Programme Facilitator

Change Grow Live; Eastchurch; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellness hour

Wellness hub

Pension scheme

Discounts: shopping

Discounts: cinema

Discounts: holidays

Friendly and supportive team

Training and progression

Job summary

Change Grow Live at HMP Swaleside is seeking a Programme Facilitator to help service users build recovery capital and move into sustained recovery during custody.

You will deliver structured group interventions, collaborate with Recovery Workers, and maintain accurate records while engaging a diverse cohort to achieve positive outcomes.

Qualifications

• Sensitivity in working with complex and diverse needs.
• Strong recovery focus with knowledge of psychosocial interventions.
• Ability to manage change prioritising service users.
• Understand information governance and safeguards.
• Seek learning opportunities to develop skills and support others.

Responsibilities

• Work with service users to initiate recovery from drug and/or alcohol dependence and build recovery capital.
• Develop and deliver group psychosocial interventions tailored to caseload needs.
• Be creative to meet service user needs, promote access to treatment and engage underrepresented communities.
• Assess suitability for groups related to risk and special needs with prison partners.

Job description

Overview

Do you want to work for a caring organisation that believes in people and their potential?

Do you want to make a real difference in the lives of others?

As a Programmes Facilitator with Change Grow Live at HMP Swaleside, you will play a vital role in supporting individuals to make positive and lasting changes. Delivering structured group programmes and interventions, you will help service users build the skills, resilience, and confidence needed to move towards healthier, safer, and more fulfilling lives.

You will also work closely with Recovery Workers, providing support where required, including completing assessments, contributing to care planning, and engaging service users in meaningful one-to-one interventions.

You'll need to maintain accurate records and complete associated administrative tasks, so attention to detail and confidence with paperwork are important. However, most of your time will be spent working directly with people from a wide range of backgrounds, supporting them to achieve positive outcomes during their time in custody.

Location:HMP Swaleside

Hours:37.5 hours per week

Contract: Permanent

Please note:Full-time hours at Change Grow Live are 37.5 hours per week. For part-time roles, the salary and payments will be pro rata based on contracted hours.

Responsibilities

About the role:

• You will work with service users to initiate recovery from drug and/or alcohol dependence, to enable service users in the prison to build their own recovery capital and to support them to move into long term sustained recovery and social (re)integration.
• To develop and deliver group psychosocial interventions. This includes pod working tailored to the needs of the caseload.
• To be creative and innovative so that the post best meets the needs of the service user, promoting access into treatment, and encouraging engagement with underrepresented communities.
• Assess suitability for groups related to risk and special needs, working closely with prison partners to schedule attendance.

About you:

• Sensitivity in working with complex and diverse needs.
• Demonstrate a strong recovery focus and have knowledge of a range of psychosocial interventions.
• Ability to manage change successfully in a way that prioritises the needs of service users.
• Understand the importance of information governance processes and commit to follow and apply all necessary safeguards.
• Seek out learning opportunities to improve and broaden your professional knowledge and skills and to contribute and oversee the learning and development of others.

Please see Job Description and Person Specification attached for further details.

What we will give to you:

• 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays) rising by 1 day for each years’ service “Capped at 30 days”
• Paid ‘Wellness’ hour each week along with a ‘Wellness’ hub and Employee Assist Programme
• Contributory pension scheme
• Several benefits incl. discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc.
• A friendly and supportive team
• Training, career development & progression opportunities
• Earn vouchers with our refer-a-friend scheme

Please note: This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK at the time of application. For applicants with time-limited visas, unfortunately, we are unable to support new visa applications or extensions.

Salary Range (pro rata if part time)

CGL points 23 to 28 (£28,557.79 - £32,802.41)

ILW / OLW /Fringe

N/A - Outside London Weighting Area

Closing Date

18/11/2026

This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.