in
this position.
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
• Managing a Quality Service
• Working Together
• Communicating and Influencing
• Leadership
Strengths
Note: we recommend you choose 4 to 8 strengths locally - select
from the list of Civil Service strength definitions on the intranet.
Experience
• Experience of Practical Skills
• UK Manual Driving Licence - Category D1 Minibus
• Evidence of commitment to teamwork
• 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
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Technical
• Basic knowledge of First Aid and willingness to undertake
Requirements
further training
• To attain IOSH L3 or equivalent and a willingness to attend
further training
• Willing to achieve and maintain L3 Certificate in Assessing
Vocational Achievement (CAVA) or equivalent
Ability
• Ability to model pro-social attitudes and behaviour to service
users
• Good written communication skills
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
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(Unsocial Hours) To be used by the JES Team only
Allowances
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