91095 - Health and Justice Coordinator - Yorkshire and the Humber Probation Service, Full time and Part time 29.6 Hours
Overview of the job
The job holder is strategic lead on strengthening and developing continuity of care pathways so those leaving prison can access treatment and support on release, as part of the organisation’s aims on reducing/breaking the cycle of reoffending.
As a strategic role within the Probation Service (PS), post holders are accountable to the Head of Community Integration.
The role will work regionally and be based within a community probation office with the expectation that post holders will travel as and when required, including regular visits into selected prisons.
In line with PS policies and procedures, the job holder must at all times demonstrate a commitment to equality and inclusion and an understanding of their relevance to the work they do.
Summary
The job holder will be expected to lead on continuity of care pathways working in tandem with relevant local partners and HMPPS colleagues to develop practice related to substance misuse and health-related release planning.
This includes designing and consulting on processes to enable information sharing, improving the use of substance misuse and health-related licence conditions, and understanding of health and substance misuse resettlement pathways.
The post holder must adhere to all policies in respect of the sensitive/confidential nature of the information handled whilst working in this position.
Responsibilities, Activities and Duties
The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities and duties:
• Develop effective relationships with key partners including prisoners, people on probation, prisons, treatment providers in custody and community and commissioners to identify opportunities to improve join-up, locally innovate and drive forward national priority workstreams.
• Lead strategic discussions with partners and stakeholders to ensure a whole system approach to the delivery of health and justice pathways from custody to community setting.
• Use performance data to drive activity to improve probation and prison practice and inform partnership working. With a key of focus on Substance misuse and continuity of care pathways. This is also to include engagement with prisoners and people on probation to understand how to improve health and substance misuse pathways.
• Lead joint partnership working with health and substance misuse partners to design a more integrated health and justice partnership, focusing on continuity of care pathways. Where the service exists, drive improvements in service integration between probation and NHS England and Improvement’s Reconnect service.
• Identify good practice and innovation opportunities to improve substance misuse and health continuity of care pathways. Drive these forward locally and share with national teams.
• Provide a key interface between national Offender Health teams within HMPPS and regional probation delivery. This includes escalating local concerns and needs and ensuring communication and delivery of agreed
national activity.
• Increase understanding within Probation about good practice and health and substance misuse pathways to support continuity of care, operating as a specialist point of contact across the region for both Probation and its partners.
• Drive partnership working with the prison Drug Strategy Leads and PGD leads offering advice and support to manage the transition into the community to improve substance misuse continuity of care.
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.
Behaviours
• Changing and Improving
• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together
• Leadership
• Seeing the Big Picture
Experience
• Worked with prisoners or those engaged in the criminal justice system with a proven record of good practice in a variety of settings.
• Experience of working across stakeholder groups and Other Government Departments.
• Excellent influencing skills, showing the ability to deal effectively with conflict and deliver objectives.
• Experience of working under pressure and fulfilling demanding deadlines with experience of setting goals and achieving targets.
• Experience of working flexibly as a member of a team to achieve performance targets.
• Experience in delivering change across large organisations and multiple stakeholders.
• Evidence of ability to evaluate practice.
• Demonstrable achievements in managing/supporting change and effecting improvements in quality and efficiency.
• Able to demonstrate well developed IT skills, including evidence of ability to interpret and apply performance reports.
• Experience of proactively championing diversity and inclusiveness both internally and externally.
• Knowledge of health pathways for those leaving prison, particularly for substance misuse and mental health, including the key partners involved.
• Sound understanding of probation processes, including release planning.
