Role Overview
The role is based in a prison and involves working in groups and one‑to‑one to deliver programmes that help prisoners understand their behaviours, build positive relationships, improve critical thinking skills and support them to live an offence‑free future. The role is part of a small team of Group Workers and is a non‑operational, non‑rotational post with no line management responsibilities.
Responsibilities
- Deliver programmes in a group or individual basis, following a manual and 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, screening tools and maintaining an accurate database of outcomes.
- Maintain accurate records of assessments and contact with prisoners.
- Conduct motivational interviews with prisoners 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 participant.
- Actively engage in sentence management by liaising with prison and community Offender Managers.
- Work towards delivery guidelines within the quality assurance framework, supported by the treatment manager.
- Actively engage in supervision provided by treatment and programme management teams.
- Engage in continual professional development opportunities supported by the 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
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Full training will be provided.
Ability
- Successfully complete required assessment and training courses to deliver particular interventions and maintain this accreditation.
- Facilitate in an interactive and engaging way.
Skills and Language
An ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence through the medium of English or, where specified in Wales, Welsh.
Benefits
- Bank, public and privilege holidays: 9 days (66 hours 36 minutes).
- Pension: Choice of two civil service pension schemes.
- Training and professional development opportunities covering Equality and Diversity, Dealing with Challenging Behaviour, Suicide Prevention and Anti‑Bullying programmes.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
This role is open to all candidates and we encourage applications from people with disabilities, veterans and members of the Armed Forces.
