Caseworker Support

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

- 265926**Salary**:

- £28,477 - £32,791- The national salary range is £28,477 London salary range is £31,313 - £32,791. Your salary will be dependent on your base location**Job grade**:

- Executive Officer- HMPPS Band 4**Contract type**:

- Fixed Term**Length of employment**:

- For a period of up to 2 years**Type of role**:

- Administration / Corporate Support**Working pattern**:

- Full-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

Location

About the job

**Benefits**:
Things you need to know

Location
- East Midlands (England), East of England, London (region), North East England, North West England, South East England, South West England, Wales, West Midlands (England), Yorkshire and the HumberAbout the job

**Job summary**:

- This position is based Nationally**Job description**:
**Overview of the job**

The job holder will be responsible for a caseload and will work with stakeholders to prepare and handle cases. This can be highly sensitive area of work, which attracts considerable Ministerial, media, public and pressure group attention.

**Summary**

The job holder will be responsible for ensuring correct procedures are followed through on all cases. They will provide direct administrative support to the team; draft submissions to the Minister and maintain databases providing statistics to senior management team.

**Responsibilities, Activities & Duties**

The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities and duties:

- Manage and organise a caseload of cases. Where necessary review and comment, consider witness statements and legal arguments and provide comments after seeking advice from senior caseworker and Head of Team.
- Provide advice and instructions to relevant stakeholders to prepare for cases. Where necessary review and comment on stakeholder's submissions, consider documents and provide comments after seeking advice from senior caseworkers.
- Produce draft submission to line manager / senior caseworkers, (including proposals), draft letters for onward submission to the senior caseworkers and Head of Team for approval within specified timescales.
- Highlight to senior caseworker where further clarification is considered necessary on factual accuracy issues that has been raised as a result of the check.
- Seek the relevant authority and provide the legal advice and sufficient detail on cases to enable an informed decision to be made
- Prepare draft responses to Official correspondence for the senior caseworker's consideration before being signed off by the Head of Team
- Follow up progress on cases and share this information with senior caseworker for a decision regarding whether an internal investigation is required.
- Will interrogate various databases to support management; this will include providing data and statistics for briefings or presentations that underpin the work of the unit / team.
- Organise and attend meetings as required, including acting as secretary and minute taker.

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.

**Person specification**:

- Please refer to Job Description**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Leadership
- Communicating and Influencing
- Changing and Improving
- Working Together

**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
- Annual Leave
- Public Holidays
- Season Ticket AdvanceThings you need to know

**Selection process details**:

- This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours and Strengths.- Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.**Security**:
- People working with government assets must complete basic personnel security standard checks.**Nationality requirements**:
This job is broadly open to the following groups:

- UK nationals
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
- certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals

Further information on nationality requirements**Working for the Civil Service**:

- The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
- We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open compet