Head of Programmes - Greater Manchester (Ref: 90197)

HM Prison & Probation Service

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Reference number

368725

Salary

£49,733 - £56,640

Job grade

Other
NPS Pay Band A

Contract type

Permanent

Type of role

Operational Delivery

Working pattern

Full-time

Number of jobs available

1

Contents

This position can be based at NMS Redfern Building, M60 0AE, NPS 128 ROCHDALE ROAD OLDHAM, OL1 2JG, NPS 2 REDWOOD STREET SALFORD, M6 6PF, NPS ARGYL HOUSE BURY, BL9 0LN, NPS FRED PERRY HOUSE STOCKPORT, SK1 3XE, NPS PROBATION OFFICE ATHERTON, M29 0JU, NPS ROZ HAMILTON HOUSE ASHTON-UNDER-LYME, NPS ST HELENA MILL BOLTON, BL1 2JS

Job summary

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Job description

Overview of the job

The Head of Programmes leads the delivery of a suite of Accredited Programmes and Structured Interventions, excluding extremism, within the region.

They will support the Head of NPS Interventions by providing dedicated leadership and management for a suite of Accredited Programmes and Structured Interventions and Senior Attendance Centres.

Summary

The post holder will provide management, with responsibility for resources and the strategic and operational direction, for a suite of Accredited Programmes and Structured Interventions within the region.

Provision of targeted, timely and evidence-based Accredited Programmes and Structured Interventions for all service users, which provides a pro-social environment that promotes compliance and supporting achieving outcomes on reducing reoffending.

Improves performance and quality of Accredited Programmes and Structured Intervention delivery on a continuous basis to ensure service is responsive to the needs of Service Users and the wider business.

Develop and maintain effective relationships with stakeholders and partners to meet statutory responsibilities and reduce reoffending.

Responsibilities, Activities & Duties

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

 Develop service delivery through the use of evidence-based practice to reduce re-offending and build confidence in public protection and reducing the risk of harm.

 Contribute to delivery of national strategy for accredited programmes and structured interventions, ensuring regional strategy influences and aligns with the HMPPS approach.

 Make recommendations based on needs analysis around commissioning and decommissioning of structured interventions.

 Improve the targeting of accredited programmes and structured interventions, matching the right service users to the right programme through robust suitability and eligibility checks, working with court and sentence management leads.

 Ensure sufficient availability and appropriate scheduling of accredited programmes and structured interventions, with the necessary staffing in place to deliver timely commencements and completions.

 Management of partner link worker service.

 Undertake quality assurance of service delivery, including promoting and supporting the quality assurance arrangements framework.

 Ensure relevant staff have access to appropriate structured professional support.

 Improve compliance and attendance through data analysis and service user and probation practitioner feedback.

 Ensure compliance with relevant legislative requirements, statutory duties and health and safety policies.

 Develop new and innovative ways of working to adapt to emerging and diversity of needs and demand.

 Ensure all staff are appropriately trained and undertake continuous professional development.

 Ensure delivery meets appropriate standards set by Correctional Service Accreditation and Advice Panel and Effective Interventions Panel.

 Maintain up-to-date knowledge of evidence and literature around what works.

 Facilitate external scrutiny through Interventions Integrity Framework, Operational and System Assurance Group and HMI Probation, and responding to recommendations.

 Work collaboratively with sentence management to support the overall management of risk and successful delivery of sentence of the court.

 Ensure there is appropriate engagement or promotional material for sentencers and court staff.

 Continuously review internal and external operating environments, including identifying and developing suitable partnerships to support Accredited Programme and Structured Intervention delivery.

 Ensure appropriate recording systems are in place to quality assure delivery.

 Support alignment of accredited programme and structured Intervention delivery in prisons and community.

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

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Qualifications

Probation Qualification Framework Graduate Diploma/ Honours Degree in Community Justice integrated with Level 5 Diploma in Probation Practice.
Or a qualification which was recognised at the time of qualification by the Secretary of State for Justice as per Section 10 of the Offender Management Act 2007. The following qualifications gained in England and Wales were previously recognised as providing such eligibility:
• Diploma in Probation Studies
• Diploma in Social Work (with Probation Option)
• CQSW (with Probation Option)

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

  • Leadership
  • Delivering at Pace
  • Managing a Quality Service
  • Making Effective Decisions
  • Seeing the Big Picture
  • 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 with an average employer contribution of 27%
  • Annual Leave
  • Public Holidays
  • Season Ticket Advance



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Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.
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Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

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)
  • 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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Working for the Civil Service

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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).
This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.
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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

  • Name : SSCL Recruitment Enquiries Team
  • Email : Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@gov.sscl.com
  • Telephone : 0845 241 5358

Recruitment team

  • Email : Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@gov.sscl.com

Further information

Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles. I you feel a department has breached the requirement of the Recruitment Principles and would like to raise this, please contact SSCL (Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@gov.sscl.com) in the first instance. If the role has been advertised externally (outside of the Civil Service) and you are not satisfied with the response, you may bring your complaint to the Commission. For further information on bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission please visit their web pages: http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/civil-service-recruitment/complaints

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