DirTC: Director of Therapeutic Communities (Ref: 15099)

Job summary

Please refer to Job Description

Job description

Overview of the job

This is a senior management job within an establishment focusing on the therapeutic needs of prisoners.

Summary

The focus of the work is based on therapeutic community principles, where a dedicated multidisciplinary team of staff work together with prisoners, in an atmosphere where attitudes and expressions, which would not normally be tolerated in prison, are accepted and used to give feedback to prisoners. This therapeutic dialogue leads to prisoner’s greater understanding of their usual behaviour. The job holder will be responsible for all therapy and treatment that takes place within the establishment, working closely with the Governor to ensure a safe environment is maintained. This is a non-operational job with line management responsibilities. This role is non-rotational.

Responsibilities, Activities and Duties

The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities and duties:

• Accountable for ensuring a safe, decent and secure environment is maintained for all prisoners and staff
• Accountable for the establishment’s overall achievement of Service Delivery Indicators (SDIs) and standards, leading on the performance and delivery of targets relating to the budget and People Plan
• Accountable for promoting and sustaining a performance management culture within the establishment
• Ensure interaction between prisoner and staff is actively encouraged
• Accountable for ensuring Heads of Functions within the Therapeutic Communities (TC) adhere to the management of HR policies
• Accountable for adherence to action plans as a result of HM’s Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP), Standards Audit Unit (SAU) and TC accreditation across all communities
• Actively participates in national working groups maintaining a current awareness of political, social, legislative and policy changes affecting HMPPS
• Manage within budget those responsible for delivering therapy both operational and non-operational grades ensuring that TC accreditation and HMPPS audit standards are met
• Manage Offender Management Unit and therapy, sentence planning, public protection and resettlement interface
• Manage Psycho drama, Residential, Psychology and therapy
• Work with the Governor on the daily and tactical management of the establishment ensuring good relationship exist between security/therapy and on the strategic development of the establishment
• Accountable for fostering and progressing open and positive external relationships with stakeholders to the mutual benefit of the establishment and the community ensuring the delivery of these services through Service Level Agreements (SLA)
• Accountable for the proactive promotion of prison service policy in all activities and behaviours by promoting diversity, decency, safety and reducing re-offending agendas
• Provides leadership and direction for all staff including coaching and mentoring for managers
• Manage the appropriate authorisation of financial compliance statements
• Manage devolved budgets in accordance with the financial procedures outlined in the budget delegation
• Ensure that the function produces and analyses audit and establishment performance management information identifying variances and areas requiring improvements
• Deliver establishment responsibilities in the Memorandum of Understanding with Birmingham City University
• Advise Governor on strategic management of the establishment
• Ensure achievement of population/accommodation
• Work with Governor in achieving an effective relationship between therapy and operations
• Attend relevant boards/meetings and actively contribute either as chair or team member
• Responsible for ensuring work areas and associated activities comply with Health and Safety legislation. Ensure all risk assessments are undertaken and staff are made aware of their personal responsibility towards Health and Safety compliance
• Work collaboratively and provide constructive challenge to colleagues to ensure that their own and other functions are joined up and together contribute towards the overall delivery of the establishment’s performance
• Produce relevant reports as required and ensure all correspondence is replied to within agreed timescales

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.

Civil Service Success Profile Criteria

Behaviours

• Making Effective Decisions
• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing
• Developing Self and Others
• Managing a Quality Service
• Delivering at Pace
  

Experience

• Experience in providing clinical supervision
• Have undertaken relevant training, including knowledge of various models and effective models for treatment delivery and adherence to best practice models
  

Technical requirements

• Qualified and registered clinician with an associated and relevant professional body, e.g. BACP, BPS, BABCP, UKCP
• Possess a professional background in one of the following disciplines: Psychotherapy, Psychology, Psychiatry, Nursing
• Qualification and experience in providing clinical supervision (preferably both group and individual)
• When transferring to a Young Persons establishment the job holder will be required to successfully undertake an assessment to demonstrate suitability to work with Young People

Hours of Work (Unsocial Hours) Allowances

37 hour working weekTechnical SkillsQualified and registered clinician with an associated and relevant professional body, e.g. BACP, BPS, BABCP, UKCP
•Possess a professional background in one of the following disciplines: Psychotherapy, Psychology, Psychiatry, Nursing
•Qualification and experience in providing clinical supervision (preferably both group and individual)

Person specification

Please refer to Job Description

Qualifications

Qualified and registered clinician with an associated and relevant professional body, e.g. BACP, BPS, BABCP, UKCP

Memberships

Qualified and registered clinician with an associated and relevant professional body, e.g. BACP, BPS, BABCP, UKCP

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Making Effective Decisions
• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing
• Developing Self and Others
• Managing a Quality Service
• Delivering at Pace

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Please see Job Description

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £78,587, HM Prison & Probation Service contributes £22,766 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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Selection process details

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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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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : SSCL Recruitment Enquiries Team
• Email : moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@resourcing.soprasteria.co.uk
• Telephone : 0345 241 5358

Recruitment team

• Email : moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@resourcing.soprasteria.co.uk

Further information

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