About the job

Job summary

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Job description

Overview            

The jobs in this Group Profile will deliver a range of group based interventions which include assessment, group and individual treatment and provides support interventions function in the delivery of services.

These roles are non-operational with no line management responsibilities and are not rotational.

These roles may involve contact with prisoners depending on their area of work.

Characteristics  

Typical tasks associated with this Group Profile include:

• Deliver interventions in a group or individual basis, arranging the session and resources required
• Publicises and explains interventions to prisoners, staff and stakeholders
• Approaches potential participants, explains the programme, engages and motivates and ensures informed consent
• Interviews and contributes towards selecting prisoners against fixed criteria of suitability to attend selected intervention. May administer standardised tests/assessments where appropriate
• Prepares for programmes and sessions including understanding the material and considering the best way to deliver it given the range of needs and problems presented by group participants
• Attend post programme reviews to feedback on reports / objective and collate post programme materials
• Prepare rooms for delivery and make sure that handouts and materials for each session are available and conform to the course standard
• Co-facilitate the delivery of interventions and at the end of each session have a de-brief with the co-facilitator
• Produce up to date notes on each participant at the end of each session
• Provides additional support, review and catch-up sessions to participants where necessary and conducts progress reviews for each prisoner during the course
• Writes a course report for each prisoner at the end of each programme where appropriate and provides an overall course report summarising the course’s impact where appropriate
• Set objectives for each prisoner following the conclusion of the programme
• Contributes towards sentence planning and offender management processes
• Undertakes required supervision with the relevant treatment manager for the programme to ensure they maintain the quality standards required for this work.

Job Descriptions relating to this Group Profile     

The job holder once in post will be in matched to a job description; a sample list is shown below. The post is rotational so the job holder could during their career carry out the role of different job descriptions.

• Facilitator : Group Worker
• Facilitator : Substance Misuse
• Facilitator : Learning Literacy
• Facilitator : Learning Skills Employment Advice & Guidance Wales
• Facilitator : Victim Offender Conferencing (Restorative Justice)
• Facilitator : Assistant Forensic Psychologist
• Facilitator : Creative Arts Coordinator
• Facilitator : Literacy Support Officer

Essential Skills/ Qualifications/ Accreditation/ Registration             

Job holders must complete specific training in their specialism once they take up post.

They will need good written and verbal communication skills. An ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence through the medium of English or (where specified in Wales) Welsh. 

Hours of Work and Allowances   

37 hour working week

Person specification

Please refer to Job Description

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £30,471, HM Prison & Probation Service contributes £8,257 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Technical skills.https://justicejobs.tal.net/vx/candidate/cms/About%20the%20MOJ

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

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

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window). The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.