Bail Information Service

6 months ago

London, United Kingdom Ministry of Justice Full time

Salary 1
- £30,471

Number of jobs available 1
- 8

Detail of reserve list 1
- 12 Months

Region 1
- North West

City/Town 1
- Blackburn, Blackpool, Preston

Building/Site 1
- BLACKBURN MAGISTRATES BLACKBURN, BB2 1AF, BLACKPOOL MAGISTRATES BLACKPOOL, FY1 5RH, HMP PRESTON PRESTON, PR1 5AB, PRESTON MAGISTRATES PRESTON, PR1 2RD

Grade 1
- EO

Organisation Grade for HMPPS 1
- Band 4

Post Type 1
- Permanent

Working Pattern 1
- Full Time, Flexible Working

Role Type 1
- Operational Delivery

Job description 1

**About the Department**

MOJ is one of the largest government departments, employing around 70,000 people (including those in the Probation Service), with a budget of approximately £9 billion. Each year, millions of people use our services across the UK - including at 500 courts and tribunals, and 133 prisons in England and Wales.

**What we do**

We work to protect the public and reduce reoffending, and to provide a more effective, transparent, and responsive criminal justice system for victims and the public. We are also responsible for the following parts of the justice system:

- courts
- prisons
- probation services
- attendance centres

We also work in partnership with other government departments and agencies to reform the criminal justice system, to serve the public and support the victims of crime. We are also responsible for making new laws, strengthening democracy, and safeguarding human rights.

**Priorities**
- ** **A prison and probation service that reforms offenders
- A modern courts and justice system
- A Global Britain that promotes the rule of law
- A transformed department that is simpler, smarter and more unified

This is an exciting opportunity to join the National Bail Information Service (BIS) as a Bail Information Officer.

**Overview of the job**

The National HMPPS Bail Information Service (BIS) is part of the Central Operational Services Directorate. The work of a Bail Information Officer (BIO) is varied, diverse, time critical and demand led. The job holder will undertake a full range of work with defendants and stakeholders supporting BIS processes and information gathering and produce factual and objective reports in preparation for court hearings (Magistrate and Crown Courts) where release on bail is being considered.

The job holder will work flexibly across prison establishments and Magistrate Courts in a designated BIS region and duties will be centrally allocated. Reports will be delivered both written in advance of hearings or verbally to the court on the day.

The job holder will undergo additional specialised training to deliver the role.

This is a non-operational role with no line management responsibilities. Reporting to a designated manager within a BIS Regional Hub.

The job holder will have regular interaction, both in person and virtually, with defendants.

**Summary**

Contribute towards the provision of the National HMPPS Bail Information Service by providing a Bail Information Report to Magistrate and Crown Courts across England and Wales at hearings where release on bail is being considered.

Gather all required and available information and prepare factual and objective reports to be delivered to the judiciary either in written format prior to hearings, or via verbal delivery in Court.

**Responsibilities, Activities and Duties**

The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities and duties:
**Responsible for preparing for written or verbal delivery, BIRs concerning**:

- defendants appearing at first hearings in Magistrate Courts across England and Wales and;
- defendants appearing at second and subsequent hearings in Magistrate and Crown Courts, following an initial period of remand into Prison custody.
- Ensure proposed accommodation availability checks are completed in a timely and efficient manner.
- Extract and interpret information relating to defendants from available systems and databases. Including where available NDelius, the Digital Prison System (DPS) and the Offender Assessment System (OASys). Identify previous offending behaviour and instances of non
- compliance as well as previous engagement with Probation supervision. Liaising with Community Offender Managers where applicable.
- Ensure referrals to community organisations for defendants are completed to assist in addressing any identified support needs and to access ongoing support if released on bail.
- Analyse and accurately interpret complex Police records to identify any public protection or safeguarding concerns and submit necessary referrals/requests for information to Probation, Local Authorities, Police Forces and any other appropriate agencies.
- Liaise with Local Authorities, and where identified, share Safeguarding concerns and relevant information.
- Provide ongoing support and through-care to defendants remanded into custody in preparation for subsequent hearings at which release on bail is to be considered.
- Where there is an identi

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