91095 - Health and Justice Coordinator - Yorkshire and the Humber Probation Service, Full time and Part time 29.6 Hours
Number of jobs available: 2
Detail of reserve list: 12 Months
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
City/Town: Barnsley, Beverley, Bradford, Bridlington, Dewsbury, Doncaster, Goole, Halifax, Harrogate, Huddersfield, Hull, Leeds, Northallerton, Rotherham, Scarborough, Scunthorpe, Sheffield, Wakefield, York
Grade: Other
NPS Pay Band: 5 National
Post Type: Permanent
Working Pattern: Full Time, Part Time
Role Type: Operational Delivery
Will the successful applicant have line manager responsibilities? Yes
Overview of the job
The job holder is the 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:
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Use performance data to drive activity to improve probation and prison practice and inform partnership working, with a key focus on substance misuse and continuity of care pathways, including engagement with prisoners and people on probation to understand how to improve health and substance misuse pathways.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. Provide a key interface between national Offender Health teams within HMPPS and regional probation delivery, including escalating local concerns and needs and ensuring communication and delivery of agreed national activity.
7. 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.
8. 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 are 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.
Behaviours
1. Changing and Improving
2. Communicating and Influencing
3. Working Together
4. Leadership
5. Seeing the Big Picture
Experience
1. Worked with prisoners or those engaged in the criminal justice system with a proven record of good practice in a variety of settings.
2. Experience of working across stakeholder groups and Other Government Departments.
3. Excellent influencing skills, showing the ability to deal effectively with conflict and deliver objectives.
4. Experience of working under pressure and fulfilling demanding deadlines with experience of setting goals and achieving targets.
5. Experience of working flexibly as a member of a team to achieve performance targets.
6. Experience in delivering change across large organisations and multiple stakeholders.
7. Evidence of ability to evaluate practice.
8. Demonstrable achievements in managing/supporting change and effecting improvements in quality and efficiency.
9. Able to demonstrate well-developed IT skills, including evidence of ability to interpret and apply performance reports.
10. Experience of proactively championing diversity and inclusiveness both internally and externally.
11. Knowledge of health pathways for those leaving prison, particularly for substance misuse and mental health, including the key partners involved.
12. Sound understanding of probation processes, including release planning.
The job holder must be able to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in English or (when specified in Wales) Welsh.
Additional Information
Some roles in probation require employees to have access to additional intelligence systems that require a higher level of vetting.
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.
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’.
Working Arrangements & Further Information
The MoJ offers Hybrid Working arrangements where business need allows.
The successful candidate(s) will be appointed to a MoJ office location, which may include their nearest Justice Collaboration Centre or Justice Satellite Office.
Benefits
The MoJ offers a range of benefits, including annual leave, pension, training, and employee networks.
Eligibility
All candidates are subject to security and identity checks prior to taking up post.
If you require any assistance please email Yathps.recruitment@justice.gov.uk. Please quote the job reference - 91095.
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