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Prison Offender Manager
Ministry of Justice —Wakefield
- £30,001 - £40,000 a year
- Part-time
- Hybrid work
- English
- Presentation skills
- Case management
- Annual leave
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Prison Catering: Caterer - HMP Leeds
Ministry of Justice —Leeds
- £30,001 - £40,000 a year
- Part-time
- Hybrid work
- Hospitality
- English
- Presentation skills
- Annual leave
11d
Programmes Manager
Ministry of Justice —York
- £30,001 - £50,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- English
- Presentation skills
- Annual leave
13d
Offender Management Support Officer
Serco Group —Doncaster
- £26,510 a year
- Full-time
- Microsoft Outlook
- Administrative experience
- Communication skills
- Free parking
- Annual leave
6d
PIPE Residential Worker in Approved Premises - Leeds & York
HM Prison & Probation Service —Leeds
- £20,001 - £40,000 a year
- Part-time
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Annual leave
- Employee discount
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Operational Support Officer - Nights
Serco Plc —Doncaster
- £26,436.80 a year
- Weekend availability
- Communication skills
Administration Manager
Novus —York
- £25,877.80 - £30,897.36 a year
- Full-time
- Organisational skills
- IT
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
Finance Benefit and Debt Advisor
Employment —Leeds
- £27,500 - £30,000 a year
- Full-time
- Travel
- Communication skills
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PPG Health In Justice —Wetherby
- £15.80 an hour
- No experience needed
- Free parking
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Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust —Wath upon Dearne
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- Full-time
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PPG Health In Justice —Wakefield
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Prison Offender Manager
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Prison Offender Manager

Ministry of Justice -
Wakefield

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Job details

Part-time | Full-time
£30,001 - £40,000 a year
1 day ago

Benefits

Annual leave
Company pension
Childcare

Qualifications

English
Presentation skills
Case management
NVQ
Welsh

Full job description

General Information

Salary

£34,440

Working Pattern

Full Time, Part Time

Vacancy Approach

External

Location

Wakefield

Region

Yorkshire and the Humber

Closing Date

22-Jun-2026

Business Unit

New Hall

Post Type

Permanent

Civil Service Grade

Number of jobs available

Reserve List

12 Months

Job ID

18481

Descriptions & requirements

All staff have a responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. The post holder must undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organisation.

Job description

Overview of the job

The job holder will contribute to and lead the management and assessment of selected low to medium risk prisoners and prepare, implement, review and evaluate their sentence plans with them. The job holder will build effective, appropriate and supportive relationships with prisoners, with the aim of reducing re-offending.

The job holder will act in a supportive role only to probation officers in the case management of medium to high risk prisoners. The job holder will have undergone selection and additional training to carry out this specialist delivery job as a Prison Offender Manager to prisoners. This is an operational job with no line management responsibilities but with supervisory responsibilities when required.

Will have regular prisoner facing activities/duties.

Summary

Typical tasks associated with this role include:

Supervise, manage and control prisoners decently, safely and securely whilst carrying out all activities.
Understand, apply and conform to national and local policies.
Establish, develop and maintain professional relationships with prisoners and staff.
Maintain and update systems in line with local agreements.
Prepare relevant documentation to managers for verification/quality checking purposes.
Attend and contribute to relevant meetings as required.
Exercise the powers of a Constable.
Conduct searches on prisoners, staff and visitors as required.
Undertakes ‘first on scene’ incident response.

To assess and manage the risk posed by offenders to protect victims of crime and the general public by:

Providing information and advice to other criminal justice agencies and partner organisations.
Supervise offenders during custodial sentences.
Contribute to the management of risk.
Work with other agencies and groups to prevent reoffending and meet the needs of victims and offenders.

