Intervention Development Officer

Location: Remote

Salary: £25,200 per annum

We are recruiting for a Intervention Development Officer.

To support Forwards Mission and Vision, and its Strategic Goals, the Research and Development team ensure that all our service users receive appropriate, effective and inspirational interventions across our diverse range of service areas.  Monitoring and measuring continuously how impactful each service area is and demonstrating step-by-step progress for service users through a defined set of outcomes.

To meet the demands of the organisation the Research and Development team is organised into three distinct functions. Research and Impact, Internal Evaluation and Intervention Development.

Forward is looking for a passionate and conscientious Intervention Development Officer to join the Research & Service Development team. Forward’s core activities are diverse and the post-holder will be able to switch focus quickly and respond to changing priorities proactively.

Role Responsibilities

Reporting to the Research & Service Development Manager, you will be responsible for developing and repurposing high-quality interventions to meet the needs of Forward’s varied client group. You will work on deliverable group-based and one-to-one interventions. You will also respond directly to requests from service-delivery colleagues, supporting them to navigate our suite of interventions and working to fill any identified gaps in provision

Main duties:

• Designing/developing multi-intensity interventions suitable for delivery in both prison and community settings (to include CBT-based group sessions; psychoeducational workshops; guided self-help resources)
• Engaging with Forward’s client group and service delivery colleagues in the design and review stages of content development
• Translating recommendations informed by national best-practice guidelines and the evidence base into deliverable therapeutic content
• Repackaging or retargeting existing intervention material to meet the needs of a different client groups
• Responding to requests from services in a timely fashion.
• Ensuring existing programme manuals and facilitator guidance documents are regularly reviewed evaluated and updated.

Other

• Take on any other reasonable tasks deemed necessary by your line manager or other more senior members of staff (e.g. the Director of Service Improvement or the Executive Director of Research & Development)
• Contributing to other cross-divisional projects as required

The Ideal Candidate

Essential

• Educated to Degree level.
• Strong, demonstrable experience of contributing to the development of therapeutic interventions (e.g. CBT-based; psychoeducational; guided self-help) in the last 2 years.
• A minimum of two years’ Experience/knowledge of substance misuse service delivery in residential prison and/or community settings or mental health/wellbeing service delivery in residentials prison and/or community settings (e.g. IAPT) within the last three years
• Experience and knowledge of designing workshops/educational resources or structured interventions

Experience

Desirable

• A master’s degree in psychology, Criminology, Public Health or related field

Skills/ Knowledge

Essential

• Ability/understanding of how to translate recommendations from the evidence literature/best practice guidance into deliverable content
• High level of attention to detail
• Excellent written and oral communication skills; with a particular focus on adapting communication styles to different audiences/client groups
• Excellent IT skills, including proficiency with MS Office software (Excel, PowerPoint, CANVA, Word etc.)
• Ability and confidence to quickly learn new software packages as and when needed.
• A positive problem solving approach with the ability to focus on key issues quickly and clearly.
• Ability to manage own workload effectively to deadlines and targets 
• Flexible attitude and openness to changing priorities
• Ability to work within a team
• Ability to represent Forward in a positive and professional manner.

About Us

We are The Forward Trust, the social enterprise with charitable status that empowers people to break the often interlinked cycles of crime and addiction to move forward with their lives. For more than 25 years we have been working with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past. We believe that anyone is capable of lasting change. Our services have supported thousands of people to make positive changes and build productive lives with a job, family, friends and a sense of community.

We are committed to our cause and the work we carry out as a charity. Equally the wellbeing and the employees who work for us are also important. Joining us an employee, we will offer you the following benefits - 

• Flexible working
• Training and development opportunities
• Simply Health Cashback Scheme (optional)
• Season Ticket Loan Scheme 
• Cycle to work scheme
• Crisis Loan Scheme
• Electric Car Scheme
• 3 x Wellbeing Days (pro rata'd for part time employees)
• Access to Blue Light Card
• 25 days (rising to 30 with length of service) Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays 
• Contributory Pension Scheme – Employer matched contributions of up to 6% in the first two years’ service and up to 9% thereafter 
• Death in Service Payment (2x annual salary) 
• Critical Illness Insurance (subject to qualifying criteria)

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for the Forward Trust, please proceed through the following link to be redirected to their website to complete your application.

https://careers.forwardtrust.org.uk/vacancies/51/intervention-development-officer.html

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