Specialist Treatment Manager- Psychology Services - North East and Yorkshire Region (Ref:91449)

The job holder will have responsibility for the quality oversight and facilitation of more complex accredited programmes which address offending behaviour.
This is a non-operational job with line management responsibilities.
Responsibilities, Activities and Duties
The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities and duties:
+ Responsible for the quality of delivery of complex/high intensity programmes which includes the preparation, engagement, facilitation, assessment, reporting and ongoing support of participants and staff involved in delivering offending behaviour programmes.
+ Responsible for providing supervision of offending behaviour programmes as required.
+ Assist in facilitating accredited programmes as required.
+ Responsible for overseeing and ensuring delivery of assessments for the relevant programme.
+ Responsible for ensuring completion of post programme reports.
+ Work collaboratively with the Forensic Psychology Service to ensure good quality and timely risk assessments, personality assessments and ability assessments are undertaken as directed/required.
+ Responsible for conducting and overseeing appropriate interventions with high risk offenders as directed by the Cluster Manager/Head of Psychology.
+ Responsible for conducting individual work in support of accredited programmes as identified such as Behaviour modification work.
+ Link with professional colleagues responsible for the completion of specialist post programme report such as those for sex offender treatment.
+ Ensure that the required number of programme sessions are delivered as outlined in the Treatment Management Manual within each 12 month period.
+ Responsible for ensuring that programmes are delivered in accordance with their design and that facilitators adhere to the principles of the programme.
+ Responsible for ensuring 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.
+ Responsible for 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 offenders are followed to ensure that only those offenders 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 offenders are followed where necessary.
+ Ensure that all relevant paperwork including those associated with the clinical assurance process is completed and sent to HMPPS on time.
+ Ensure that post programme reports are appropriately supervised and authorised and that they meet the needs of those for whom they are written such as offender manager, parole board. This will involve some report writing.
+ Respond to any local queries or complaints about the delivery of the programme.
+ Where relevant, attend counselling support sessions at the rate outlined in the Treatment Management for the relevant programme and ensure facilitators attend counselling support sessions at the required rate.
+ 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.
+ Contributes to sentence planning and reducing reoffending. Applies safer custody practices and complies with national and local security standards.
+ Contribute to Cluster and Regional based tasks as agreed with the Cluster Manager.
+ Attend meetings and training, both local and regional based, as required.
+ Attend oral hearings as required providing opinion to prison staff and quasi-legal bodies based on own knowledge and competence.
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, We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
+ Making Effective Decisions
+ Communicating and Influencing
+ Working Together
+ Managing a Quality Service
+ Delivering at Pace
+ Developing Self and Others

Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
+ The job holder should have completed training to deliver the programme that they intend to treatment manage (in this case, Horizon)., This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Experience and Technical skills.
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Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
+ UK nationals
+ nationals of the Republic of Ireland
+ nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
+ nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
+ nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
+ individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
+ Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
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Written and Spoken English

Alongside your salary of £38,272, HM Prison & Probation Service contributes £11,087 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
+ Access to learning and development
+ A working environment that supports a range of flexible working options to enhance your work life balance
+ A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
+ A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
+ Annual Leave
+ Public Holidays
+ Season Ticket Advance
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