Group Profile: Facilitator
Band 4
Document Ref.
HMPPS OR T 25 GP Facilitator v8.0
Document Type
Management
Version
8.0
Classification
Official
Date of Issue
3rd June 2024
Status
Baselined
Produced by
Job Evaluation Assurance and Support team
Authorised by
Reward Team
JD Evidence
HMPPS OR T 25 GP Facilitator v8.0
Group Profile
Group Profile
Facilitator
Name
Organisation
Delivery - The jobs at this level will be task focused delivering
Level
defined activity or service within own area of expertise.
Band
4
Overview
The jobs in this Group Profile will deliver a range of group based
interventions which include assessment, group and individual
treatment and provides support interventions function in the
delivery of services.
These roles are non-operational with no line management
responsibilities and are not rotational.
These roles may involve contact with prisoners depending on
their area of work.
Characteristics
Typical tasks associated with this Group Profile include:
• Deliver interventions in a group or individual basis, arranging
the session and resources required
• Publicises and explains interventions to prisoners, staff and
stakeholders
• Approaches potential participants, explains the programme,
engages and motivates and ensures informed consent
• Interviews and contributes towards selecting prisoners
against fixed criteria of suitability to attend selected
intervention. May administer standardised tests/assessments
where appropriate
• Prepares for programmes and sessions including
understanding the material and considering the best way to
deliver it given the range of needs and problems presented by
group participants
• Attend post programme reviews to feedback on reports /
objective and collate post programme materials
• Prepare rooms for delivery and make sure that handouts and
materials for each session are available and conform to the
course standard
• Co-facilitate the delivery of interventions and at the end of
each session have a de-brief with the co-facilitator
• Produce up to date notes on each participant at the end of
each session
• Provides additional support, review and catch-up sessions to
participants where necessary and conducts progress reviews
for each prisoner during the course
• Writes a course report for each prisoner at the end of each
programme where appropriate and provides an overall course
report summarising the course’s impact where appropriate
• Set objectives for each prisoner following the conclusion of
the programme
• Contributes towards sentence planning and offender
management processes
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• Undertakes required supervision with the relevant treatment
manager for the programme to ensure they maintain the
quality standards required for this work.
Job Descriptions
The job holder once in post will be in matched to a job
relating to this
description; a sample list is shown below. The post is rotational
Group Profile
so the job holder could during their career carry out the role of
different job descriptions.
• Facilitator : Group Worker
• Facilitator : Substance Misuse
• Facilitator : Learning Literacy
• Facilitator : Learning Skills Employment Advice & Guidance
Wales
• Facilitator : Victim Offender Conferencing (Restorative
Justice)
• Facilitator : Assistant Forensic Psychologist
• Facilitator : Creative Arts Coordinator
• Facilitator : Literacy Support Officer
Minimum
• All candidates are subject to security and identity checks prior to
Eligibility
taking up post.
• All external candidates are subject to 6 months
probation. Internal candidates are subject to probation if they
have not already served a probationary period within HMPPS.
• All staff are required to declare whether they are a member of a
group or organisation which HMPPS considers to be racist.
Essential Skills/
Job holders must complete specific training in their specialism
Qualifications/
once they take up post.
Accreditation/
They will need good written and verbal communication skills.
Registration
An ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence
through the medium of English or (where specified in Wales)
Welsh.
Hours of Work
37 hour working week
and Allowances
Behaviours
• Communicating and Influencing
• Leadership
• Developing Self and Others
• Managing a Quality Service
• Working Together
Strengths
It is advised strengths are chosen locally, recommended 4-8.
Essential
Experience
Technical
N.B these are the technical requirements for the group profile,
Requirements
please check the individual job description relating to this group
profile for any job specific requirements and add if required.
Job specific skills - check individual description.
Ability
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