23560 - Programme Facilitator - Merseyside

The Methodist Church in Britain; Birkenhead, Grimsby; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

LG Pension Scheme

Unsocial hours payments

Hybrid working

Training & development

Paid parental leave

Job summary

The Methodist Church in Britain is seeking a Programme Facilitator within the Probation Service's Interventions Team. This regionally based role has no line management, with most sessions held in the evenings and regular travel across a large area.

You will deliver Accredited Programmes and Structured Interventions to people on community orders or licences who have committed harmful behaviour. Responsibilities include supporting courts and criminal justice agencies, managing group dynamics,

Qualifications

• Written answer to one experience-based application question
• Two Civil Service Behaviour answers in the application, assessed at sift
• Facilitation exercise of up to 10 minutes, assessed against Communicating and Influencing, Developing Self and Others and Managing a Quality Service

Responsibilities

• Deliver groupwork and individual Accredited Programmes and Structured Interventions to people on community orders or licence
• Work with people who have committed domestic abuse, sexual abuse or other violent and acquisitive offences
• Manage group dynamics and address challenging behaviour to keep sessions effective
• Create a safe, structured environment suited to different learning styles and needs
• Monitor progress, risk and wellbeing throughout each intervention
• Keep accurate records and share insights with relevant teams
• Work with courts and criminal justice agencies to support sentence management
• Provide workshops and briefings to probation staff and external stakeholders
• Use pro-social modelling to reinforce positive behaviour
• Give high-quality input and guidance to Probation Practitioners and Domestic Abuse Safety Officers
• Travel across the region to deliver programmes from different locations

Skills

Civil Service behaviours

Facilitation

Job description

Programme Facilitator post in the Probation Service's Interventions Team, a regionally based role with no line management. The work is delivering Accredited Programmes and Structured Interventions, in groups and one-to-one, for people on community orders or licence who have committed harmful behaviour, including domestic and sexual abuse. Most sessions run in the evenings and the role involves regular travel across a large area. Successful candidates must pass a six-month probation, and new Skilled Worker visa sponsorship is not available.

What the job involves

• Deliver groupwork and individual Accredited Programmes and Structured Interventions to people on community orders or licence
• Work with people who have committed domestic abuse, sexual abuse or other violent and acquisitive offences
• Manage group dynamics and address challenging behaviour to keep sessions effective
• Create a safe, structured environment suited to different learning styles and needs
• Monitor progress, risk and wellbeing throughout each intervention
• Keep accurate records and share insights with relevant teams
• Work with courts and criminal justice agencies to support sentence management
• Provide workshops and briefings to probation staff and external stakeholders
• Use pro-social modelling to reinforce positive behaviour
• Give high-quality input and guidance to Probation Practitioners and Domestic Abuse Safety Officers
• Travel across the region to deliver programmes from different locations

Experience

• Written answer to one experience-based application question

Skills & knowledge

• Two Civil Service Behaviour answers in the application, assessed at sift
• Facilitation exercise of up to 10 minutes, assessed against Communicating and Influencing, Developing Self and Others and Managing a Quality Service

Checks & eligibility

• Right to work in the UK without new Skilled Worker sponsorship
• Eligible under Civil Service nationality rules
• Security and identity checks before taking up post

Other

• Evening work, which is essential to the role
• Regular unsocial hours, including weekends
• Travel across a large regional area
• Completion of the six-month probationary period, including assessment centre and assessed training

What’s offered

• 25 days annual leave rising to 30 after five years, plus public holidays
• Local Government Pension Scheme through Greater Manchester Pension Fund
• Unsocial hours payments of 30% for evenings and 50% for Saturdays
• Annual pay progression through the Competency Based Framework
• Paid paternity, adoption and maternity leave
• Family-friendly policies, including reduced hours and job share
• Hybrid working where business need allows
• Extensive training and development, plus flexible benefits and discounts