Specialist Treatment Manager

This vacancy is only available to existing Civil Servant employees and employees of accredited non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs). Please review the "Eligibility" section before you apply.

General Information

Salary

£39,803 - £43,783

Working Pattern

Full Time, Part Time, Part Time/Job Share, Flexible Working

Vacancy Approach

Cross Government

Location

Portland

Region

South West

Closing Date

25-Nov-2025

Business Unit

Psychology Services

Post Type

Permanent

Civil Service Grade

HEO

Number of jobs available

1

Reserve List

12 Months

Job ID

11539

Descriptions & requirements

Job description

Psychology Services Group are expanding to develop a specialist treatment management service to support the delivery of the accredited programme Building Choices, alongside other rehabilitative activity in prisons. This is an exciting development for you to join a growing team delivering a service to help reduce reoffending and protect the public, embedded in a clinical service. You will be managed through the psychology line, and supported in your professional development.

The Specialist Treatment Manager will have responsibility for the quality oversight, facilitation and delivery of Accredited Programmes and related interventions in custody which address offending behaviour. This will include moderate and high intensity, offered in group or individual formats, as well as provision for those presenting with learning difficulties and challenges. It may also include oversight of wider related offending behaviour interventions

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

• To co-ordinate, monitor and review the planning and preparation for delivering programmes including management of referrals and waiting lists for offending behaviour programmes, communicating with applicants and those involved in their sentence management.
• Responsible for ensuring facilitators are properly selected and trained then providing professional supervision including session monitoring to support the development of skills and maintain the integrity of service delivery. This includes the continuous assessment and support of Groupworkers and other facilitator staff in the development of the skills required to deliver programmes to monitor and identify individual performance and development needs through Treatment Management processes, working with the Programme Manager regarding performance.
• To provide advice, information, training and consultancy as required to staff, prisoners and external organisations to ensure that eligibility and suitability criteria are understood and to support multi-disciplinary approach to reducing reoffending.
• Assist in facilitating accredited programmes or one to one work as required.
• Responsible for overseeing, allocating and reviewing assessments for the relevant programme, to support effective clinical decision making and maintaining an ongoing review of participants' risks, needs and responsivity, ensuring their needs are met throughout their completion of offending behaviour programmes.
• Responsible for the selection and composition of groups, considering risks and responsivity needs and ensuring national guidelines on the assessment and selection of offenders are followed to ensure that only those offenders who require the programme are selected.
• Work collaboratively with the Forensic Psychology Service, the Programmes Manager, local SLT, other multi-disciplinary teams and national OBP team.
• Chair Post Programme reviews in partnership with the Programme Manager
• Respond to any local queries or complaints about the delivery of the programme and maintain records in line with management manual(s) guidance and local protocols
• Contribute to the function and activities of the Accredited Intervention Management (AIMs) team and attend regular meetings (minimum of 10 per year).
• Contribute to local programme Awareness Training.
• Take responsibility for their own Continued Professional Development (CPD).

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.

Interviewees will receive details of the technical element in advance of their interview. A preparation video and transcript is attached to this vacancy. If you have any issue accessing the video or the transcript, please contact

Preparation Video - (if this link does not work, please copy and paste into your browser)

Additional Information

Working Arrangements & Further Information

The MoJ offers Hybrid Working arrangements w business need allows. This is an informal, non-contractual form of flexible working that blends working from your base location, different MoJ sites and / or from home (please be aware that this role can only be worked in the UK and not overseas). Some roles will not be suitable for Hybrid Working. Similarly, Hybrid Working will not suit everyone's circumstances. Arrangements will be discussed and agreed with the successful candidate(s) and subject to regular review.

For nationally advertised roles, the successful candidate(s) will be appointed to a MoJ office location, which may include their nearest Justice Collaboration Centre or Justice Satellite Office. This will be discussed and agreed on the completion of pre-employment checks.

Some of MoJ's terms and conditions of service are changing as part of Civil Service reform. The changes will apply to staff joining MoJ who are new to the Civil Service. Staff joining MoJ from other civil service employers will transfer onto the new MoJ terms if they are already on 'modernised' terms in their current post or onto 'unmodernised' MoJ terms if they are on 'unmodernised' terms at their current post. Details will be available if an offer is made.

Standard full time working hours are 37 hours per week excluding breaks which are unpaid. HMPPS welcomes part-time, flexible and job-sharing working patterns, w they meet the demands of the role and business needs. All applications for part-time, flexible and job-sharing working patterns will be considered in accordance with the HMPPS' Flexible Working policy.

If you are a current NPS employee, this vacancy may be available on a Loan basis for up to 2 years. Applications are invited from suitable qualified staff.

The Loan/Secondment is subject to the approval of the selected candidate's Business Unit, which should be obtained before confirmation of appointment.

Benefits

Annual Leave

• The holiday year runs from 1 March. If you work a non standard work pattern your leave entitlement may be expressed in either hours or days as appropriate. Leave entitlement is calculated on a pro-rata basis and you will be advised of your actual entitlement on appointment. If you were appointed internally and your leave was previously calculated in days, this will continue to be the case.

Bank, Public and Privilege Holidays

• You are entitled to 9 days (66 hours 36 minutes) in recognition of bank, public and privilege holidays. These hours are added to your annual leave allowance. T is a requirement to work some public and bank holidays subject to your shift pattern and the operational needs of the establishment

Pension

• The Civil Service offers a choice of two pension schemes, giving you the flexibility to choose the pension that suits you best.

