About the job

Job summary

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Job description

Organisation Level    

First Line Management - The jobs at this level will provide first line management for a team of people and delivery of work routines, activities and regimes appropriate to their area of responsibility which may span one or more departments.

Overview    

The Job holders within this Group Profile will have responsibility for the quality oversight and facilitation of accredited programmes which address offending behaviour.

These roles will involve regular prisoner contact.

Characteristics    

Jobs associated with this Group Profile should contain the following tasks:

•    Responsible for ensuring that programmes are delivered in accordance with their design and that facilitators adhere to the principles of the programme
•    Responsible for the ongoing support and continuing professional skill development of facilitators
•    Responsible for setting a supervision contract with facilitators, providing professional supervision (majority within lifetime of the group) that is compliant with the Management Manual
•    Responsible for monitoring the required amount of sessions as set out in the Management Manual
•    Ensure national guidelines for the de-selection of offenders are followed where necessary
•    Ensure national guidelines on the assessment and selection of offenders are followed to ensure that only those offenders who require the programme, on the basis of risk, need, response and diversity are selected for the programme

Job Descriptions relating to this Group Profile    

The job holder once in post will be matched to a job description. A sample list is attached below.

•    Treatment Manager : Misuse
•    Treatment Manager : Attitude Thinking Behaviour

Essential Skills/ Qualifications/ Accreditation/ Registration    

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

Completed HMPPS video monitoring training

Delivered each element of the programme at least twice to an excellent standard of skill

They will need to attend and pass the required training such as treatment manager training and supervision skills training as applicable for the programme

The job holder should refer to the specific programme manual to obtain additional details relating to the assessment, training and development requirements for the role. In some cases, the candidate can undertake this training once in post; howevercontinuation of the role requires being assessed as competent/passing the required training within a 12 month period.

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

Technical 3  

The job holder should refer to the specific programme manual to obtain additional details relating to the assessment, training and development requirements for the role. In some cases, the candidate can undertake this training once in post, however continuation of the role requires being assessed as competent/passing the required training within a 12 month period.

Person specification

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Benefits

Alongside your salary of £33,104, HM Prison & Probation Service contributes £8,971 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, Experience 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

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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.