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Job summary

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Job description

Accredited Interventions Interview and Assessment

The Assessment forms the first stage of the range of training for staff, wishing to or who will become facilitators as part of their job role. The purpose of the assessment is to identify those staff who demonstrate potential to attend Core Skills Training which forms the foundation for staff wishing to progress to relevant programme specific training for certain accredited offending behaviour programmes.

The assessment centre consists of:

A presentation by the candidate – you will be expected to come prepared to present a 15 minute presentation on the following topic: ‘How to motivate young people in custody’

Please note – a flipchart and pens will be provided. Alternatively you may wish to bring prepared flip charts and written / typed notes. We are unable to accommodate any form of electronic media / ICT

The presentation should not exceed 15 minutes and you are expected to engage with the panel at times e.g. ask questions / engage in activities. Please note that you may also be presenting to up to 2 young people, who will be pre-selected and invited on the day to sit alongside the panel. Alternatively, a trained facilitator may play the part of a young person for the purposes of the presentation.

A formal interview – This will consist of a range of questions, including scenario based questions, focusing on the competencies and skills required to undertake the role of programme facilitator.

We envisage the presentation and interview process taking up to one and a half hours

Overview of the job

This is a prisoner facing job based in an establishment.

Summary           

The job holder will deliver a range of group based interventions which include assessment, group and individual treatment and provides support in the psychology department/interventions function in the delivery of services.

This is a non-operational job with no line management responsibilities.

Responsibilities, Activities and Duties

The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities and duties:

• 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
• Analyse data which is relevant to substance misuse, take remedial action where required and complete all related administration and paperwork including the production of statistics and performance reports
• As directed by relevant treatment manager comply with audit requirement
• Undertakes required supervision with the relevant treatment manager for the programme to ensure they maintain the quality standards required for this work

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

Person specification

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Benefits

Alongside your salary of £33,506, HM Prison & Probation Service contributes £9,080 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 and Strengths.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

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Working for the Civil Service

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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.