In-Prison Rehabilitation Programs Facilitator

Ministry of Justice; Denbury; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Ministry of Justice in the United Kingdom is seeking a Group Worker to deliver a structured rehabilitation programme within a prison setting. You will work in groups and one-to-one with prisoners to help them understand behaviours, build positive relationships, and improve critical thinking skills.

You will be part of a small team, receive training and development, and contribute to the government's aim of reducing re-offending.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Job description

Ministry of Justice in the United Kingdom is seeking a Group Worker to deliver a structured rehabilitation programme within a prison setting. You will work in groups and one-to-one with prisoners to help them understand behaviours, build positive relationships, and improve critical thinking skills.

You will be part of a small team, receive training and development, and contribute to the government's aim of reducing re-offending.