Intervention Development Officer

Location: Remote

Salary: A GBP 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 and Service Development team. Forwards 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 and Service Development Manager, you will be responsible for developing and repurposing high:quality interventions to meet the needs of Forwards 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 Forwards 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 and 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 masters 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