Responsibilities, Activities and Duties

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

To undertake the full range of offender management tasks with low to medium risk cases.
No ownership of high risk cases will be held, but support to probation officers in the case management of high risk prisoners will be given when required.
As Prison Offender Manager, be involved in all relevant processes in the prison such as ACCT and violence reduction/anti-bullying for those within your case load, if this is applicable.
Act as the ACCT Case Manager for individuals if appropriate (Prison Offender Managers should not routinely be used as ACCT Case Managers, only when appropriate to do so).
Interview prisoners within prescribed timescales of their arrival. Set and review targets with prisoners and update case management notes on PNOMIS or relevant IT systems.
Use the Offender Assessment System (OASys) to identify risks and manage offenders appropriately.
Obtain further information if required from outside agencies to complete a comprehensive OASys report.
Lead the sentence planning meeting in order to prepare and review appropriate plans.
Coordinate the activities within the sentence plan through liaison with prisoners and other departments and agencies, including gathering and exchanging information and understanding/investigating conflicting opinions on prisoner progress.
Encourage and support prisoner to participate in education, interventions and workshops as defined within the sentence plan. Develop strategies to assist prisoners to overcome reluctance to attend.
To provide professional advice and assessment, including written reports to criminal justice agencies and partner organisations.
Liaise with the Community Offender Managers regarding Release on Temporary Licence (ROTL) and Home Detention Curfew (HDC). Make recommendations to the Governor on suitability for early release. Inform relevant agencies of release dates and address of prisoners considered a risk on release.
Support Community Offender Managers with the delivery of plans to enable recalled prisoners to be re-released.
Complete all paperwork for the cases, including lifer and ISP specific paperwork in line with relevant policies, standards and set timescales.
Highlight any prisoner who gives significant concerns by their behaviour to the Heads of Offender Management or Orderly Officer. Concerns may be for a variety of issues, for example, any prisoner who has presented in the past risk of suicide or self-harm, or if t are any outstanding concerns with regards to victims or further offences and racial harassment.
Contribute to and attend Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) Boards and work with all relevant external agencies to protect the public when releasing prisoners under MAPPA.
Liaise with the Foreign National Department or UK Border Agency regarding foreign national prisoners, as appropriate.
Instigate public protection child contact checks and share relevant safeguarding information with authorities.
Undertake the role of the resettlement advisor for prisoners in the specific caseload. Forge, develop and maintain the links between the programmes, the progress, or otherwise, made by the participants and the prisoner’s ongoing path through their sentence.
To work collaboratively with colleagues and maintain effective team relationships, in particular with Key Workers.
Demonstrate pro-social modelling skills by consistently reinforcing prosocial behaviour and attitudes and challenging anti-social behaviour and attitudes.
To use computer based systems to produce, update and maintain records and other documentation within agreed timescales.
To work within the aims and values of HMPPS.

Undertake other tasks including:

Supervise, manage and control prisoners decently, lawfully, safely and securely whilst carrying out all activities.
Exercise the powers of a Constable.
Conduct searches on prisoners, staff and visitors as required.
Undertake external escorts.
Undertakes ‘first on scene’ incident response.
Maintain and update systems in line with local agreements.
Prepare relevant documentation for managers for verification/quality checking purposes.
Attend and contribute to relevant meetings as required.
Complete and update Personal Emergency Evacuation Plan.
Establish, develop and maintain professional relationships with prisoners and staff.
Understand and comply with national/local policies and legislation.

When required act as a Supervising Officer (SO) as per the following job descriptions:

SO : Safe, Decent and Secure
SO : Operations
SO : Special Unit
SO : Category A Escorts
SO : Regime

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.

An ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence through the medium of English or (w specified in Wales) Welsh.

Behaviours

Delivering at Pace
Leadership
Communicating and Influencing
Working Together
Managing a Quality Service

Essential Experience

Must be competent in custodial procedures, including dynamic risk assessments.
Experience of working with a diverse range of people who have experienced a range of social/personal difficulties, and of using tact and discretion when dealing with confidential and sensitive issues.
Understanding of factors related to offending, e.g. substance misuse, accommodation issues.
Understanding of and commitment to the principles of case management.
Knowledge and understanding of risk management/risk assessment pertaining to offenders and the impact on victims of crime.
Experience in planning and coordinating work.
Experience of working with groups or individuals in order to motivate and change behaviour.
Experience of working with diverse communities including promoting equality and valuing diversity.
Knowledge and understanding of the work of the criminal justice system.
Experience of working with people who have committed offences.
Have received Women Awareness Staff Training (WASP) if working in a female establishment.
Have received Juvenile Awareness Staff Programme (JASP) and child protection training if working in a Juvenile establishment.
A working knowledge of relevant legislation and National Standards.
Knowledge of Evidence Based Practice and risk/needs assessment tools.

Technical Requirements

Successful completion of POELT and probation period
Must have Custodial Care National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) 3
Must be trained in restraint techniques
Desirable - Higher level academic qualification(s).
When transferring to a Young Persons establishment the job holder will be required to successfully undertake an assessment to demonstrate suitability to work with Young People.

Ability

Ability to analyse complex information in order to make assessments and decisions.
Ability to communicate clearly verbally and in writing with offenders, professionals, and at hearings such as Parole Boards.
Ability to empathise constructively with people from diverse backgrounds.
The ability to complete all mandatory training as required to support the job role.

Hours of Work (Unsocial Hours) Allowances

37 hour working week (standard).

HMPPS staff on d pay structures only:
Additional Conditioned Hours Pensionable (ACHP)
Staff moving from a d 39 hour pay structure will be eligible for the two protected pensionable additional committed hours (ACHP). They will work a 39 hour week consisting of the standard 37 hour week and a further 2 additional hours (ACHP) paid at plain time pensionable rate.

Unsocial Hours Working

This role requires working regular unsocial hours and a 17% payment will be paid in addition to your basic pay to recognise this. Unsocial hours are those hours outside 0700 - 1900hrs Monday to Friday and include working evenings, nights, weekends and Bank/Public holidays.

