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What the transfer means for people not covered by the National Agreement (9th June)
Thank you for your attendance at the What the transfer means for staff not covered by the National Agreement event on 9th June. Before and during the event we received a high number of queries – below you can see answers to the three most upvoted questions in the session.
We have answered each question and comment individually – this document is available here.
If you missed the event you can watch the recording here.
The most upvoted questions
Click on the + to expand the answers to the questions below
I have still not received the vetting email, is this meant to be completed by day 1? I have sent my documents but not had any other emails.
Thank you for your patience whilst your colleagues continue to work through a large volume of vetting documents submitted. These are taking a little longer to process than originally expected. If we need further information from you, we will be in touch. Please be reassured that delays in the security vetting process do not affect your transfer.
Post-transfer, a Vetting Contact Point (VCP) will be in touch to arrange to verify documents that you’ve submitted electronically or to record details of your documents if you haven’t already provided them.
We still have not received our offer letters, contracts, IT equipment, job specs, confirmation of pay - with only 2.5 weeks left, when will we receive these?
Transfer letters were sent out to the majority of transferring staff the week commencing 14th June. We know there are some ongoing issues with some of the letters staff have received, such as inaccuracies of the information in the letter and receiving multiple letters with differing pay details. We understand and apologise for the confusion and worry this may cause. More here: https://welcome-hub.hmppsintranet.org.uk/transfer-letter-update-22nd-june-2021/ There has been a big effort on the part of NPS to try and identify as many of you individually as we could without your personal details being available to us in order to get IT equipment over to you. All known exceptions are being processed and kit will be delivered by end of week commencing 14th June.
This question on behalf of Resettlement Workers employed in Prisons - we have been aligned to PSO role. How long will we continue to be based in prisons?
Post-transfer, you will continue in your current role. What’s happening is a whole redesign of how we deliver resettlement services and as that gets rolled out, changes will occur. Locally, decisions will be made as to when is the right time for people to move out of prisons and into different roles. You will be fully supported in terms of appropriate training for the role you go to and you will be involved in the discussions about how and when that’s going to happen.