HQ Job Description (JD)
Band 6
Group Family: Generic - Casework
Job Description: Casework Advisor
Document Ref.
HQ-JES-2146 Generic - Casework Advisor v2.0
Document Type
Management
Version
2.0
Classification
Unclassified
Date of Issue
24/07/2019
Status
Baselined
Produced by
Head of Group
Authorised by
Reward Team
JD Evidence
HQ-JES-2146 Generic - Casework Advisor v2.0
HQ Job Description
Job Title
Casework Advisor
Directorate
Generic - Casework
Band
6
Overview of the job
The job holder has responsibility for the management of casework processes and
ensuring correct protocols are followed.
Summary
Casework Advisors are required to identify complex/high profile cases and provide
advice to senior managers and provide first draft responses to letters before action
etc. They will be required to take a range of routine operational decisions.
Work involves daily liaison with prisons, police, probation, the Parole Board,
Government Legal Department and other stake-holders as well as dealing with
prisoners, solicitors and other interested parties. They will establish good working
relationships with their counterparts in other agencies and ensure that their staff do
the same.
The job holder will be responsible for ensuring that their team delivers their work
against targets and will monitor team members’ performance. They will ensure that
work on the team is distributed fairly across team members and prioritised
appropriately.
Team Leaders require good judgment, accuracy, an ability to analyse detailed
information quickly and excellent organisational skills. They are expected to work with
a degree of autonomy and have an awareness of wider issues/constraints/practices.
Responsibilities,
The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities
Activities & Duties
and duties:
? Commission data and draft responses to Freedom of Information (FOI), Data
Protection Act (DPA) requests and Environmental Information Regulations
(EIR) requests, ensuring these are accurate, compliant with the relevant
legislation and are completed within the statutory deadline. To maintain a
good working knowledge of the FOI Act, the Data Protection Act and their
exemptions.
? Manage the process of providing good quality, accurate and timely draft
responses to official public correspondence, including Ministerial and Chief
Executive Officer (CEO) letters for approval by the Head of Team, solicitors’
letters and treat official correspondence.
? Draft Ministerial replies and background notes in response to PQs about
prison/probation operational matters. To liaise with prisons / probation and
policyholders and ensure that swift, accurate, relevant and concise answers
are provided within specified timescales and that background notes contain
appropriate context, along with any other pertinent information for the
Minister’s interest
? Ensuring that casework is undertaken according to agreed processes and
policies, including the achievement of agreed quality targets across team
? Act as secretariat chasing minutes and actions
? The post holder will oversee the case management system and ensure all
records (paper & electronic) are up to date and secure and where gaps
identified, liaise with senior caseworker.
? Provide guidance and advice on issues to service providers, both reactively in
response to questions to the helpline and functional mailbox, and
proactively, to address new issues and frequently asked questions;
? Provide advice on issues to staff and managers across HMPPS estate,
HQ-JES-2146 Generic - Casework Advisor v2.0
? Provide instructions to Government Legal Department, comment on
Counsels’ submissions to the Coroner, liaising with MoJ Legal Department
and prisons/probation where necessary and consider lengthy and complex
legal documents, witness statements and legal arguments and amend as
necessary. Seeking advice from Deputy Head of Casework and/or Head of
Casework where necessary.
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
? Making Effective Decisions
? Communicating and Influencing
? Leadership
? Working Together
? Managing a Quality Service
? Delivering at Pace
Strengths
It is advised strengths are chosen locally, recommended 4-8.
Essential Experience
Technical
requirements
Ability
Minimum Eligibility
Please do not alter this box
? 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 Hours)
Allowances
HQ-JES-2146 Generic - Casework Advisor v2.0
Success Profile
Strengths
Behaviours
It is advised strengths are
Ability
Experience
Technical
chosen locally, recommended
4-8
Changing and Improving
Making Effective Decisions
Communicating and Influencing
Leadership
Working Together
Managing a Quality Service
Delivering at Pace
HQ-JES-2146 Generic - Casework Advisor v2.0