Overview
All staff have a responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. The post holder must undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organisation.
Summary
The role is based in a prison and will involve working in groups and one-to-one to deliver a programme to help prisoners understand their behaviours, build positive relationships, improve critical thinking skills and support them to live an offence‑free future. The role will work as part of a small team of Group Workers to provide an important rehabilitative service and meet the Government’s ambition of reducing re‑offending. The post holder will deliver a range of activities and programmes, including assessment, group and individual treatment and support wider rehabilitative activity within the prison. The post is a non-operational, non-rotational role with no line management responsibilities.
Responsibilities
- 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 Managers and other team members when sessions are unable to run, and complete missed session catch ups.
- Identify and actively recruit future programme 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 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 your treatment manager.
- Actively engage in supervision provided by treatment and programme management teams.
- Engage in continual professional development opportunities supported by your line manager.
- Deliver awareness packages to other staff in the establishment.
Behaviours
- Communicating and Influencing
- Developing Self and Others
- Managing a Quality Service
- Working Together
Essential Experience
- Excellent skills in dealing with people.
- Full training will be provided.
Ability
- Ability to successfully complete the required assessment and training courses to deliver particular interventions and maintain this accreditation within the role.
- Ability to facilitate in an interactive and engaging way.
Working Arrangements & Further Information
The MoJ offers hybrid working arrangements where 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. 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.
Work hours are 37 hours per week excluding unpaid breaks. Part‑time, flexible and job‑sharing working patterns are 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.
Benefits
• Holiday year runs from 1 March. Leave entitlement is calculated on a pro‑rated basis and may be expressed in hours or days. Bank, public and privilege holidays add 9 days (66 hours 36 minutes) to annual leave. Public bank holidays may be required to work depending on the shift pattern and operational needs.
• Pension: Civil Service offers a choice of two pension schemes.
• 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.
• Training: A range of training and development opportunities covering Equality and Diversity, Dealing with Challenging Behaviour, Suicide Prevention and Anti‑bullying programmes, along with promotion programmes.
Legally Required EEO Statement
MoJ are a disability‑confident employer, fully committed to providing everyone with the opportunity to demonstrate their skills, talent and abilities. Adjustments are available throughout the recruitment process and in the workplace.
Civil Service Nationality Rules
Eligible nationalities include UK nationals, nationals of the Republic of Ireland and Commonwealth countries with the right to work in the UK, EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and their settled or pre‑settled family members, among others. Specific details are available under the Civil Service Nationality Rules.
Contact information: rosie.boyle@justice.gov.uk
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