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Job Description (JD)
Band 4
Group Profile: Offender Management Support
Job Description: Foreign National Offender
Specialist
Document Ref.
OR-JES-TEMP-JD-B4: Foreign National Offender
Specialist v1.0
Document Type
Management
Version
1.0
Classification
Official
Date of Issue
6 February 2025
Status
Baselined
Produced by
Job Evaluation Assurance and Support Team
Authorised by
Reward Team
JD Evidence
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Job Description
Job Title
Foreign National Offender Specialist
Group Profile
Organisation
Delivery
Level
Band
4
Overview of the
This is a specialist administrative role within an establishment to
job
support the needs of Foreign National Offenders (FNO) as part
of Offender Management function. FNOs often need support to
understand and manage both their custodial and immigration
journey, particularly if they are subject to deportation action. In
this role the job holder will identify and inform Home Office (HO)
such as FNO Returns Command (FNORC) of FNOs who wish to
comply with their removal from the UK and this will enable the
job holder to contribute towards HMPPS work of managing
prison capacity.
The role will provide a critical link to the Home Office, promoting
awareness of Home Office returns and re-integration schemes
and ensuring Home Office staff have access to FNOs for timely
case progression. The job holder will proactively build (HO)
relationship and collaborate with internal and external
stakeholders including Offender Management Unit, Equalities,
National HMPPS FNO team, Immigration Prison teams (IPT) and
third sector organisations.
In this role the job holder will analyse data on the FNO cohort in
the prison including remand FNO cohort; compliant FNOs for
removal; FNOs within their Early Removal Scheme (ERS)
window, and number of FNOs released to the
UK/deported/released to Immigration Removal Centres (IRC).
The job holder will disseminate this information to the prison’s
Senior Management and to HMPPS FNO Team for evaluation
and decision-making purposes.
This is a non-rotational, non-operational post that will involve
prisoner contact.
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Summary
The job holder will provide specialist support to FNOs and prison
staff as the central contact for FNOs and Home Office Casework
and IPT. They will update FNOs of the progress of their specific
case and inform them of any changes to relevant processes and
policies, including the ERS.
The job holder will ensure processes and systems are
appropriately embedded for the fair and decent management of
FNOs. They will use effective communication skills (specifically
using translation services where required) to address the specific
challenges faced by FNOs, thereby reducing isolation, and
improving wellbeing.
Dependent on individual prison tasking, this role may incorporate
the prompt service of Immigration paperwork on behalf of the
HO, ensuring the FNO understands the content, and return
relevant documents swiftly to support Home Office case
progression. The job holder will ensure that FNO information is
correctly recorded and updated in prison systems to support
analysis and decision making.
Responsibilities,
The job holder will be required to carry out the following
Activities and
responsibilities, activities and duties:
Duties
• Provide specialist support to FNOs and guidance to prison
staff as the establishment’s central contact for FNOs and
Home Office Immigration Prison Teams.
• Build collaborative relationships and share good practice with
a range of internal and external teams including Home Office
Immigration Prison Teams, Embassies Offender Management
Unit, Key Workers, Resettlement, Safer Custody and
Equalities and FNO charities, for the effective management of
FNOs.
• Promote staff awareness of FNO-specific topics; FNO
resources from the Foreign National Offender information Hub
and translation and interpretation services.
• Meet with FNOs newly arrived at the prison and provide
support with specific challenges including language barriers,
understanding immigration status and awareness of removal
schemes.
• Through collaboration with key teams including FNORC
organise and lead the FNO Forums on a regular basis; attend
relevant meetings such as ACCT reviews.
• Identify and inform the HO FNORC of any FNOs who wish to
voluntarily depart from the UK and highlight any vulnerability
or barriers.
• Engage and support the Home Office to deliver immigration
surgeries and provide access to FNOs in custody, including
via CVP, where possible.
• Ensure swift service of immigration paperwork promptly on
behalf of the Home Office, checking that the FNO
understands the content and return relevant documents swiftly
to support Home Office case progression.
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• Issue time served FNOs being held in immigration detention in
prison with relevant information, including accessing free
legally aided legal advice and special weekly payments.
• Collate and analyse data for trends on the FNO cohort in the
prison including remand FNOs who may be of Home Office
Interest, compliant FNOs for removal, FNOs within their ERS
window, and number of FNOs released to the
UK/deported/released to Immigration Removal Centres.
• Complete regular accuracy checks on P-NOMIS, ensuring all
information is accurately recorded such as FNO Nationality,
language spoken and immigration status. Ensure relevant
alerts are completed and any inaccuracies and gaps in
information are rectified.
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
• Making Effective Decisions
• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together
• Managing a Quality Service
• Delivering at Pace
Strengths
Note: we recommend you choose 4 to 8 strengths locally - select
from the list of Civil Service strength definitions on the intranet.
Experience
Technical
Will need to keep up to date of knowledge/working practices in
requirements
areas of specialism.
Ability
• Able to assertively communicate with staff and FNOs
• Able user of MS Word and MS Excel
• Information collation and analysis
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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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Allowances
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