Omic Probation Officer

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 388526

**Salary**:

- £35,130 - £42,000

**Job grade**:

- Other
- NPS Pay Band 4 National

**Contract type**:

- Permanent

**Type of role**:

- Operational Delivery

**Working pattern**:

- Full-time

**Number of jobs available**:

- 1

Contents

Location

About the job

**Benefits**:
Things you need to know

Location
- This position is based at HM PRISON HULL, HU9 5LS

About the job

**Job summary**:

- Please refer to the job description

**Job description**:
A Probation Officer role is to provide professional advice, assessments, and written reports to courts, the Parole Board, other criminal justice agencies and partner organisations. The role is very rewarding but can be challenging - as you often work with people with complex needs, and no two people are the same.

If you are successful in the recruitment process and join the Probation Service, your starting salary will be £35,130. The Probation Service offers opportunity for annual pay progression. To be successful in this role:

- You’ll love learning new things and can adapt to meet the needs of our organisation.
- You’ll be prepared to use your own initiative and enjoy working as part of a team.
- Multitasking will be second nature, ensuring tight deadlines are met.
- You’ll use Agile methodologies and promote a culture of continuous improvement.
- You will be at ease working closely with other teams collaborating across diverse business areas with a range of people.

Technical 1
- Knowledge and understanding of the work of the Criminal Justice System and the Probation Service.
- A working knowledge of relevant legislation and National Standards.
- Knowledge of Evidence Based Practice and risk/needs assessment tools.

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**Person specification**:

- Please refer to the job description

**Qualifications**:

- PQF Honours Degree/Graduate Diploma and Level 5 Diploma in Probation

Practice; or
- Diploma in Probation Studies; or Diploma in Social Work (Probation option); or

CQSW (Probation option)

**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Making Effective Decisions
- Working Together
- Delivering at Pace
- Communicating and Influencing
- Changing and Improving

**Technical skills**:
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

- Please refer to the job description

**Benefits**:

- Access to learning and development
- A working environment that supports a range of flexible working options to enhance your work life balance
- A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
- Annual Leave
- Public Holidays
- Season Ticket Advance

Things you need to know

**Selection process details**:

- This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Experience and Technical skills.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

**Security**:

- People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

**Nationality requirements**:
This job is broadly open to the following groups:

- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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**Working for the Civil Service**:

- The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).

**Diversity and Inclusion**:

- The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).
- This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.
- Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

**Contact point for applicants**:
Job contact:

- Name:
- SSCL Recruitment Enquiries Team-
- Telephone:
- 0845 241 5358

Recruitment team-
**Further information**: