Interventions Facilitator

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 284958**Salary**:

- £28,477**Job grade**:

- Executive Officer- Band 4**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Type of role**:

- Operational Delivery**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 2Contents

Location

About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- This position is based at HMYOI DEERBOLT BARNARD CASTLE, DL12 9BGAbout the job

**Job summary**:

- Please refer to Job Description**Job description**:
**Overview of the job**

This is a prisoner facing job based in an establishment.

**Summary**

The job holder will deliver a range of group based interventions which include assessment, group and individual treatment and provides support in the psychology department/interventions function in the delivery of services.

This is a non-operational job with no line management responsibilities.

**Responsibilities, Activities and Duties**

The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities and duties:

- Deliver interventions in a group or individual basis, arranging the session and resources required
- Publicises and explains interventions to prisoners, staff and stakeholders
- Approaches potential participants, explains the programme, engages and motivates and ensures informed consent
- Interviews and contributes towards selecting prisoners against fixed criteria of suitability to attend selected intervention. May administer standardised tests/assessments where appropriate
- Prepares for programmes and sessions including understanding the material and considering the best way to deliver it given the range of needs and problems presented by group participants
- Attend post programme reviews to feedback on reports / objective and collate post programme materials
- Prepare rooms for delivery and make sure that handouts and materials for each session are available and conform to the course standard
- Co-facilitate the delivery of interventions and at the end of each session have a de-brief with the co-facilitator
- Produce up to date notes on each participant at the end of each session
- Provides additional support, review and catch up sessions to participants where necessary and conducts progress reviews for each prisoner during the course
- Writes a course report for each prisoner at the end of each programme where appropriate and provides an overall course report summarising the course’s impact where appropriate
- Set objectives for each prisoner following the conclusion of the programme
- Contributes towards sentence planning and offender management processes
- Analyse data which is relevant to substance misuse, take remedial action where required and complete all related administration and paperwork including the production of statistics and performance reports
- As directed by relevant treatment manager comply with audit requirement
- Undertakes required supervision with the relevant treatment manager for the programme to ensure they maintain the quality standards required for this work

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. Significant adjustments may require re-examination under the Job Evaluation scheme and shall be discussed in the first instance with the Job Holder**Person specification**:

- Please refer to Job Description**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Communicating and Influencing
- Leadership
- Developing Self and Others
- Managing a Quality Service
- Working Together

**Benefits**:

- Access to learning and development
- A working environment that supports a range of flexible working options to enhance your work life balance
- A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
- Annual Leave
- Public Holidays
- Season Ticket Advance

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**Selection process details**:

- This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Strengths.- Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.**Security**:
- People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.**Nationality requirements**:
This job is broadly open to the following groups:

- UK nationals
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
- certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals

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