Job summary
An opportunity has arisen to recruit an experienced and resourceful Behaviour Change Worker to work within the Oxleas Interventions Service.
The post holder will develop and deliver all aspects of the Behaviour Change programme within Oxleas Interventions. This will include delivery of groups and 1-1 sessions around gang behaviour and serious group offending as well as addressing the behaviour related to gang activities such as dealing.
The post holder will provide intensive individual mentoring to offenders in custody and on release and act as a specialist resource for issues relating to gangs, dealing and serious violence.
The post holder will be fully integrated and work as part of the Oxleas team and with other partners, to deliver high quality interventions that support individuals to achieve positive change and outcomes, recovery and reduced re-offending.
All posts are subject to DBS Disclosures, Home Office Security Clearance and receipt of satisfactory references.
Main duties of the job
- Effectively engage adult male offenders, using creative approaches
- Deliver 1-1 and group psychosocial interventions
- Provide effective case management through assessment, planning, monitoring and review
- Work within the unique challenges of a secure and diverse environment
- Work professionally, flexibly and creatively, promoting a culture of positive change
- Understand issues of social exclusion, diversity, offending and substance use
- Work collaboratively with colleagues, prison and community services
- Adhere to policies relating to safeguarding and governance
About us
Oxleas - About Us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
- We're Kind
- We're Fair
- We Listen
- We Care
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To coordinate key elements of the Behaviour Change programme: referrals; assessment; goal/priority setting, mentoring, group sessions, case coordination, monitoring and evaluation, including case studies.
- To provide intensive support packages to programme participants both within custody and on release in the community, through key-working (advice, guidance, advocacy, signposting).
- To provide lower intensity advice and information to programme participants through group and 1-2-1 sessions, within custody.
- To coordinate a caseload of offenders who have a history of gang involvement, dealing and substance misuse.
- To maintain clear criteria, referral, assessment and feedback systems for identified individuals on the caseload to participate in the programme
- To undertake individual assessments to determine offenders suitability for the programme.
- To develop and review individual action plans and goals focused on addressing offending behaviour.
- To record and monitor information relevant to the services as required and in line with agreed procedures and guidelines and any statistical or management information required.
- To ensure maximum attendance on the programme.
- To organise and deliver a range of bespoke modular group sessions.
- To support the effective transfer and engagement of individuals into appropriate community services and activities that support resettlement, including through transition/release planning
- To identify potential conflict issues, and provide or signpost for basic mediation or conflict resolution work
- To work with the prison to manage risk, sharing local intelligence and expertise where appropriate.
- To provide flexible and creative interventions using evidence-based psychosocial approaches.
- To work collaboratively and proactively with colleagues, peers and wider prison staff to achieve shared outcomes.
- To share relevant information on action plans, progress, risk and needs, with Offender Management, CRCs, colleagues, other establishments, and community agencies, as relevant, to ensure safe, seamless and successful transitions.
- To adopt a strengths-based approach to assessment and action planning, which identifies and builds on individuals skills, capital and needs.
- To empower and challenge individuals to take opportunities to achieve sustainable change, promoting self-responsibility and resilience, using a strengths-based approach.
- To fully involve participants in their care, through: consultation, collaborative action planning, discussing options, obtaining consent for information sharing, and obtaining feedback.
- To develop individuals to become peer mentors, to support others.
- To attend multi-agency meetings in the interests of clients as required
IMPORTANT INFORMATION, PLEASE READ:All applicants must be willing to undertake National Security Vetting in order to work in a Prison Setting. This will be completed as part of the pre-employment checks through Oxleas and the prison vetting team.
You will need to provide:Proof of right to work documentationProof of ID, needs to include 1 photographic IDProof of address documentationNon-UK passport holders will need to have correct documentation (right to work in the UK) and a Home office Share code.
Address History:5 years address history will be needed. Applicants that are not UK Passport holders who provide less than 5 years UK address history will need to provide a Police Certificate which must be in English from where they resided previously.Applicants who are UK Passport holders who have lived abroad for a period of more than six months during the last three years will need to provide a certificate of good conduct or an overseas police check in English from the countries resided in or visited.In order to assist you in obtaining a Police Certificate, guidance can be sought from:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicantsIf the country you have resided in is not listed here, you can obtain the necessary information by contacting the relevant Embassy or High Commission for that Country. Their contact details can be found on the Foreign & Commonwealth Office website (http://www.fco.gov.uk/en).
