HQ Job Description (JD)
Band 4
Group Family: Generic - Casework
Job Description: Caseworker Support
Document Ref.
HQ-JES -2144_Generic - Casework Support_v2.0
Document Type
Management
Version
2.0
Classification
Unclassified
Date of Issue
17/07/19
Status
Baselined
Produced by
Head of Group
Authorised by
Reward Team
JD Evidence
HQ-JES -2144_Generic - Casework Support_v2.0
HQ Job Description
Job Title
Caseworker Support
Directorate
Generic - Caseworker
Band
4
Overview of the job
The job holder will be responsible for a caseload and will work with stakeholders to
prepare and handle cases. This can be highly sensitive area of work, which attracts
considerable Ministerial, media, public and pressure group attention.
Summary
The job holder will be responsible for ensuring correct procedures are followed through
on all cases. They will provide direct administrative support to the team; draft
submissions to the Minister and maintain databases providing statistics to senior
management team.
Responsibilities,
The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities
Activities & Duties
and duties:
? Manage and organise a caseload of cases. Where necessary review and
comment, consider witness statements and legal arguments and provide
comments after seeking advice from senior caseworker and Head of Team.
? Provide advice and instructions to relevant stakeholders to prepare for
cases. Where necessary review and comment on stakeholder’s submissions,
consider documents and provide comments after seeking advice from senior
caseworkers.
? Produce draft submission to line manager / senior caseworkers, (including
proposals), draft letters for onward submission to the senior caseworkers
and Head of Team for approval within specified timescales.
? Highlight to senior caseworker where further clarification is considered
necessary on factual accuracy issues that has been raised as a result of the
check.
? Seek the relevant authority and provide the legal advice and sufficient detail
on cases to enable an informed decision to be made
? Prepare draft responses to Official correspondence for the senior
caseworker’s consideration before being signed off by the Head of Team
? Follow up progress on cases and share this information with senior
caseworker for a decision regarding whether an internal investigation is
required.
? Will interrogate various databases to support management; this will include
providing data and statistics for briefings or presentations that underpin the
work of the unit / team.
? Organise and attend meetings as required, including acting as secretary and
minute taker.
The duties/responsibilities listed above describe the post as it is at present and is not
intended to be exhaustive. The Job holder is expected to accept reasonable
alterations and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary. Significant
adjustments may require re-examination under the Job Evaluation scheme and shall
be discussed in the first instance with the Job Holder.
Behaviours
? Leadership
? Communicating and Influencing
? Changing and Improving
? Working Together
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Strengths
It is advised strengths are chosen locally, recommended 4-8.
Essential Experience
N.B. Converting job descriptions to the new Success Profile format means areas
captured in experience could also be assessed as a strength. Vacancy managers
should use their own judgement to decide where best to assess these.
Technical
requirements
Ability
Minimum Eligibility
? All candidates are subject to security and identity checks prior to taking up
post.
? All external candidates are subject to 6 months’ probation. Internal
candidates are subject to probation if they have not already served a
probationary period within HMPPS.
? All staff are required to declare whether they are a member of a group or
organisation which HMPPS consider to be racist.
Hours of Work
(Unsocial Hours)
Allowances
):
HQ-JES -2144_Generic - Casework Support_v2.0
Success Profile
Experience
N.B. Converting job descriptions to
the new Success Profile format
Behaviours
Strengths
Ability
means areas captured in
Technical
experience could also be assessed
as a strength. Vacancy managers
should use their own judgement to
decide where best to assess these
It is advised strengths are
Leadership
chosen locally, recommended
4-8
Communicating and Influencing
Changing and Improving
Working Together
HQ-JES -2144_Generic - Casework Support_v2.0