Prison Offender Manager
| Posting date: | 27 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £31,995 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 July 2025 |
| Location: | Cardiff, Cardiff County |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | HM Prison and Probation Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
Job description
Overview of the job
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 to prisoners.
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.
This is a non-operational job with no line management responsibilities. This role is rotational.
Will have regular prisoner facing activities/duties.
Summary
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 to managers for verification/quality checking purposes.
Attend and contribute to relevant meetings as required.
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.
Overview of the job
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 to prisoners.
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.
This is a non-operational job with no line management responsibilities. This role is rotational.
Will have regular prisoner facing activities/duties.
Summary
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 to managers for verification/quality checking purposes.
Attend and contribute to relevant meetings as required.
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.
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