Details:
- Salary: £23,759 - Annum
- Job Type: Contract
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: Leicester Leicestershire
- Date: 2 weeks ago
Description:
Clean Sheet has an exciting opportunity available for a Programme Facilitator to join our team at HMP Fosse Way (prison-based and home-based - hybrid working). You will join us on a full-time, fixed-term contract lasting 1-3 years, and in return, you will receive a competitive salary of £23,759 per annum.
About the organisation
We are a registered charity with one simple purpose – to offer people with convictions the hope of a better future by finding sustainable employment. Our work is about helping people with convictions to find jobs, start to rebuild their lives and as a result, reduce reoffending.
We provide a remote employment support service, supporting men and women for as long as it takes them to find work.
About the Programme Facilitator role:
By using a Christian faith-based and Christ-centred approach, you will coordinate and facilitate a range of employment-related interventions (including group and one-to-one sessions) to support people in prison and on release with their ability and confidence to find employment.
What are the Benefits available to the Programme Facilitator
Pension matched up to 5%
Generous annual leave increasing up to 30 days plus bank holidays with service (pro-rata)
Company sick pay scheme
Paid training
Comprehensive wellbeing package, including cover for your family (includes 24/7 GP booking, access to training and wellbeing support, free counselling, discounted shopping and memberships and much more)
Access to chaplaincy and pastoral support
Key Responsibilities as the Programme Facilitator include:
Role model and demonstrate your Christian faith as a central aspect of the job, leading devotionals and praying with the team regularly
Process referrals into Clean Sheet employment support, ensuring that people in prison are selected within the parameters of the selection criteria
Coordinate and facilitate group sessions focused on employment-related areas (training will be provided). To work alongside the Chief Executive Officer to adapt and develop the employment-related sessions to refine and expand these
Coordinate and facilitate one-to-one sessions with participants to help embed learning from the workshops and to sign participants up to become Clean Sheet Members
Provide employment support on release in the community to participants who sign up to become Clean Sheet Members
Evaluate the delivery of the interventions and the engagement of participants, recording outcomes in appropriate documentation and systems
Maintain accurate, up-to-date files and relevant documentation to meet the organisation and programme governance and any legal requirements
What do you need to become our Programme Facilitator?
To be a practicing and professing Christian, able to interpret the Christian Mission of the charity to a contemporary society and to actively role-modelling faith in the workplace
To have a thorough understanding of, and belief in, the underlying doctrines of the Christian faith and an active prayer life
A level (or equivalent) in at least 3 subjects, ideally English
Experience of teaching or training others and/or delivering facilitated group sessions
Excellent verbal communications skills as well as: organisation, attention to detail, demonstrable writing skills for report writing and good overall computer literacy (Microsoft software etc.)
Willing to undertake a DBS check in the form of an Enhanced Police check which must be satisfactory to Clean Sheet. Will also need to successfully go through prison security vetting
If you have a passion for making a difference to peoples’ lives, consider a career as a Programme Facilitator, please click "apply" now - we would like to hear from you.
(Please note this button will take you to our website where you can find the full Job Description and application process.)