Programme Facilitator - Kent

Ministry of Justice; Ashford; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unsocial hours payments

Travel reimbursements

Job summary

Ministry of Justice is seeking a Programme Facilitator to deliver accredited rehabilitation programmes for people on probation. The role involves leading group sessions and one-to-one work across a range of offences, aimed at reducing reoffending and supporting pro-social life choices.

The position requires evening work and travel to different sites, with travel expenses reimbursed. The starting salary is stated for the Probation Service, with continued progression opportunities within the civil

Qualifications

• Evening work is essential and compensated as unsocial hours at 30%.
• Travel across the area is expected with travel expenses reimbursed.
• Deliver Accredited Programmes and Structured Interventions to people on probation.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a range of rehabilitation interventions to change attitudes, beliefs and behaviour of people on probation.
• Provide groupwork and individual work to those on Community Orders or on licence after release.
• Work across multiple sites, delivering programmes mainly in the evening; travel expenses reimbursed.

Job description

Working Pattern

Full Time, Part Time

Vacancy Approach

External

Location

Region

Kent, Surrey & Sussex

Closing Date

29-Sep-2026

Business Unit

AGY - NOMS Agency

Post Type

Permanent

Other

Number of jobs available

1

Reserve List

12 Months

Job ID

22184

Descriptions & requirements

Please note: Typical evening work is required as part of this role which is compensated as Unsocial hours at 30% additional. Travel across the area is also expected as we deliver Programmes from multiple sites, this would be reimbursed.

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 £28,064 (Pro-rata for Part-time roles)

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 increase 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 rehabilitation to help people to build constructive and meaningful lives in the community, through the delivery of effective evidence based Accredited Programmes and Structured Interventions.