Offender Behaviour Programme Facilitator

Offender Behaviour Programme Facilitator

Salary - £32,960.04

Overview:

Offender Behaviour Programme Facilitators work in group and one-to-one formats to deliver Accredited Programmes designed to reduce risk of reoffending. Accredited Programmes help participants to understand their thinking and behaviours, build positive relationships, improve critical thinking skills and support them to live an offence-free future. The job holder will work as part of a small team of Facilitators to provide an important rehabilitative service with the ambition of reducing re-offending. The job holder will deliver a range of assessments, activities, and group sessions, contributing to wider rehabilitative activity within the prison. The post holder will be supported through training, development opportunities and professional support.

This is a non-operational, prisoner-facing role with no line-management responsibilities based in HMP Millsike.

Job Objectives and Responsibilities

The job holder will be required to carry out the following:

• 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 Manager 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 the 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 the Teatment Manager.
  • Actively engage in supervision provided by the Treatment Manager and Psychology Team
  • 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.

Person Specification

• Current Accredited Programme delivery experience in either a community or custodial setting
• Strong organisational skills and team-working abilities
• Experience working within the Criminal Justice, Social Care, or Secure Environment sectors
• A strong understanding of social and interpersonal challenges that might lead an individual to offend
• An understanding of Psychological/Criminological theory
• Knowledge and understanding of group dynamics and the ability to motivate groups and individuals to participate fully in programmes
• Experience in motivational interviewing and challenging inappropriate language and behaviour
• Experience in supporting others and the ability to support staff in professional practice.
• Intermediate IT skills, including proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and updating central data systems.
• Excellent verbal skills to interact and communicate with a diverse range of individuals
• The ability to undertake assessed, external training events to achieve accreditation

As a business, Mitie Care & Custody is committed to diversity and inclusion and we welcome applications from a wide range of backgrounds including veterans, those looking for a career change, and people who have experience in social care or a learning environment. Full training will be provided where applicable, and we encourage anyone who might be thinking about a role in a secure establishment to get in touch.

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