Programme Facilitator - Merseyside

Programme Facilitator post in the Probation Service's Interventions Team, a regionally based role with no line management. The work is delivering Accredited Programmes and Structured Interventions, in groups and one-to-one, for people on community orders or licence who have committed harmful behaviour, including domestic and sexual abuse. Most sessions run in the evenings and the role involves regular travel across a large area.

Successful candidates must pass a six-month probation, and new Skilled Worker visa sponsorship is not available.

• Deliver groupwork and individual Accredited Programmes and Structured Interventions to people on community orders or licence
• Work with people who have committed domestic abuse, sexual abuse or other violent and acquisitive offences
• Manage group dynamics and address challenging behaviour to keep sessions effective
• Create a safe, structured environment suited to different learning styles and needs
• Monitor progress, risk and wellbeing throughout each intervention
• Keep accurate records and share insights with relevant teams
• Work with courts and criminal justice agencies to support sentence management
• Provide workshops and briefings to probation staff and external stakeholders
• Use pro-social modelling to reinforce positive behaviour
• Give high-quality input and guidance to Probation Practitioners and Domestic Abuse Safety Officers
• Travel across the region to deliver programmes from different locations

• Written answer to one experience-based application question

• Two Civil Service Behaviour answers in the application, assessed at sift
• Facilitation exercise of up to 10 minutes, assessed against Communicating and Influencing, Developing Self and Others and Managing a Quality Service

• Right to work in the UK without new Skilled Worker sponsorship
• Eligible under Civil Service nationality rules
• Security and identity checks before taking up post

• Evening work, which is essential to the role
• Regular unsocial hours, including weekends
• Travel across a large regional area
• Completion of the six-month probationary period, including assessment centre and assessed training

• 25 days annual leave rising to 30 after five years, plus public holidays
• Local Government Pension Scheme through Greater Manchester Pension Fund
• Unsocial hours payments of 30% for evenings and 50% for Saturdays
• Annual pay progression through the Competency Based Framework
• Paid paternity, adoption and maternity leave
• Family-friendly policies, including reduced hours and job share
• Hybrid working where business need allows
• Extensive training and development, plus flexible benefits and discounts