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Job summary

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Job description

We encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the wider society that we serve. We pride ourselves on being an employer of choice. We champion diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued and a sense of belonging. To find out more about how we do this visit: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/equality-and-diversity.

Organisation Level

First Line Management - Job holders at this level provide leadership and management of the function and will contribute to the strategic planning and implementation of corporate activities. Job holders will be fully accountable for the delivery / performance of the function. They manage staff and resources to deliver activities within their function including medium and longer term planning. They will also manage a delegated budget, determining resources required and actively influence efficiency.

Overview

Job holders within this Group Profile will be responsible for programme management of drug, alcohol and offending behaviour programmes in the establishment ensuring they are delivered in line with required standards.

These roles will involve contact with prisoners.

Characteristics

Typical tasks associated with this Group Profile include:

• Responsible for managing and overseeing the facilitation team and the suite of interventions to ensure they are supported and given appropriate guidance
• Responsible for ensuring that treatment managers are effectively managed and supported
• Responsible for ensuring best value of resources for the department
• Responsible for ensuring that all Programme work is delivered in line with the baselines identified in the Accreditation Document
• Responsible for ensuring a plan for effective delivery is made for the forthcoming year to ensure that there are enough spaces offered to achieve the establishment's performance target and specifically taking into account the needs of the prisoner population and staff training requirements
• Responsible for managing and oversee the delivery of complex/high intensity programmes such as the Sex Offender Treatment Programme
• Liaise with the psychological services to ensure that resources are appropriately identified for the delivery of sex offender treatment programmes
• Attend all relevant and appropriate meetings, both at local and national as per the Audit requirements
• Act as a consultant with regard to the introduction of both accredited and non- accredited programmes
• Responsible for ensuring the full participation of staff in the supervision process
• Develop and monitor productive working relationships with all staff
• Responsible for managing the delivery of and providing interventions of both, clinical and non-clinical offending behaviour programmes
• Liaise with the establishment Senior Management Team and ensure that they are updated on policies set by National Offender Management Services (HMPPS) in respect of Treatment Programmes
• Responsible for ensuring that all standards contained in the programme specific criterion enclosed within the programme manuals and audit document are met
• Promote the concept of multi disciplinary team effort and integration within the Accredited Intervention Meetings (AIMs) teams, in staff awareness sessions and tutor support
• As part of the AIM team, is responsible for the management of group members and their specific treatment needs
• Promote opportunities for integrating programmes with other establishment processes, particularly with other interventions such as basic skills, Counselling, Assessment, Referral, Advice and Throughcare service (CARATS) and other aspects of drug strategy
• Produce data analysis of the local drug strategy for area reports
• Contribute to the overall risk management process including sharing information on high risk and dangerous offenders with relevant agencies Contribute to the Programme Department performance as assessed by the audit criteria, with particular reference to all Programme Manuals and to assist with the successful delivery of all audit baselines

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 attached below.

• Programme Manager : Programmes

Essential Skills/ Qualifications/ Accreditation/ Registration

No formal training or qualifications are required to undertake role.

Job holders will need to be highly organised and committed to treatment and rehabilitation work.

They will require experience of managing both staff and processes.

Internal applicants

All newly promoted staff to the following Band 6 first line manager roles (Activities Unit Manager, Facilities and Services Unit Manager, Facilities and Services Business Manager, Programme Manager, Specialist Treatment Manager or Equality Advisor) in Establishments will be expected to complete the New Manager Programme on Civil Service Learning within three years of promotion.

Staff that have mapped or re-graded to Band 6 who have previously worked at an equivalent level will not be required to undertake the qualification.

External applicants

All external staff joining as a Band 6 Activities Unit Manager, Facilities and Services Unit Manager, Facilities and Services Business Manager, Programme Manager, Specialist Treatment Manager or Equality Advisor in an Establishment will be expected to complete the New Manager Programme on Civil Service Learning within three years.

Hours of Work and Allowances

37 hour working week

Person specification

Please refer to Job Description

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £34,862, HM Prison & Probation Service contributes £9,447 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.