Job Description (JD)
Band 4
Group Profile - Facilitator (F)
Job Description - F: Group Worker
Document Ref.
OR-JES-218 JD B4: F : Group Worker v9.0
Document Type
Management
Version
9.0
Classification
Official
Date of Issue
24th April 2025
Status
Baselined
Produced by
Job Evaluation Assurance and Support Team
Authorised by
Reward Team
JD Evidence
OR-JES-218 JD B4: F : Group Worker v9.0
Job Description
Job Title
F: Group Worker
Group Profile
Facilitator
Organisation
Delivery
Level
Band
4
Overview of the
The role is based in a prison and will involve working in groups
job
and one-to-one to deliver a programme to help prisoners
understand their behaviours, build positive relationships, improve
critical thinking skills and support them to live an offence-free
future. The role will work as part of a small team of Group
Workers to provide an important rehabilitative service and meet
the Government’s ambition of reducing re-offending.
All staff have a responsibility to safeguard and promote the
welfare of children. The post holder must undertake the
appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that
they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the
organisation.
Summary
The job holder will deliver a range of activities and programmes,
which include assessment, group and individual treatment and
provides support to wider rehabilitative activity within the prison.
The post holder will be supported through training, career
development opportunities and professional support.
This is a non-operational, non-rotational job with no line
management responsibilities.
Responsibilities,
The job holder will be required to carry out the following
Activities and
responsibilities, activities and duties:
Duties
• Deliver programmes in a group or individual basis, following a
manual and delivering as designed.
• Organise materials for session delivery.
• Plan sessions as per the programme requirements and
identify ways to deliver the sessions in a responsive way to
meet the needs of the participants.
• Notify the Treatment Managers and other team members
when sessions are unable to run, and complete missed
session catch ups.
• Identify and actively recruit future programmes participants,
completing assessments, and screening tools whilst
maintaining an accurate database of the outcomes.
• Maintain accurate records of assessments and contact with
prisoners.
• Conduct motivational interviews with prisoners with the aim to
engage them in programmes.
• Continually motivate and engage future, current and past
participants.
OR-JES-218 JD B4: F : Group Worker v9.0
• Complete post session de-briefs and record accurately any
key information from the sessions.
• Complete post-programme tasks including writing a record of
progress, setting objectives, contributing to post-programme
reviews and communicating progress with sentence
management team, for each programme participant.
• Actively engage in sentence management by liaising with
prison and community Offender Managers.
• Work towards the delivery guidelines outlined within the
quality assurance framework, supported by your treatment
manager.
• Actively engage in supervision provided by treatment and
programme management teams.
• Engage in continual professional development opportunities
supported by your line manager.
• Deliver awareness packages to other staff in the
establishment.
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. Significant adjustments
may require re-examination under the Job Evaluation Scheme
and shall be discussed in the first instance with the job holder.
An ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence
through the medium of English or (where specified in Wales)
Welsh.
Behaviours
• Communicating and Influencing
• Developing Self and Others
• Managing a Quality Service
• Working Together
Strengths
It is advised strengths are chosen locally, recommended 4-8.
Essential
• The job holder will need to have excellent skills in dealing with
Experience
people.
• Full training will be provided.
Technical
Requirements
Ability
• Ability to successfully complete the required assessment and
training courses to deliver particular Interventions and
maintain this accreditation within the role.
• Ability to facilitate in an interactive and engaging way.
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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 consider to be racist.
Hours of Work
37 hour working week
(Unsocial Hours)
Allowances
OR-JES-218 JD B4: F : Group Worker v9.0