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Approved Premises Residential Worker

On-site in NPS HOWARD HOUSE LEICESTER·Full-time·Added today (last checked 4 Nov)

Our summary

Salary
£28,064 - £33,549 a year

About £1,980 - £2,310 a month after tax.

Work mode
On-site, NPS HOWARD HOUSE LEICESTER
Contract
Full-time
Pension
28.97% employer pension
Commute
Season ticket loan

Skills

Requirements

Languages

English written and verbal

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

  • 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 employer contribution of 28.97%
  • Annual Leave
  • Public Holidays
  • Season Ticket Advance

For more information about the recruitment process, benefits and allowances and answers to general queries, please click the below link which will direct you to our Candidate Information Page.

Link: https://justicejobs.tal.net/vx/candidate/cms/About%20the%20MOJ

The role

'Our current Residential Support Workers describe this as a genuinely great place to work. You'll be joining a strong, supportive team with a real sense of shared purpose. As part of the prestigious Probation Service, you'll have access to excellent training and development opportunities to help you grow and progress in your career. Our staff also value the flexibility of shift patterns, the stability and benefits that come with being part of the Civil Service, and-most importantly-the chance to make a meaningful difference every single day.'

How you'll work

For either 625 or 1250 hours per year, the equivalent of one or two 12 hour shifts each week and are a mix of standard and unsocial hours.

Please note: RW staff members cannot move across to another band 3 such as PSO as the job descriptions are different.

Colleagues work an average of 37 hours per week, comprised of 12 hours shifts undertaken during the weekdays and the weekend including day shifts starting at 8am and overnight shifts starting at 8pm, over a 7-week rota cycle. On average our current rota requires Residential Workers to work 4 days per week. In addition, there are often opportunities for full-time staff to work additional shifts for overtime payments. All approved premises have a minimum of double cover at all times.

Reference number

Apply before 11:55 pm on Monday 5th April 2027

489113

£28,064 - £33,549

Job grade

Other

NPS Pay Band 3 National

Contract type

Permanent

Type of role

Operational Delivery

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Number of jobs available

2

Location

This position is based at NPS HOWARD HOUSE LEICESTER, LE1 6YF, NPS KIRK LODGE LEICESTER, LE2 2PJ

Job summary

Please refer to Job Description

Job description

Please only apply if you have flexibility to work at any AP mentioned and any working pattern mentioned. This will be discussed at interview stage.

Merit List may be utilised for other working patterns and sites mentioned in this advert.

Working patters include: Fulltime Peripatetic Residential Worker- where successful candidates will be required to undertake reasonable travel in order to cover shifts at Approved Premises sites within the locality of their cluster.

Fulltime/ Part time Residential Worker vacancies where successful candidates will be allocated to one Approved Premise to undertake their shift pattern.

Person specification

Please refer to Job Description

Behaviours

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

  • Communicating and Influencing
  • Making Effective Decisions
  • Delivering at Pace

Artificial intelligence

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. Where 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 (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.

https://justicejobs.tal.net/vx/candidate/cms/About%20the%20MOJ

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a standard (or equivalent) 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

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) 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 (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.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

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Job contact

  • Name : Recruitment Enquiries Team
  • Email : moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@resourcing.soprasteria.co.uk
  • Telephone : 0345 241 5358

Further information

Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commission's Recruitment Principles. If 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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