Work Life Balance

HM Prison & Probation Service (HMPPS) is keen to encourage alternative working arrangements. Work life balance provides greater opportunities for staff to work more flexibly wver managers and establishments can accommodate requests to do so. HMPPS offers flexible working subject to completion of a satisfactory probationary period and NVQ

Season Ticket Advance

• After two months' service, you'll be eligible to apply for a season ticket advance to purchase a quarterly or longer-period season ticket for travel between home and your place of work

Childcare Vouchers

For any moves across the Civil Service may have implications on your ability to carry on claiming childcare vouchers

Training

HMPPS is committed to staff development and offers a range of training and development opportunities, including areas such as Equality and Diversity, Dealing with Challenging Behaviour, Suicide Prevention and Anti Bullying Programmes

• T are opportunities to access promotion programmes and HMPPS provides a variety of training appropriate to individual posts

• All staff receive security and diversity training and an individual induction programme into their new roles

Eligibility

• All candidates are subject to security and identity checks prior to taking up post

• All external candidates are subject to 6 months probation. Internal candidates are subject to probation if they have not already served a probationary period within HMPPS

• All staff are required to declare whether they are a member of a group or organisation which the HMPPS considers to be racist

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles. Should you feel that the recruitment process has breached the recruitment principles you are able to raise a formal complaint in the following order

• To Transformative Business Services Monday to Friday 8am - 6pm) or e mail moj-recruitment-vetting-);
• To Ministry of Justice Resourcing team (resourcing-management-);
  To the Civil Service Commission (details available- )

As a Disability Confident employer, MoJ are committed to providing everyone with the opportunity to demonstrate their skills, talent and abilities, by making adjustments throughout all elements of the recruitment process and in the workplace. MoJ are able to offer an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum selection criteria, except in a limited number of campaigns.

You will be able to request reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process within the application form. If you need additional help completing the application form, please contact the TBS Recruitment Enquiries Team.

For more information on applying for a role as a candidate with a disability or long-term condition, please watch our animated videos.

Diversity & Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wver it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy.

A Great Place to Work for Veterans

The "Making the Civil Service a Great Place to work for veterans" initiative includes a guaranteed interview scheme to those who meet the minimum criteria to provide eligible former members of the Armed Forces with opportunities to secure rewarding jobs. Allowing veterans to continue to serve their country, and to bring highly skilled individuals with a broad range of experience into the Civil Service in an environment, which recognises and values your previous service in the Armed Forces.

For further details about the initiative and eligibility requirements visit:

Redeployment Interview Scheme

Civil Service departments are expected to explore redeployment opportunities before making an individual redundant. The MoJ is committed, as part of the Redeployment Interview Scheme, to providing opportunities to those who are 'at risk of redundancy'.

MoJ is able to offer an interview to eligible candidates who meet the minimum selection criteria, except in a limited number of campaigns. Candidates will not be eligible for the Redeployment Interview Scheme if they are applying on promotion.

Civil Service Nationality Rules

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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Reserve list

A reserve list may be held for up to 12 months from which further appointments may be made for the same or similar roles.

Contact Information

MoJ:

If you require any assistance please call Monday to Friday 8am - 6pm) or e mail moj-recruitment-vetting-

Please quote the job reference

HMPPS

If you require any assistance please call Monday to Friday 8am - 6pm) or e mail moj-recruitment-vetting-

Please quote the job reference 11539

Job Description Attachment

• Band 6 Specialist Treatment Manager JD477 (Job Description Attachment)

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Application form stage assessments

Behaviours

A sift based on the lead behaviour, Making Effective Decisions, may be held if a large number of applications are received. If a large number of applications remain after the initial sift, your application will be progressed to a full sift, w all behaviours will then be considered.

Behaviours Application Form Question Word Limit

250

Making Effective Decisions

Communicating and Influencing

Experience

We will assess your experience for this role via the following methods

Statement of Suitability

Specific membership requirements

Have you delivered every element of an accredited Intervention Services programme at least twice to an excellent standard? Please upload a Word Document listing which accredited Interventions Services programmes you have delivered; please indicate how many courses of each programme you have delivered.

Specific licence requirements

Are you trained in the delivery of an accredited Interventions Services programme? Please upload a Word Document listing the accredited Interventions Services programmes you are trained in.

Specific language requirements

Written and spoken English

Statement of Suitability

Guidance for the Statement of Suitability

In no more than 500 words, please provide a summary of your suitability for this role.

Highlight your relevant experience and clearly demonstrate how you meet the essential criteria outlined in the person specification.

• Experienced and competent Groupworker, trained in the delivery of an Interventions Services Accredited Programme

• Experience of working within the Criminal Justice or Social Care sector

• A knowledge and understanding of group dynamics and an ability to motivate groups and individuals to participate fully in programmes

• Experience of prosocial modelling / motivational interviewing and challenging inappropriate language and behaviour

• Experience of supporting others to evidence the ability to support staff in professional practice

Evidence of Experience

Statement of Suitability

Interview stage assessments

Interview Dates

To Be Confirmed

Behaviours

Making Effective Decisions

Communicating and Influencing

Strengths

Strengths will be assessed but these are not shared in advance. To learn more about Strengths and how they are assessed .

Technical

Evidenced ability to maintain and uphold accredited programme standards, in line with the evidence for effective interventions.

Other Assessments

Which assessment methods will be used?

Technical Test

Level of security checks required

DBS Enhanced

Use of Artificial Intelligence (Al)

Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. W plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

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