92254 - Treatment Manager, Yorkshire and the Humber Probation Service, Hull, Part time 22 Hours 12 Minutes
Number of jobs available: 1
Detail of reserve list: 12 Months
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
City/Town: Hull
Building/Site: NMS Norwich House, HU1 3ES
Grade: Other
NPS Pay Band 4 National
Post Type: Permanent
Working Pattern: Part Time
Role Type: Operational Delivery
Will the successful applicant have line manager responsibilities? No
Overview of the job
The Treatment Manager will have responsibility for the quality oversight, facilitation and delivery of Accredited Programmes and Structured Interventions which address offending behaviour to meet the requirements of the sentence of the court. The role will be regionally based reporting directly to a Programme Manager for their area. They will have no direct line management responsibility but will provide professional supervision to Programme Facilitators within the region and professional advice to improve performance, skills and development opportunities.
Summary
The Treatment Manager is responsible for ensuring that Programme Facilitators deliver programmes in accordance with the Accredited Programme manual and session content requirements for a range of programmes, this will be done through video monitoring, feedback and group supervision. The job holder will provide ‘On Call’ cover for referral enquiries and staff support in accordance with a rota that provides support when intervention programmes are scheduled including evenings and weekends.
Responsibilities, Activities & Duties
* Responsible for the quality of delivery of interventions which includes all tasks associated with the support of Accredited Programmes and Structured Interventions including post programme work by Programme Facilitators to ensure all Programmes are monitored as prescribed.
* Responsible for providing professional supervision including session monitoring to support the development of skills and maintain the integrity of service delivery.
* To provide advice, information, training and consultancy as required to staff and external organisations including Practitioners and Court staff to ensure that eligibility and suitability criteria are understood.
* Responsible for managing the risks presented by people on Probation whilst subject to an Accredited Programmes or Structured Interventions requirement and ensuring that relevant information is exchanged with the Probation Practitioners as required.
* To co-ordinate, monitor and review the planning and preparation for delivering programmes in accordance with the Programme Schedule including suitability assessments and managing waiting lists.
* Responsible for the continuous assessment and support of Programme Facilitators in the development of the skills required to deliver programmes, monitor and identify individual performance through Treatment Management and report under-performance or poor quality to the Programme Manager.
* Oversee the management of risk during programmes delivery and ensure that relevant information is exchanged with Probation Practitioners in a timely manner.
* To contribute to and maintain a log of nationally agreed changes to the accredited programme manuals and ensure their implementation.
* To deliver accredited and non-accredited programmes where required to maintain accreditation.
The duties / responsibilities listed above describe the post as it is at present and is not intended to be exhaustive. The job holder is expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary.
Behaviours
* Making Effective Decisions
* Leadership
* Communicating and Influencing
* Working Together
* Changing and Improving
* Managing a Quality Service
* Experienced Programmes Facilitator, trained in the delivery of two Accredited Programmes with knowledge and understanding of the theoretical underpinnings (as per Theory Manual) of each of the programmes.
* Experience of working within the Criminal Justice or Social Care sector.
* A knowledge and understanding of group dynamics and an ability to motivate groups and individuals to participate fully in programmes.
* Experience of prosocial modelling / motivational interviewing and challenging inappropriate language and behaviour.
* Experience of supporting others to evidence the ability to support staff in professional practice.
Ability
* To have good written and ICT skills.
* Effective verbal skills to interact and communicate with a range of audiences.
* Ability to undertake the Intervention Services generic Treatment Management Training.
* Ability to work towards Training and Assessment Skills for Intervention Specialist (TASIS) Qualification.
The job holder must be able to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in English or Welsh (when specified in Wales).
Additional Information
Some roles in probation require employees to have access to additional intelligence systems that require a higher level of vetting. An example of this, is the multi-agency ‘Visor’ system. If you are applying for a role that requires you to access systems such as Visor, you will be expected to undertake additional vetting for this once you commence in post, in addition to the pre-employment checks.
Working Arrangements & Further Information
The MoJ offers Hybrid Working arrangements where business need allows. This is an informal, non-contractual form of flexible working that blends working from your base location, different MoJ sites and/or from home (please be aware that this role can only be worked in the UK and not overseas). Some roles will not be suitable for Hybrid Working. Similarly, Hybrid Working will not suit everyone’s circumstances. Arrangements will be discussed and agreed with the successful candidate(s) and subject to regular review.
For nationally advertised roles, the successful candidate(s) will be appointed to a MoJ office location, which may include their nearest Justice Collaboration Centre or Justice Satellite Office. This will be discussed and agreed on the completion of pre-employment checks.
Standard full time working hours are 37 hours per week excluding breaks which are unpaid. HMPPS welcomes part-time, flexible and job-sharing working patterns, where they meet the demands of the role and business needs. All applications for part-time, flexible and job-sharing working patterns will be considered in accordance with the HMPPS’ Flexible Working policy.
Benefits
The MoJ offers a range of benefits:
Annual Leave
Annual leave is 25 days on appointment and will increase to 30 days after five years’ service, plus public holidays. Leave for part-time and job share posts will be calculated on a pro-rata basis.
Pension
The National Probation Service is covered by the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) run through the Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF). Please visit www.gmpf.org.uk for further information.
Training
The Ministry of Justice is committed to staff development and offers an extensive range of training and development opportunities.
Networks
The opportunity to join employee-run networks that have been established to provide advice and support and to enable the views of employees from minority groups to be expressed direct to senior management.
Eligibility
All candidates are subject to security and identity checks prior to taking up post.
Support
* A range of ‘Family Friendly’ policies such as opportunities to work reduced hours or job share.
* Access to flexible benefits such as voluntary benefits, retail vouchers and discounts on a range of goods and services.
* Paid paternity, adoption and maternity leave.
* Free annual sight tests for employees who use computer screens.
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
* Nationals of the Republic of Ireland
* Nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
* Nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
* Individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
Expected week commencing 16th December 2024
Closing Date: 02/12/2024, 23:55 hours.
Contact information: If you require any assistance please call 0345 241 5358 (Monday to Friday 8am - 6pm) or email Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@gov.sscl.com. Please quote the job reference - 92254.
If you require any assistance please email YatHPS.recruitment@justice.gov.uk. Please quote the job reference - 92254.
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