Ap Residential Worker

**Approved Premises**

Service care solutions is a market leading recruitment company, specialising in the probation sector recruiting for numerous roles across the country with a wide range of opportunities.
We are looking to recruit for numerous probation orientated jobs to reduce the reoffending rate and ensure rehabilitation.
All of our roles are temporary contracts, below is a brief summary of the roles that we offer.

**Full time -Approved Premises Residential Worker.**:
**LOCATION: Guildford, Surrey**
**HOURS**: Flexible working hours, inclusive of occasional evenings and weekends.
**PAY RATE**:£15P/H-£21P/H

**Full Job Description**

Depending on the role, work may include:

- Working with people on probation to analyse and address their behaviour;
- Assessing offender needs;
- The preparation and delivery of reports (Court, Parole etc)
- The assessment and management of the risk of serious harm posed by individuals
- Accurate case recording
- Deliver and lead accredited programmes in adherence to the Programme Manual
- Able to facilitate learning events, provide guidance, support, feedback and mentoring to operational staff across the Probation Service through a programme of learning events.
- The job holder is expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary.

**Essential Requirements**
- Evidence of working for a recognised provider of probation services in the last 5 years.
- Experience of working and supporting a diverse range of people on probation or vulnerable people who have experienced a range of social/personal difficulties, including working with groups and individuals to motivate and change behaviour.
- Experience and knowledge of evidence based practice and risk/needs assessment tools, including OASys, SARA and RSR, for risk assessment and management, including the ability to use/learn quickly.
- Experience of making effective referrals to and managing relationships between offender management, court teams, victim contact unit, interventions, Approved Premises, prisons and external agencies to enhance positive outcomes, manage risk and reduce reoffending.
- Experience of writing detailed reports to strict deadlines and quality standards, including Court reports including completion of the RSR tool, and parole reports.
- Experience of delivery and lead of Intervention Services accredited programmes, for example, Building Better Relationships programme (BBR), Thinking Skills Programme (TSP) as a Programme Facilitator.
- Experience of delivering of operational training to HMPPS to support training pathways, and assess others to achieve training outcomes in the workplace, ideally in a Probation related setting as a learning coach.
- Experience of using and maintaining Probation Service computer based systems to produce, update and maintain records and other documentation within agreed timescales - NDelius and OASys.
- Working knowledge of Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements.
- Understanding of Health & Safety legislation in the workforce.
- Ability to develop and sustain effective working relationships with staff in other agencies.
- Ability to travel to Prisons, Court (only if required to fulfil a Court PO role), people on probation homes and other locations as required.

**Approved Premises**

Service care solutions is a market leading recruitment company, specialising in the probation sector recruiting for numerous roles across the country with a wide range of opportunities.
We are looking to recruit for numerous probation orientated jobs to reduce the reoffending rate and ensure rehabilitation.
All of our roles are temporary contracts, below is a brief summary of the roles that we offer.