Overview
The job holder will 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 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. This is a non-operational job with no line management responsibilities. This role is rotational and will involve regular prisoner facing activities/duties.
Typical tasks associated with this role include:
* Supervise, manage, signpost and advise prisoners decently, safely and securely while 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 for managers for verification and quality checking purposes.
* Attend and contribute to relevant meetings as required.
* 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 and contribute to risk management.
* 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:
* 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 caseload, if 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 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 to prepare and review appropriate plans.
* Coordinate activities within the sentence plan through liaison with prisoners and other departments and agencies, including gathering and exchanging information and resolving conflicting opinions on prisoner progress.
* Encourage and support prisoners to participate in education, interventions and workshops as defined within the sentence plan. Develop strategies to assist prisoners to overcome reluctance to attend.
* Provide professional advice and assessment, including written reports to criminal justice agencies and partner organisations.
* Liaise with Community Offender Managers regarding Release on Temporary Licence (ROTL) and Home Detention Curfew (HDC). Make recommendations to the Governor on suitability for early release and inform relevant agencies of release dates and addresses for 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 prisoners who present significant concerns by their behaviour to the Heads of Offender Management or Orderly Officer, including concerns related to suicide/self-harm, victims or racial harassment.
* Contribute to and attend Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) Boards and work with 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 safeguarding information with authorities.
* Undertake the role of the resettlement advisor for prisoners in the caseload, developing links between programmes and the prisoner27s ongoing sentence path.
* Work collaboratively with colleagues and maintain effective team relationships, particularly with Key Workers.
* Demonstrate pro-social modelling by reinforcing pro-social behaviour and challenging anti-social behaviour and attitudes.
* Use computer-based systems to produce, update and maintain records and other documentation within agreed timescales.
* Work within the aims and values of HMPPS. The MoJ offers Hybrid Working arrangements where business need allows, subject to regular review.
Other Information
For nationally advertised roles, the successful candidate will be appointed to a MoJ office location, which may include the nearest Justice Collaboration Centre or Justice Satellite Office. Terms and conditions of service may change as part of Civil Service reform. Standard full-time working hours are 37 hours per week. HMPPS welcomes part-time, flexible and job-sharing working patterns. See flexible working policy for details. A number of other staff policies apply, including DBS checks, security, probation, redeployment, and related Civil Service schemes. See the original job posting for full details.
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