Additional Information

Working Arrangements & Further Information

The MoJ offers Hybrid Working arrangements w 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, w 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.

If you are a current NPS employee, this vacancy may be available on a Loan basis for up to 2 years. Applications are invited from suitable qualified staff.

The Loan/Secondment is subject to the approval of the selected candidate's Business Unit, which should be obtained before confirmation of appointment.

Benefits

Annual Leave

The holiday year runs from 1 March. If you work a non standard work pattern your leave entitlement may be expressed in either hours or days as appropriate. Leave entitlement is calculated on a pro-rata basis and you will be advised of your actual entitlement on appointment. If you were appointed internally and your leave was previously calculated in days, this will continue to be the case.

Bank, Public and Privilege Holidays

You are entitled to 9 days (66 hours 36 minutes) in recognition of bank, public and privilege holidays. These hours are added to your annual leave allowance. T is a requirement to work some public and bank holidays subject to your shift pattern and the operational needs of the establishment

Pension

The Civil Service offers a choice of two pension schemes, giving you the flexibility to choose the pension that suits you best.

Work Life Balance

HM Prison & Probation Service (HMPPS) is keen to encourage alternative working arrangements. Work life balance provides greater opportunities for staff to work more flexibly wver managers and establishments can accommodate requests to do so. HMPPS offers flexible working subject to completion of a satisfactory probationary period and NVQ

Season Ticket Advance

After two months’ service, you’ll be eligible to apply for a season ticket advance to purchase a quarterly or longer-period season ticket for travel between home and your place of work

Childcare Vouchers

For any moves across the Civil Service may have implications on your ability to carry on claiming childcare vouchers

Training

HMPPS is committed to staff development and offers a range of training and development opportunities, including areas such as Equality and Diversity, Dealing with Challenging Behaviour, Suicide Prevention and Anti Bullying Programmes

T are opportunities to access promotion programmes and HMPPS provides a variety of training appropriate to individual posts
All staff receive security and diversity training and an individual induction programme into their new roles

Eligibility

All candidates are subject to security and identity checks prior to taking up post
All external candidates are subject to 6 months probation. Internal candidates are subject to probation if they have not already served a probationary period within HMPPS
All staff are required to declare whether they are a member of a group or organisation which the HMPPS considers to be racist

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 competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles. Should you feel that the recruitment process has breached the recruitment principles you are able to raise a formal complaint in the following order

To Transformative Business Services (0345 241 5358 (Monday to Friday 8am - 6pm) or e mail [email protected]);
To Ministry of Justice Resourcing team ([email protected]);
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As a Disability Confident employer, MoJ are committed to providing everyone with the opportunity to demonstrate their skills, talent and abilities, by making adjustments throughout all elements of the recruitment process and in the workplace. MoJ are able to offer an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum selection criteria, except in a limited number of campaigns.

You will be able to request reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process within the application form. If you need additional help completing the application form, please contact the TBS Recruitment Enquiries Team.

For more information on applying for a role as a candidate with a disability or long-term condition, please watch our animated videos.

Diversity & Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wver it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy.

A Great Place to Work for Veterans

The "Making the Civil Service a Great Place to work for veterans" initiative includes a guaranteed interview scheme to those who meet the minimum criteria to provide eligible former members of the Armed Forces with opportunities to secure rewarding jobs. Allowing veterans to continue to serve their country, and to bring highly skilled individuals with a broad range of experience into the Civil Service in an environment, which recognises and values your previous service in the Armed Forces.
For further details about the initiative and eligibility requirements visit: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans

Redeployment Interview Scheme

Civil Service departments are expected to explore redeployment opportunities before making an individual redundant. The MoJ is committed, as part of the Redeployment Interview Scheme, to providing opportunities to those who are 'at risk of redundancy'.

MoJ is able to offer an interview to eligible candidates who meet the minimum selection criteria, except in a limited number of campaigns. Candidates will not be eligible for the Redeployment Interview Scheme if they are applying on promotion.

Civil Service Nationality Rules

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

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 [email protected]

Please quote the job reference 18481

HMPPS

If you require any assistance please call 0345 241 5358 (Monday to Friday 8am - 6pm) or e mail [email protected]

Please quote the job reference 18481

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Application form stage assessments

Behaviours

A sift based on the lead behaviour, Managing a Quality Service, may be held if a large number of applications are received. If a large number of applications remain after the initial sift, your application will be progressed to a full sift, w all behaviours will then be considered.

Behaviours Application Form Question Word Limit

250

Managing a Quality Service

Communicating and Influencing

Delivering at Pace

Working Together

Interview stage assessments

Interview Dates

Expected 01/07/2026

Behaviours

Managing a Quality Service

Communicating and Influencing

Delivering at Pace

Working Together

Strengths

Strengths will be assessed but these are not shared in advance. To learn more about Strengths and how they are assessed .

Level of security checks required

DBS Enhanced

Use of Artificial Intelligence (Al)

Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. W plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

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