23227 - Programmes Facilitator

Ministry of Justice; Manchester; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Ministry of Justice is based in HMP Manchester and seeks a role dedicated to delivering rehabilitation programmes for prisoners. You will work in a small team to help offenders understand behaviours, build positive relationships, and improve critical thinking, supporting an offence-free future.

The role involves delivering various activities under supervision, with training and professional development provided. English language proficiency is essential, and safeguarding responsibilities apply.

Responsibilities

• Deliver programmes in group or individual sessions.
• Organise materials for session delivery.
• Plan sessions to meet participants' needs and programme requirements.
• Identify and recruit future participants and complete assessments.

Job description

The current vacancy is based in HMP Manchester.

It will involve working in groups and one-to-one to deliver a programme to help prisoners understand their behaviours, build positive relationships, improve critical thinking skills and support them to live an offence-free future. The role will work as part of a small team of Group Workers to provide an important rehabilitative service and meet the Government’s ambition of reducing re-offending.

All staff have a responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. The post holder must undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organisation.

The job holder will deliver a range of activities and programmes, which include assessment, group and individual treatment and provides support to wider rehabilitative activity within the prison.

The post holder will be supported through training, career development opportunities and professional support. This is a non-operational, non rotational job with no line management responsibilities.

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

Deliver programmes in a group or individual basis, following a manual and delivering as designed.

Organise materials for session delivery.

Plan sessions as per the programme requirements and identify ways to deliver the sessions in a responsive way to meet the needs of the participants.

Notify the Treatment Managers and other team members when sessions are unable to run, and complete missed session catch ups.

Identify and actively recruit future programmes participants, completing assessments, and screening tools whilst maintaining an accurate database of the outcomes.

Maintain accurate records of assessments and contact with prisoners.

Conduct motivational interviews with prisoners with the aim to engage them in programmes.

Continually motivate and engage future, current and past participants.

Complete post session de-briefs and record accurately any key information from the sessions.

Complete post-programme tasks including writing a record of progress, setting objectives, contributing to post-programme reviews and communicating progress with sentence management team, for each programme participant.

Actively engage in sentence management by liaising with prison and community Offender Managers.

Work towards the delivery guidelines outlined within the quality assurance framework, supported by your treatment manager.

Actively engage in supervision provided by treatment and programme management teams.

Engage in continual professional development opportunities supported by your line manager.

Deliver awareness packages to other staff in the establishment.

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. An ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence through the medium of English.