HQ Job Description (JD)
Band 5
Directorate: Public Sector Prisons
Job Description - Reducing Reoffending Support
Document Ref.
HQ-JES-2867 Reducing Reoffending Support v1.0
Document Type
Management
Version
1.0
Classification
Official
Date of Issue
01/07/2021
Status
Baselined
Produced by
Job Evaluation Assurance and Support Team
Authorised by
Reward Team
JD Evidence
HQ-JES-2867 Reducing Reoffending Support v1.0
Job Description
Job Title
Reducing Reoffending Support
Directorate
Public Sector Prisons
Band
5
Overview of the job
Improving reducing reoffending in prisons is HMPPS top priority.
Those working in the HMPPS Group Reducing Reoffending Teams play a significant
role in in improving public protection, sentence planning and resettlement provision
as well as building on rehabilitative culture within prisons.
The post will be part of the HMPPS Group Reducing Reoffending Team who are
responsible for providing support and assurance to establishments to deliver better
reducing reoffending outcomes delivering work consistent to the direction set out by
the Prison Group Director (PGD) and HQ. They will be an integral link for
establishments, the PGD and HQ in all matters associated with this essential work.
The job holder will serve a number of establishments within the group and therefore
a willingness to travel is required.
This is a non-operational role.
Summary
The role is to work collaboratively with establishments within the prison group to
ensure the best possible delivery of prison reducing reoffending policies and
practice. This includes providing support, guidance, training and assurance across all
elements of the Group Reducing Reoffending Strategies.
In summary the job holder will:
• Provide practical support directly to establishments in the group on reducing
reoffending including OMU, Public Protection, Drug Strategy, Resettlement
Pathways and Learning & Skills.
• Provide direct support to establishments to implement and embed
recommendations from Operational and System Assurance Group (OSAG) audits
and HMIP.
• Identify learning and good practice from establishments in the group and
nationally and support other establishments to benefit from shared learning.
• Provide guidance on national policy.
• Support establishments in all reducing reoffending related training.
• Support establishments to embed process to ensure correct data reporting.
• Work with relevant stakeholders to ensure joined up effective working within
the group.
• Complete quality assurance testing of reducing reoffending and OMU processes.
Responsibilities,
The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities
Activities and Duties
and duties:
• Establish influential working relationships with establishment staff responsible
for the delivery of reducing reoffending.
• Provide support to staff and managers on improving reducing reoffending in all
work streams to include OMU, Public Protection, Drug Strategy, Resettlement
Pathways and Learning & Skills.
• Support delivery of the Group and establishment reducing reoffending
strategies.
• Work collaboratively with other group support teams and leads.
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• Support establishments to identify and share good practice and implement in all
areas which affect reducing reoffending.
• Provide establishments with helpful and constructive challenge and support on
the effective application of policy and defensible decisions taken by
establishments.
• To guide the use of available data and quality assurance tools to enable
establishments to understand how to improve reducing reoffending outcomes
and what further support is required.
• Assist establishments in strengthening effective collaborative working with their
internal and external stakeholders in order to ensure joined up working across
reducing reoffending.
• Support the Group Reducing Reoffending lead by monitoring action taken to
respond to recommendations from internal reviews, HMIP and Operational and
System Assurance Group audit reports.
• Support the Group Reducing Reoffending lead in providing assurance for the
PGD on delivery of reducing reoffending in establishments, providing clear
evidence of how effectively governance, initiatives and practice are managed
within each establishment.
• Support delivery of HMPPS priorities and service-wide activities on reducing
reoffending.
• Contribute to the delivery of Group Reducing Reoffending meetings to discuss
issues, trends and learning.
• Support the effective delivery of rehabilitative culture in each establishment.
• Devise innovative solutions to local reducing reoffending challenges and work
with local teams to implement and embed.
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.
Behaviours
• Changing and Improving
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Delivering at Pace
• Communicating and Influencing
• Managing a Quality Service
Strengths
It is advised strengths are chosen locally, recommended 4-8.
Ability
• English, written and spoken
• Training can be undertaken once in post
Experience
• Knowledge or experience of Reducing Reoffending work in prisons
Technical
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Minimum Eligibility
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• 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)
Allowances
To be used by the JES Team only
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Success Profile
Strengths
Behaviours
It is advised strengths
Ability
Experience
Technical
are chosen locally,
recommended 4-8
Changing and Improving
English, written and
Knowledge or experience of
spoken
Reducing Reoffending work in
prisons
Seeing the Big Picture
Training can be
undertaken once in post
Delivering at Pace
Communicating and Influencing
Managing a Quality Service
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