21.7 Probation Practitioners have a responsibility to help MAPPA managed individuals obtain suitable employment and training. This includes preventing them from seeking or obtaining employment or training that may increase or trigger the risk of harm they present or from which they are barred or disqualified. Police Offender Managers will also consider employment as part of their risk assessment and RMP.

21.8 DWP will seek to place those who qualify for Universal Credit into suitable employment or training, according to their personal circumstances. The Lead Agency must inform DWP of any restrictions that would render some types of employment or training unsuitable using the MAPPA J. These restrictions could include specific licence conditions, such as exclusion zones and non-contact conditions, Orders, such as Sexual Harm Prevention Orders (SHPO), or being on a barred list that restricts regulated activity with children or adults or both. DWP should seek additional clarification from the Lead Agency as required, including where necessary and proportionate information needs to be passed onto DWP's providers.

21.9 Individuals on licence who are not subject to any specific restrictions on their employment or training are nevertheless prohibited from undertaking employment without the approval of their Probation Practitioner. The Probation Practitioner may deem certain employment or training not to be suitable based on the risk of serious harm. Restrictions must be necessary and proportionate to the risk of serious harm posed and decided on a case-by-case basis. In these cases, the Probation Practitioner should discuss the circumstances with the relevant DWP District MAPPA SPOC before submitting a MAPPA J.

21.10 DWP must contact the Lead Agency immediately if an individual seeks access to employment or training that would contravene any of the restrictions placed on them, or self-discloses information about their sexual or violent offending, or any other information that raises concern.

21.11 The Lead Agency should normally inform the MAPPA managed individual when they submit a MAPPA J. There may be exceptional circumstances when restrictions are imposed without telling the individual what they are. This might apply, for example, when there is reason to believe that an individual would become a greater risk if they were informed about the restriction imposed. In these cases, the Lead Agency should discuss the implications with the DWP District MAPPA SPOC before submitting the MAPPA J.