Ministry of Justice
17455 - Probation Officer: Personality Disorder PO (PDPO): London Probation Service
🇬🇧London, England, United Kingdom6 days ago
£37,238 – £44,520Full Time
This is a dual workplace role. The post holder will be required to work across more than one location within their allocated cluster. Travel between locations will be required in line with business need.
Job Specification
1) Offering individual and group consultations, writing formulations and developing pathway plans for cases that screen into Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) and recording this in line with current guidance.
2) Delivering CORE-OM joint case work as required
3) Attending MAPPA as required for cases that screen in to OPD.
4) Delivering training including the OPD induction for OPD staff and Personality disorder Awareness Training (PAT) to probation staff
5) Promoting the OPD pathway and services offered within PDUs
Additional role information
This role includes aspects that differ from the generic probation officer job description, such as completing Joint Case Work (JCW)
• The post holder will be managed within the Probation Service London OPD team.
• There is an expectation that the post holder will generally attend one office in each of the four allocated PDUs once per week. The PDUs allocated to the role and addresses of offices covered within are as follows:
Ealing and Hillingdon PDU
Ealing Probation Office, Leeland House, London, W13 9HH
Uxbridge Probation Office, The Court House, Middlesex, UB8 1PQ
Acton Probation Office, 4 Birkbeck Road, Acton, W3 6BG
Brent PDU
Willesden Probation Office, 440 High Road, NW10 2DW
Hammersmith, Fulham, Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster PDU
Hammersmith Probation Office,191A Askew Road, London, W12 9AX
Harrow and Barnet
Hammersmith Probation Office,191A Askew Road, London, W12 9AX
This is a dual workplace posting and the business will cover the cost of any tax and National Insurance implications W12 9AX
Mandatory Vetting Requirement – Non‑Police Personnel Vetting (NPPV)
This role requires the postholder to access sensitive police and criminal justice information and systems, including information shared under Multi‑Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA). As a result, Non‑Police Personnel Vetting (NPPV) is a mandatory requirement.
NPPV is a police‑led vetting process that provides assurance of an individual’s integrity, reliability and suitability to access police information, intelligence and systems. It is required for non‑police staff working in roles where there is unsupervised physical or remote access to police premises, data, or classified material.
Appointment to this role is conditional upon successfully obtaining and maintaining the required level of NPPV clearance. Successful candidates must be willing to undergo the NPPV process upon appointment. Where NPPV clearance is not granted or cannot be maintained, this may affect the individual’s ability to carry out the duties of the role”
Additional InformationWorking Arrangements & Further Information
The MoJ offers Hybrid Working arrangements where business need allows. This is an informal, non-contractual form of flexible working that blends working from your base location, different MoJ sites and / or from home (please be aware that this role can only be worked in the UK and not overseas). Some roles will not be suitable for Hybrid Working. Similarly, Hybrid Working will not suit everyone’s circumstances. Arrangements will be discussed and agreed with the successful candidate(s) and subject to regular review.
For nationally advertised roles, the successful candidate(s) will be appointed to a MoJ office location, which may include their nearest Justice Collaboration Centre or Justice Satellite Office. This will be discussed and agreed on the completion of pre-employment checks.
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Standard full time working hours are 37 hours per week excluding breaks which are unpaid. HMPPS welcomes part-time, flexible and job-sharing working patterns, where they meet the demands of the role and business needs. All applications for part-time, flexible and job-sharing working patterns will be considered in accordance with the HMPPS’ Flexible Working policy.
Benefits
The MoJ offers a range of benefits:
Annual Leave
Annual leave is 25 days on appointment and will increase to 30 days after five years’ service, plus public holidays. Leave for part-time and job share posts will be calculated on a pro-rata basis
Pension
The National Probation Service is covered by the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) run through the Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF). Please visit www.gmpf.org.uk for further information.
Please note: Any current Civil Servant who is a member of the PCSPS, by accepting an offer of employment to the National Probation Services will be opted out of the PCSPS and auto enrolled into the Local Government Pension Scheme.
Training
The Ministry of Justice is committed to staff development and offers an extensive range of training and development opportunities.
Networks
The opportunity to join employee-run networks that have been established to provide advice and support and to enable the views of employees from minority groups to be expressed direct to senior management. There are currently networks for employees of minority ethnic origin, employees with disabilities, employees with caring responsibilities, women employees, and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender.
Eligibility
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Civil Service Nationality Rules
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window) https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nationality-rules
Reserve list
A reserve list may be held for up to 12 months from which further appointments may be made for the same or similar roles.
Contact Information MoJ:
If you require any assistance please call 0345 241 5359 (Monday to Friday 8am - 6pm) or e mail moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@resourcing.soprasteria.co.uk
Please quote the job reference
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If you require any assistance please call 0345 241 5358 (Monday to Friday 8am - 6pm) or e mail moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@resourcing.soprasteria.co.uk
Please quote the job reference 17455
AllowanceIn addition this post attracts a London allowance payment for applicable locations which will be discussed at interview.
Use of Artificial Intelligence (Al)
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