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Treatment Manager

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Job Introduction

HMP Northumberland are recruiting for a Treatment Manager.

Accredited programmes make a difference and contribute significantly to the assessment, reduction and management of risk. They contribute to the successful management of an offender through their sentence and provide valuable information for decision makers contemplating their progression.

Treatment Mangers effectively oversee programme delivery; support and develop the delivery team and ensure that suitable plans are made and well communicated in order to support the offender post programme completion.

HMP Northumberland offers a variety of initiatives and programmes to help residents engage within the prison’s rehabilitative culture. This includes various educational and vocational qualifications, as well as a variety of opportunities for residents to learn new skills within our workshops and industries departments. We have textile, engineering and electrical workshops and can offer prisoners experience in horticulture, market gardens, cleaning, waste management and laundry services on site.

As a working prison, we work towards the resettlement of residents upon their release into the community and their integration into society through the skills acquired while in our care. We are committed to supporting people to change their lives for the better and lead law-abiding lives.

Being over 4 miles in circumference, the prison is a vast space with exceptionally kept plantation and currently houses over 1300 residents with a range of sentence terms.

For more information on working in Justice within Sodexo please see Careers in Justice

Role Responsibility

  • Responsible for the quality of delivery of the programme which includes the preparation, engagement, facilitation, assessment, reporting and ongoing support of participants and staff involved in delivering offending behaviour programmes
  • Ensure that programmes are delivered in accordance with their design and that facilitators adhere to the principles of the programme
  • Ensure facilitators are properly selected and have been through the selection procedure as set out in the Treatment Management Manual
  • Responsible for the ongoing support and continuing professional skill development of facilitators
  • Setting a supervision contract with facilitators, providing professional supervision (majority within lifetime of the group) that is compliant with the Treatment Management Manual
  • Responsible for Video monitoring (VM) the required amount of sessions as set out in the Management Manual
  • Provide feedback from the VM to facilitators in a way which develops their skills and improves the delivery of the programme
  • Maintain a log, complete reports in line with national guidance and complete the majority of VM within the lifetime of group (or in a timely fashion for rolling programmes)
  • Ensure national guidelines on the assessment and selection of prisoners are followed to ensure that only those prisoners who require the programme, on the basis of risk, need, responsivity and diversity are selected for the programme
  • Ensure national guidelines for the de-selection of prisoners are followed where necessary 
  • Supervise and authorise post programme reports ensuring they meet the needs of those for whom they are written such as prisoner manager, parole board
  • Respond to any local queries or complaints about the delivery of the programme
  • Attend all relevant training and the Regional and/or National Treatment Manager meetings
  • Contribute to the function and activities of the Accredited Intervention Management (AIMs) team and attend regular meetings (minimum of 10 per year)
  • Contribute to local programme Awareness Training and to sentence planning and reducing reoffending.
  • Apply safer custody practices and complies with national and local security standards

The Ideal Candidate

Essential

  • Have an interest in group work delivery
  • Have been successful, or is willing to train, in Interventions Services accredited training.
  • Have an interest in working with people who have cognitive distortions
  • Be able to prepare for and deliver sessions (minimum delivery required).
  • Have staff management skills
  • Liaise with OMU/OASYs staff in the management of offenders.
  • Contribute to the development of pro social goals leading to a crime free life.
  • Develop programmes in line with Interventions Services, HMPPS, Audit and contractual requirements.
  • Good communication and Interpersonal skills.
  • A relevant professional or post graduate qualification in a relevant subject
  • Ability to use initiative and work autonomously
  • Have personal resilience
  • Have demonstrated their knowledge of the research and theory literature offending and its treatment..
  • Have sufficient power within the establishment to be able to effect organizational change when necessary.
  • Have attended, or is willing to attend supervision and Treatment Management training.

Desirable

  • Vocational competencies around offending behaviour.
  • Knowledge of the different treatment models and services available to offenders.

Package Description

£26,400 - £28,500 per annum - 37.5 hours per week

Excellent benefits including free onsite parking, shopping discounts, pension and 28 days holiday

About the Company

Sodexo Justice aims to change lives for the better by reducing reoffending and improving the quality of life for those under our supervision and in our care. We deliver safe, effective and innovative custodial and community rehabilitation services that challenge offending behaviour, protect the public and offer individuals the opportunity to change their lives for the better. We deliver the total operation of five prisons within the UK and own six Community Rehabilitation Companies in partnership with crime reduction charity Nacro.

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs some 35,000 employees to deliver integrated facilities management services to clients at over 2,000 locations in the corporate, healthcare, education, leisure, defence and justice sectors. With an annual turnover of over £1bn, we provide everything from catering, cleaning and reception to security, laboratory and grounds maintenance services, enabling our clients to focus on their core business.

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to  support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process.

Sodexo and our clients are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults within a regulated activity. Certain roles will require applicants to undergo screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and/ or Disclosure Scotland.

Please note all roles within Sodexo Justice are subject to security and recruitment checks which may include a Social Media Check. You will also be asked to provide 3 years’ worth of references and request employment history details from the HMRC.

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