Some roles in probation require employees to have access to additional intelligence systems that require a higher level of vetting. An example of this, is the multi-agency ‘Visor’ system. If you are applying for a role that requires you to access systems such as Visor, you will be expected to undertake additional vetting for this once you commence in post, in addition to the pre-employment checks
The reoffending rate has remained broadly static at around 29% since 2010. Reoffending is costing society approximately £18bn per year and almost half of all prisoners reoffend within 12 months of release. Following Dame Carol Black’s two part Independent Review of Drugs, MOJ and HMPPS committed to; Introduce Health and Justice Partnership Coordinators in every probation region in England by 2024/25. We know that many people on probation have a substance misuse need, but also have mental health problems and experience poorer health than the wider population. Health Justice Coordinators are working across the 12 Probation Regions to improve a range of health outcomes for people on probation. The role involves building and improving relationships with a range of stakeholders in the community and in custody, to ensure there are clear pathways into treatment and other health provisions – for all people leaving prison or sentenced to community orders. The Health and Justice Coordinator will work strategically to support the vision of the Yorkshire and Humber Health Justice Team on a number of core priorities; ensuring people access appropriate health services on release from prison, also known as ‘continuity of care’. Increase the number of people dependent on alcohol or drugs to receive a Community Sentence Treatment Requirement (CSTR) as part of a robust community disposal, also therefore diverting people from custody. Support the implementation of the new primary Mental Health Treatment Requirement (MHTR) by leading strategic meetings of Probation and partner agencies to ensure clear pathways for assessment and management of all CSTRs by sentence management teams. Contribute to our work as a Health and Justice Team to better understand the learning from those who sadly die under supervision and the cause is substance related or self inflicted. Presenting learning to staff to increase confidence in working with these vulnerable groups of people, with a focus on suicide prevention and quality delivery of substance related interventions. Evidence shows that people on probation are in poorer health than others in the wider community. The Health and Justice Team are wanting to raise awareness of the Health Inequalities people on probation experience, relating to the Core20plus5 work by health partners. Multi agency working to raise staff knowledge in this area is a key strategic focus currently for the team. The regional Health and Justice Team have been in post two years and it is a unique and rewarding role, focusing on supporting operational delivery. There is a high degree of partnership working both with local partners but also with HMPPS and the pivotal role of linking prisons to communities. The role will include links into national teams working on substance misuse and improving health outcomes, supporting the design and implementation of policies, as they are created and then shared to the region. The area of responsibility for the post will initially be: North Yorkshire and Humberside. The role will also include work across the Yorkshire and Humber Region and some cross regional elements. The postholder will be based at a relevant Probation Office and required to travel to Prisons within Yorkshire and the Humber.
Working 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.
Some of MoJ’s terms and conditions of service are changing as part of Civil Service reform. The changes will apply to staff joining MoJ who are new to the Civil Service. Staff joining MoJ from other civil service employers will transfer onto the new MoJ terms if they are already on 'modernised' terms in their current post or onto 'unmodernised' MoJ terms if they are on 'unmodernised' terms at their current post. Details will be available if an offer is made.
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
All candidates are subject to security and identity checks prior to taking up post
Support
- A range of ‘Family Friendly’ policies such as opportunities to work reduced hours or job share.
- Access to flexible benefits such as voluntary benefits, retail vouchers and discounts on a range of goods and services.
- For moves to or from another employer or moves across the Civil Service this can have implications on your eligibility to carry on claiming childcare vouchers. You may however be eligible for alternative government childcare support schemes, including Tax Free Childcare. More information can be found on GOV.UK or Childcare Choices. You can determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/.
- Paid paternity, adoption and maternity leave.
- Free annual sight tests for employees who use computer screens.
Working for the Civil Service
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- To the Civil Service Commission (details available here)
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Diversity & Inclusion
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18/10/2024, 23:55 hours.
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Application form stage assessments
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Interview stage assessments
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Redeployment Interview Scheme
Civil Service departments are expected to explore redeployment opportunities before making an individual redundant. The MoJ are committed, as part of the Redeployment Interview Scheme, to providing opportunities to those who are 'at risk of redundancy'.
MoJ are able to offer an interview to eligible candidates who meet the minimum selection criteria, except in a limited number of campaigns. Candidate's will not be eligible for the Redeployment Interview Scheme if they are applying on promotion.
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) https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families
· nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
· individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
· Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
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