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By supporting people with community service and prison sentences, and helping with rehabilitation once a sentence has been released \u2013 this is a critical role within the probation sector.<\/p>\n<section id=\"main\">The role requires an element of flexibility from candidates as weekend or evening working may be a specification of the role.<\/p>\n<p>Clients from within this sector often also request the following training of employees:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Protection of Vulnerable Adults (POVA)<\/li>\n<li>Manual Handling<\/li>\n<li>Medication Awareness<\/li>\n<li>Basic First Aid<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You may also be requested to undertake the following training:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Working in approved premises (probation hostels)<\/li>\n<li>Community payback work<\/li>\n<li>Working with victims<\/li>\n<li>Substance misuse awareness<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Job Overview<\/h2>\n<p>The role of a Probation Support Worker is to provide support and assistance to individuals with a probation plan. This role also requires individuals to work with other agencies outside of the hostel in supporting individuals.<\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0<strong>Probation Support Worker<\/strong>\u00a0is responsible for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gathering information and interviewing offenders<\/li>\n<li>Assessing risk that an offender may pose to the general public<\/li>\n<li>Preparing and co-ordinating court reports<\/li>\n<li>Delivering individual and \/ or group programmes to challenge offending behaviour<\/li>\n<li>Helping clients get work or training, housing or drug\/alcohol treatment<\/li>\n<li>Arranging and supervising community work placements for offenders<\/li>\n<li>Providing education or employment support for prisoners in the community or before their release<\/li>\n<li>Keeping accurate case records<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Skills<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Patience and empathy with a capacity not to judge individual cases and circumstances<\/li>\n<li>Excellent communication skills<\/li>\n<li>Flexible attitude<\/li>\n<li>Capacity to work under pressure<\/li>\n<li>Motivational skills<\/li>\n<li>Awareness of the importance of confidentiality<\/li>\n<li>Team player<\/li>\n<li>Organisational skills<\/li>\n<li>Computer literate<\/li>\n<li>Interest in social issues and the criminal justice system<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<aside id=\"sidebar\">\n<ul id=\"sblist\"><\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n","protected":false},"author":485,"template":"","class_list":["post-21032","job_specifications","type-job_specifications","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\r\n<title>Probation Support Worker - New Directions Health and Social Care<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.new-directions.co.uk\/health-social-care\/job-specification\/probation-support-worker\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Probation Support Worker - New Directions Health and Social Care\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"[...]\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.new-directions.co.uk\/health-social-care\/job-specification\/probation-support-worker\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"New Directions Health and Social Care\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/newdirectionssocialcare\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-16T14:28:10+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.new-directions.co.uk\/health-social-care\/files\/2020\/01\/Artboard-1.png\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1500\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"501\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.new-directions.co.uk\\\/health-social-care\\\/job-specification\\\/probation-support-worker\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.new-directions.co.uk\\\/health-social-care\\\/job-specification\\\/probation-support-worker\\\/\",\"name\":\"Probation Support Worker - New Directions Health and Social Care\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.new-directions.co.uk\\\/health-social-care\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-16T14:28:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-05-16T14:28:10+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.new-directions.co.uk\\\/health-social-care\\\/job-specification\\\/probation-support-worker\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.new-directions.co.uk\\\/health-social-care\\\/job-specification\\\/probation-support-worker\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.new-directions.co.uk\\\/health-social-care\\\/job-specification\\\/probation-support-worker\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.new-directions.co.uk\\\/health-social-care\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Job Specifications\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.new-directions.co.uk\\\/health-social-care\\\/job-specification\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Probation Support Worker\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.new-directions.co.uk\\\/health-social-care\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.new-directions.co.uk\\\/health-social-care\\\/\",\"name\":\"New Directions Health and Social Care\",\"description\":\"Recruitment and Training Specialists in the Health &amp; 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