Group Profile Name Facilitator

Organisation Level EO Band 4

Delivery - The jobs at this level will be task focused delivering 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