23980 - Programme Facilitator - Lancaster/Kendal

Ministry of Justice•Lancaster, CA

About The Position

The Programme Facilitator delivers evidence-based Accredited Programmes and Structured Interventions to people on probation who are subject to Community Orders or are on licence after release from prison. The interventions aim to reduce reoffending, protect the public, prevent future victims, and support people to build constructive and meaningful lives. Participants may have committed domestic abuse, sexual abuse, violent, acquisitive, or other offences and may present a range of risk levels. The role involves delivering group and individual sessions in a safe, structured environment that responds to different learning styles and needs. Facilitators manage group dynamics and challenging behaviour, monitor participants’ progress, risk and wellbeing, keep accurate records, and share relevant information with colleagues and partner agencies. They also use pro-social modelling and provide workshops or briefings to probation staff and external stakeholders. The post is regionally based in the Interventions Team, reports to the Programme Manager, and has no line-management responsibility. Delivery takes place across a large regional area, so travel away from the office base is required; travel expenses can be claimed. Most programmes run in the evening, making evening work essential, and the role regularly includes unsocial hours, including evenings and weekends. The position includes extensive training and support, and successful completion of a six-month probationary period, an assessment centre and assessed training is required.

Requirements

The role requires regular evening work and regularly working unsocial hours, including weekends.
The role requires travel to locations across a large regional area away from the office base.
Successfully complete a six-month probationary period, including an assessment centre and assessed training.
Have the legal right to live and work in the UK and the Civil Service.

Responsibilities

Deliver Accredited Programmes and Structured Interventions to people on probation through groupwork and individual sessions.
Support participants to change attitudes, beliefs and behaviour, desist from crime, build on their strengths and lead more fulfilling, pro-social lives.
Create a safe and structured learning environment that meets different learning styles and needs.
Manage group dynamics and address challenging behaviour to keep sessions effective.
Monitor participants’ progress, risk and wellbeing throughout interventions.
Keep accurate records and share relevant information and insights with appropriate teams.
Work with colleagues, Probation Practitioners, Domestic Abuse Safety Officers, courts and criminal justice agencies to support intervention delivery and sentence management.
Provide workshops and briefings to probation staff and external stakeholders.
Use pro-social modelling to reinforce positive behaviours.
Travel to different locations across the region to deliver programmes.

Benefits

Annual leave of 25 days on appointment, increasing to 30 days after five years’ service, plus public holidays.
Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme, run through the Greater Manchester Pension Fund.
Extensive training and development opportunities.
Employee-run networks offering advice and support and enabling employees’ views to be expressed to senior management.
Family-friendly policies, including opportunities to work reduced hours or job share.
Access to flexible benefits, including voluntary benefits, retail vouchers and discounts.
Paid paternity, adoption and maternity leave.
Free annual sight tests for employees who use computer screens.
Travel expenses can be claimed.
Unsocial-hours payments for evening and Saturday work; Saturday work attracts an additional 50% premium and evening work an additional 30%.
Potential annual pay progression through a Competency Based Framework, subject to eligibility.