Programme Facilitator post in the Probation Service's Interventions Team, a regionally based role with no line management. The work is delivering Accredited Programmes and Structured Interventions, in groups and one-to-one, for people on community orders or licence who have committed harmful behaviour, including domestic and sexual abuse. Most sessions run in the evenings and the role involves regular travel across a large area. Successful candidates must pass a six-month probation, and new Skilled Worker visa sponsorship is not available.
What the job involves
- Deliver groupwork and individual Accredited Programmes and Structured Interventions to people on community orders or licence
- Work with people who have committed domestic abuse, sexual abuse or other violent and acquisitive offences
- Manage group dynamics and address challenging behaviour to keep sessions effective
- Create a safe, structured environment suited to different learning styles and needs
- Monitor progress, risk and wellbeing throughout each intervention
- Keep accurate records and share insights with relevant teams
- Work with courts and criminal justice agencies to support sentence management
- Provide workshops and briefings to probation staff and external stakeholders
- Use pro-social modelling to reinforce positive behaviour
- Give high-quality input and guidance to Probation Practitioners and Domestic Abuse Safety Officers
- Travel across the region to deliver programmes from different locations
Experience
- Written answer to one experience-based application question
Skills & knowledge
- Two Civil Service Behaviour answers in the application, assessed at sift
- Facilitation exercise of up to 10 minutes, assessed against Communicating and Influencing, Developing Self and Others and Managing a Quality Service
Checks & eligibility
- Right to work in the UK without new Skilled Worker sponsorship
- Eligible under Civil Service nationality rules
- Security and identity checks before taking up post
Other
- Evening work, which is essential to the role
- Regular unsocial hours, including weekends
- Travel across a large regional area
- Completion of the six-month probationary period, including assessment centre and assessed training
What’s offered
- 25 days annual leave rising to 30 after five years, plus public holidays
- Local Government Pension Scheme through Greater Manchester Pension Fund
- Unsocial hours payments of 30% for evenings and 50% for Saturdays
- Annual pay progression through the Competency Based Framework
- Paid paternity, adoption and maternity leave
- Family-friendly policies, including reduced hours and job share
- Hybrid working where business need allows
- Extensive training and development, plus flexible benefits and discounts
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
