Facilitator Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Right to work in the UK and eligibility to work in the Civil Service.
• Availability for essential evening work and regular unsocial hours, including weekends.
• Willingness to travel across the regional area to deliver programmes.
• Successful completion of a six-month probationary period, including an assessment centre and assessed training.
• Applicants must meet the required standards in the recruitment assessments, including the application sift, interview and facilitation exercise.

Responsibilities

• Deliver Accredited Programmes and Structured Interventions to people on probation through groupwork and individual sessions.
• Support participants to desist from crime, develop their strengths, and lead more fulfilling and pro-social lives.
• Create safe and structured sessions that accommodate different learning styles and needs.
• Manage group dynamics and address challenging behaviour to keep sessions effective.
• Monitor participants’ progress, risk and wellbeing throughout interventions.
• Maintain 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 behaviours.
• Share information and provide guidance to Probation Practitioners, Domestic Abuse Safety Officers and other colleagues.
• Travel to different locations across the region to deliver programmes.
• Complete the required training and six-month probationary period, including an assessment centre and assessed training.

Benefits

• Annual leave of 25 days on appointment, increasing to 30 days after five years’ service, plus public holidays.
• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
• Extensive training and development opportunities.
• Employee-run networks that provide advice and support and represent employee views to senior management.
• Family-friendly policies, including opportunities to work reduced hours or job share.
• Access to voluntary benefits, retail vouchers and discounts on goods and services.
• Paid paternity, adoption and maternity leave.
• Free annual sight tests for employees who use computer screens.
• Potential annual pay progression through the Competency Based Framework, if eligible.
• Additional unsocial-hours payments for evening and Saturday work.
• Travel expenses can be claimed.