11792 - Programme Facilitator - Gwent (Wales)

Ministry of Justice; Newport; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A government agency in Newport is looking for a Programme Facilitator to deliver rehabilitation interventions aimed at reducing re-offending. The role involves working with probationers, planning and implementing programs that address various behaviours, and preparing report data. Evening work and travel across South Wales are essential. This position offers a starting salary of £26,475 plus additional payments for unsocial hours. A commitment to safeguarding and effective communication are crucial in this role.

Benefits

Unsocial hours payments

Annual pay progression

Claimable travel expenses

Qualifications

• Experience working with individuals with challenging behaviours.
• Knowledge of rehabilitation programs and interventions.
• Ability to manage group dynamics effectively.

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver interventions in groups and individually.
• Monitor and assess the suitability and safety of the interventions.
• Liaise with stakeholders regarding probationers' progress.

Skills

Group work skills

Communication skills

Intervention planning

Safeguarding knowledge

Education

Degree or equivalent experience in social sciences or a related field

Job description

Are you passionate about rehabilitation? Could you help people make meaningful and sustained changes in their lives? If so, then a career as a Programme Facilitator in the Probation Service is for you.

Providing interventions to people who engage in harmful behaviour to help reduce their likelihood of reoffending is an important part of our work in HMPPS. Our Programme Facilitators deliver a range of Accredited Programmes and Structured Interventions. You will be delivering groupwork and individual work to people subject to Community Orders or on licence after release from prison. These programmes are designed to support people to desist from crime, help people build on their strengths and lead more fulfilling and pro‑social lives. You will be working with people who have perpetrated domestic abuse, sexual abuse and/or committed other violent and acquisitive offences.

The majority of our Programmes are delivered in the evening and therefore evening work is essential in this role. You will also travel to different locations to your office base to deliver these programmes. Travel expenses can be claimed.

If you are successful in the recruitment process to join the Probation Service, your starting salary will be £26,475.

Please note that all salaries are as advertised and are non‑negotiable. For new starters joining the service you will commence at the bottom of the scale. If you have any concerns regarding the salary range, please ensure these are raised during the interview process.

Some evening work and travel across the South Wales region is required.

In addition to the base salary, you will be entitled to unsocial hours payments for working in the evenings and/or a Saturday. Working on a Saturday attracts an additional premium of 50% and working evenings an additional 30%.

The Probation Service offers the opportunity for annual pay progression through a Competency Based Framework (CBF), which, if eligible, will see your pay increase. CBF is designed to enable you to move up through the pay band range as your competence grows.

New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.

Probation Service also increases their pay band ranges annually in line with Civil Service Pay guidance, which will also apply an increase to band pay ranges where applicable.

Overview of the job

The job holder will deliver a range of rehabilitation interventions aimed at changing the attitudes, beliefs, and behaviour of people on probation with a full range of offence types and a full range of levels of risks (including those convicted of sexual and domestic abuse offences), as determined by sentences of the Courts and on the recommendation of Probation Practitioners.

The main objectives of this role are to reduce re‑offending, protect the public, prevent future victims and enable rehabilitation to help people build constructive and meaningful lives in the community, through the delivery of effective evidence‑based Accredited Programmes and Structured Interventions.

The post holder will be regionally based and sit in the Interventions Team and report to the Programme Manager. They will deliver interventions across a large regional area where travel will be required. There will be no line management responsibility in this role.

There will be a requirement to regularly work unsocial hours (including evenings and weekends).

Summary

The job holder will be delivering interventions in groups; however, depending on the intervention they can be delivered in 1:1 sessions or remotely (including working with individuals with learning disabilities and challenges) in line with operational manuals and organisational policies.

Responsibilities, Activities & Duties

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

• Responsible for the planning and delivery of interventions in a group or on an individual basis to people on probation. The post holder will develop and build a therapeutic and safe working environment for the duration of the programme, in line with operational manuals, taking into account different learning styles and abilities.
• Will adhere to PS statutory responsibility for safeguarding (Children and Adult) and multi‑agency public protection policies to manage all risks of serious harm.
• Will manage group dynamics and a range of complexities and needs of people on probation, to ensure effective targeting of the intervention and that the learning outcomes are achieved. Responsible for addressing any problematic behaviour within groups.
• Responsible for continually monitoring and making informed, evidence‑based recommendations around suitability, risk, safety and wellbeing of people on probation throughout the intervention (pre, during and post), to inform future sentence management.
• Will be responsible for completing timely and accurate recording of all relevant data; attendance, feedback, risk issues, and relevant reports, that meet quality assurance requirements.
• Responsible for liaising and providing timely and appropriate communication and analysis of people on probation’s progress on the intervention or concerns within a group, with the relevant staff or stakeholders (Courts, Criminal Justice Agencies etc.) responsible for enforcement and risk management plans.
• Deliver workshops and briefings to Probation staff and external stakeholders on the range, purpose and content of interventions available.
• Demonstrate pro‑social modelling skills by consistently reinforcing pro‑social behaviour and attitudes and challenging anti‑social behaviour and attitudes.