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To coordinate key elements of the Behaviour Change programme: referrals; assessment; goal/priority setting, mentoring, group sessions, case coordination, monitoring and evaluation, including case studies.
- To provide intensive support packages to programme participants both within custody and on release in the community, through key-working (advice, guidance, advocacy, signposting).
- To provide lower intensity advice and information to programme participants through group and 1-2-1 sessions, within custody.
- To coordinate a caseload of offenders who have a history of gang involvement, dealing and substance misuse.
- To maintain clear criteria, referral, assessment and feedback systems for identified individuals on the caseload to participate in the programme
- To undertake individual assessments to determine offenders suitability for the programme.
- To develop and review individual action plans and goals focused on addressing offending behaviour.
- To record and monitor information relevant to the services as required and in line with agreed procedures and guidelines and any statistical or management information required.
- To ensure maximum attendance on the programme.
- To organise and deliver a range of bespoke modular group sessions.
- To support the effective transfer and engagement of individuals into appropriate community services and activities that support resettlement, including through transition/release planning
- To identify potential conflict issues, and provide or signpost for basic mediation or conflict resolution work
- To work with the prison to manage risk, sharing local intelligence and expertise where appropriate.
- To provide flexible and creative interventions using evidence-based psychosocial approaches.
- To work collaboratively and proactively with colleagues, peers and wider prison staff to achieve shared outcomes.
- To share relevant information on action plans, progress, risk and needs, with Offender Management, CRCs, colleagues, other establishments, and community agencies, as relevant, to ensure safe, seamless and successful transitions.
- To adopt a strengths-based approach to assessment and action planning, which identifies and builds on individuals skills, capital and needs.
- To empower and challenge individuals to take opportunities to achieve sustainable change, promoting self-responsibility and resilience, using a strengths-based approach.
- To fully involve participants in their care, through: consultation, collaborative action planning, discussing options, obtaining consent for information sharing, and obtaining feedback.
- To develop individuals to become peer mentors, to support others.
- To attend multi-agency meetings in the interests of clients as required
IMPORTANT INFORMATION, PLEASE READ:All applicants must be willing to undertake National Security Vetting in order to work in a Prison Setting. This will be completed as part of the pre-employment checks through Oxleas and the prison vetting team.
You will need to provide:Proof of right to work documentationProof of ID, needs to include 1 photographic IDProof of address documentationNon-UK passport holders will need to have correct documentation (right to work in the UK) and a Home office Share code.
Address History:5 years address history will be needed. Applicants that are not UK Passport holders who provide less than 5 years UK address history will need to provide a Police Certificate which must be in English from where they resided previously.Applicants who are UK Passport holders who have lived abroad for a period of more than six months during the last three years will need to provide a certificate of good conduct or an overseas police check in English from the countries resided in or visited.In order to assist you in obtaining a Police Certificate, guidance can be sought from:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicantsIf the country you have resided in is not listed here, you can obtain the necessary information by contacting the relevant Embassy or High Commission for that Country. Their contact details can be found on the Foreign & Commonwealth Office website (http://www.fco.gov.uk/en).
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ 3/4 or equivalent
- Specialist/role-specific training and development.
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Working with complex individuals involved in offending behaviour/gangs
Desirable
- Working in secure environment
Skills/Abilities/Knowledge
Essential
- An in-depth knowledge and understanding of interventions and support that can change serious offending behaviour / high-risk lifestyles.
Desirable
- Life experience of offending and or gangs, direct or associated
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ 3/4 or equivalent
- Specialist/role-specific training and development.
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Working with complex individuals involved in offending behaviour/gangs
Desirable
- Working in secure environment
Skills/Abilities/Knowledge
Essential
- An in-depth knowledge and understanding of interventions and support that can change serious offending behaviour / high-risk lifestyles.
Desirable
- Life experience of offending and or gangs, direct or associated
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
