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Area Crime in Prison Co-ordinator – East (Ref: 23350)

HM Prison & Probation Service

Department
HM Prison & Probation Service
Location
Chelmsford
Openings
1 post
Grade
EO
Salary
£34,440
Closing
7 days left
Profession
Operational Delivery
Contract
Permanent
Security clearance
SC
Working pattern
Full-time
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Job description

HMPPS Band 4

The National Crime in Prison (CiP) team is dedicated to improving justice outcomes for crimes committed within the prison estate. The Area Crime in Prison Coordinator (ACiPCo) position provides an opportunity to support prisons through an area-specific, mobile, peripatetic model- delivering targeted support across the estate.

These roles are specifically designed to strengthen capability and build resilience within establishments by providing temporary, needs-led support to either single prisons and/or clusters of prisons. Unlike permanent establishment-based CiPCo roles, post holders will be deployed to specific establishments or clusters for defined periods, supporting the development of sustainable processes, improving adherence to the Crime in Prison Referral Agreement (CiPRA), and embedding effective crime management practices.

Deployment will be informed by ongoing area needs analysis, with a clear expectation that post holders will move between locations in line with changing priorities.

This approach forms part of a developing area support model, designed to enhance consistency and effectiveness across the estate. Through targeted deployment, the roles will support establishments to implement and embed effective crime management processes, demonstrating sustainable models of resilience and enabling informed consideration of long-term resource and capability requirements.

The post holder will be line managed by the Area Crime Manager (Band 5) to provide specialist support to establishments, strengthening crime management processes, improving evidence handling, and promoting effective partnership working with criminal justice agencies.

The CiPCo role plays a key role in coordinating crime-related activity within prisons, ensuring consistent application of policy, supporting the Crime in Prison Referral Agreement (CiPRA), and improving outcomes for victims and witnesses of crime.

This roles will cover the following establishments:

East

HMP & YOI Chelmsford, 200 Springfield Road, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 6LQ

HMP Highpoint, Stradishall, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 9YG

HMP & YOI Hollesley Bay, Rectory Road, Hollesley, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 3JW

HMP The Mount, Bovingdon, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP3 0NZ

HMP Warren Hill, Grove Road, Hollesley, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 3BF

HMP & YOI Bedford, St Loyes Street, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK40 1HG

HMP Bure, Jaguar Drive, Badersfield, Norwich, Norfolk, NR10 5GB

HMP Littlehey, Crow Spinney Lane, Perry, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE28 0SR

HMP & YOI Norwich, Knox Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 4LU

HMP Wayland, Griston, Thetford, Norfolk, IP25 6RL

HMP Whitemoor, Longhill Road, March, Cambridgeshire,PE15 0PR

The base location will be the site in the region (the exception being contracted prisons) nearest to the successful candidates home address and can be changed as necessary.

The Area CIPCO role is a regionally mobile position, with deployment required across the entire Area Executive Director (AED) region. Mobility is a contractual requirement of the role, and there will be planned rotation between establishments within the region as a standard feature of the post.

This is a non-operational role but may require prisoner contact.

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

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Selection process

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

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