Specialist Treatment Manager in Durham

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

Durham

Region

North East

Closing Date

21-Nov-2025

Business Unit

Psychology Services

Post Type

Permanent

Civil Service Grade

HEO

Number of jobs available

1

Reserve List

12 Months

Job ID

11545

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