Interventions Facilitator

Interventions Facilitator

G4S Care and Rehabilitation Services

HMP Parc, Bridgend, CF35 6AP

Salary £30,306.81 per annum

Permanent, Full Time, 40 hours per week

Benefits:  Company Pension, free on-site parking, on-site canteen, ongoing training and development and access to High Street Shop discounts.

Within Care and Rehabilitation Services, the philosophy of our prisons is to rehabilitate offenders and equip them to re-integrate into mainstream society on release. We seek to normalise prison conditions as far as possible to reflect life in the outside community. Our aim is to create an environment in which staff and prisoners feel safe and causes of prison stress are minimised. Central to our philosophy is the relationship between staff and prisoners. Our training and operational practices emphasise the need to treat prisoners with dignity and respect and G4S staff build positive and supportive relationships with the prisoners in their care. HMP & YOI Parc accommodates 1038 convicted male adult prisoners and remand/ convicted young offenders and young people in a secure but modern environment.</span>

We now have an opportunity for an Interventions Facilitator to join the Interventions Team at HMP Parc.

Our team’s purpose is to reduce reoffending by supporting individuals to identify their personal risk factors, develop their protective factors and work towards their pro-social goals. We support the individuals that we work with to recognise the strengths that they possess and introduce skills and strategies to support development of self-awareness and management of risk factors. In the role of a facilitator we adopt a strengths-based approach and use motivational interviewing techniques to promote change and support self-efficacy and self-esteem.

Key Responsibilities:

• Facilitate structured group and individual sessions as part of the delivery of Accredited Offending Behaviour Programmes, these include a range of medium and high intensity interventions, specifically; Thinking Skills Programme (focused on living skills), Building Better Relationships (focused on intimate partner violence), Pillars of Recovery (focused on substance using behaviour and harm reduction), Kaizen (focused on general violence) and New Me Strengths (adapted programme for different learning needs).
• Deliver non-accredited programmes, such as ‘Timewise’, which is delivered on a one-to-one basis to support individuals to who display problematic behaviour in custody.
• Complete assessment interviews for relevant programmes to assess suitability and motivation, which informs treatment planning. This includes working collaboratively with Registered Forensic Psychologists to complete Programme Needs Assessments (PNA) for high-intensity programmes.
• To support the rehabilitative culture of the wider prison by working collaboratively with other departments across the estate. This includes working with the Offender Management Unit (OMU), Residence, Healthcare and Substance Misuse Service (Dyfodol).
• To deliver and attend staff awareness training across the prison.
• Attending mandatory HMPPS Core Skills and Programme specific training, and being deemed ‘ready’ following the training event.
• Willing to travel to relevant training events (transport and expenses provided).
• Attending and engaging in regular supervisions, workshops and training events to aid continued professional development.
• Produce Post Programme reports to a professional standard to reflect and communicate the progress and engagement of participants following completion of programmes.
• Participate in multi-agency meetings, including Post Programme reviews, safe-guarding reviews and Case Conferences.
• To complete administrative tasks in a timely manner such as, manage allocated programme referrals, update waiting lists and logging participant’s attendance and progress.
• To participate in personal counselling sessions as required (if applicable).
• To take personal responsibility to maintain an understanding of core theoretical models underpinning offending behaviour programmes.
• To take personal responsibility for time management to ensure tasks are completed as per the requirements of the programmes.
• Demonstrate self-awareness, a willingness to self reflect and adopt feedback to support professional development within the role.
• To comply with the code of conduct of facilitators as stipulated by HMPPS Interventions Services.
• Any other duties requested by the director.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills, a willingness to self-evaluate performance and behaviour and an ability to manage stress and emotions effectively.  With a flexible thinking approach and work ethic you will be open to change and have a willingness to adapt to change.

No formal education or training is required as the position will be dependent upon successful completion of the relevant programme mandatory training, however you be required to evidence the ability to write professional and literate reports together with time management skills and the ability to prioritise a variety of tasks.

If you join us, you can be sure that you’ll find a secure, friendly and professional working environment and be given all the support, training and encouragement you need to build and develop a successful career with us.

HMP Parc encourages applications from Welsh speakers.

For more information on HMP Parc, please visit https://hmpparc.co.uk/

Equality and Diversity is an important part of G4S Care and Rehabilitation Services. We actively encourage applications from all backgrounds and are a fully inclusive employer who aims to support all employees to be their true selves. We are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments for either the role or during the recruitment process.

G4S Care and Rehabilitation Services is committed to safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of children and adults at risk and each employee is expected to support these goals.

Please note that these vacancies are subject to a 5 year checkable history and the strict vetting standards set by G4S and the Secretary of State for the Home Office and are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act. 

You must be eligible to work in the UK and you will need to provide full details of your employment and education history for the last 5 years as part of the security screening process for this role.