About the role
The job holder will deliver a range of activities and programmes, which include assessment, group and individual treatment and provides support to wider rehabilitative activity within the prison. The post holder will be supported through training, career development opportunities and professional support. This is a non‑operational, non‑rotational job with no line management responsibilities.
Responsibilities and duties
- Deliver programmes in a group or individual basis, following a manual and delivering as designed.
- Organise materials for session delivery.
- Plan sessions as per the programme requirements and identify ways to deliver the sessions in a responsive way to meet the needs of the participants.
- Notify the Treatment Managers and other team members when sessions are unable to run, and complete missed session catch ups.
- Identify and actively recruit future programme participants, completing assessments and screening tools whilst maintaining an accurate database of the outcomes.
- Maintain accurate records of assessments and contact with prisoners.
- Conduct motivational interviews with prisoners with the aim to engage them in programmes.
- Continually motivate and engage future, current and past participants.
- Complete post session de‑briefs and record accurately any key information from the sessions.
- Complete post‑programme tasks including writing a record of progress, setting objectives, contributing to post‑programme reviews and communicating progress with sentence management team, for each programme participant.
- Actively engage in sentence management by liaising with prison and community Offender Managers.
- Work towards the delivery guidelines outlined within the quality assurance framework, supported by your treatment manager.
- Actively engage in supervision provided by treatment and programme management teams.
- Engage in continual professional development opportunities supported by your line manager.
- Deliver awareness packages to other staff in the establishment.
The duties and responsibilities listed above describe the post as it is at present and are 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.
Working conditions
Hybrid Working arrangements may be available where business need allows. This role is based in the UK and may involve working from a MoJ office, Justice Collaboration Centre or Justice Satellite Office. Standard full‑time working hours are 37 hours per week, excluding unpaid breaks. Part‑time, flexible and job‑sharing working patterns may be considered in accordance with the HMPPS Flexible Working policy.
Language requirements
Ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence through the medium of English, or Welsh where specified in Wales.
Qualifications and experience
- Essential experience: Excellent skills in dealing with people.
- Full training will be provided.
- Essential behaviours:
- Communicating and Influencing
- Developing Self and Others
- Managing a Quality Service
- Working Together
- Ability: Successfully complete the required assessment and training courses to deliver particular Interventions and maintain accreditation within the role. Facilitate in an interactive and engaging way.
- Presentation: Level of security checks required: DBS Enhanced.
Benefits
- Annual leave based on a holiday year from 1 March, pro‑rated for non‑standard work patterns.
- Bank, public and privilege holidays: 9 days (66 hours 36 minutes) added to annual leave.
- Pension: Choice of two Civil Service pension schemes.
