HM Prison and Probation Service
Health & Justice Partnership Coordinator - Gwent & Cwm Taf Morgannwg (Ref: 19539)
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Probation Services – Strategic Lead: Continuity of Care Pathways
Locations NPS locations where this role can be based:
- NPS Centenary House, Caerphilly (CF83 3HU)
- Former Post Office, Pontypridd (CF37 1BA)
- Torfaen House, Pontypool (NP4 5ES)
- Tremains Business Park, Bridgend (CF31 1TZ)
- Usk House, Newport (NP20 2AG)
Job Summary
For details, refer to the Job Description linked below.
Job Description
Overview
As a strategic lead, you will shape and drive continuity of care pathways ensuring individuals released from prison access vital treatment and support, reducing reoffending rates. Accountable to the Head of Community Integration, this role is central to health, substance misuse, and resettlement strategies across the Probation Service (PS).
Opportunities are available locally with the expectation for inter office travel and regular prison visits.
** Essa’s key commitments include equality, inclusion, and collaborative working to improve systemic outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
Your role will focus on strengthening continuity of care through partnership working around substance misuse and health-related release planning. This involves:
- Consultation and policy development to improve data sharing and support informing release conditions.
- Collaboration with HMPPS, health providers (including NHS Reconnect), and local community stakeholders.
- Ensuring adherence to HM Prison Service (HMPPS) drug strategy, integrating health and probation services.
Confidentiality and sensitive information handling guidelines must be followed strictly.
Responsibilities, Activities And Duties
The role involves:
Leadership & Partnerships
- Foster relationships with prisons, treatment providers, and community stakeholders to streamline effective exit from care pathways.
- Lead regional collaboration to improve substance misuse and health outcomes for offenders post-release.
- Represent regionalised probation and prison services (including Offender Health) at national and local levels.
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Data & Delivery Focus
- Use performance analytics to refine service delivery.
- Proactively identify innovation and good practice improvements and share them at national levels.
Interface & Interface Coordination
- Be the key local point of contact for regional performance, challenges, and national intervention strategies.
Risk & Impact Driven Action
- Provide specialist advice on managing the transition from prison to community, supporting prison drug strategy leads and Probation Guidance Document (PGD) leads.
Note: This list is illustrative and may evolve to include related duties similar in nature. Major changes would require discussion under the Job Evaluation Scheme.
Key Behaviours
Successful candidates will demonstrate:
- Changing and Improving – Proactively driving operational changes.
- Communicating and Influencing – Facilitating inclusive and strategic discussions.
- Working Together – Acting collaboratively across teams and stakeholders.
- Leadership – Guiding and innovating remotely and in-person.
Requirements & Experience
Essential
- Proven criminal justice or prisoner engagement skills, emphasising outcomes-based continuity of care pathways.
- Broad experience working across government departments, health, and criminal justice organisations.
- Influencing capabilities, strategic conflict resolution, and action-focused goal achievement.
- Providers of Large-Scale Transformation — experience demonstrating deliverable change and improved system efficiency.
- IT literacy with performance data interpretation ability.
- Commitment to diversity, innovative practice, and engaging effectively with vulnerable groups.
- Relevant health/mental health/social care pathways knowledge, particularly post-custody resettlement.
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Other
Preference given for secondments or direct know-how within: • Reconnect (NHS England integration pathways). • Probation resettlement/discharge planning frameworks. • Substance misuse partnerships at local or regional levels.
Person Specification
For details, refer to official documents.
Candidate Benefits
- Civil Service pension (28.97% employer contribution).
- Flexible working with inclusive/diversity-supported culture.
- Public holiday leave, flexible compensation policies.
Access to Mentor Events
Employee development and scheme integration opportunities are included.
Selection & Progression
This role will be assessed under Success Profiles:
- Modeled behaviours (leadership, influence, innovation).
- With strengths-based development potential.
Condition for Employment
Successful candidates must undergo:
- Criminal record checks (DBS).
- Possible baseline security clearance within the Civil Service.
Nationality Requirements
Open to UK, EEA (with valid UK stay terms including EU Settlement Scheme requirements), and eligible Commonwealth citizens.
Diversity and Inclusion
Offers frameworks including the Civil Service Veterans Programme.
Contact
Recruitment Enquiries
- E: moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@resourcing.soprasteria.co.uk
- T: (0345) 241 5358
Recruitment & Legislation
Civil Service commissions operate based on fair open competition principles (�どうした? Recruitment Law Sharing).
For Advocacy
If direct candidates feel misaligned on recruitment standards or processes, responsibilities should escalate per Civil Service Commission guidelines.
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