Mental Health Practitioner- HMP Peterborough
Band 6
Main area: Prison Services
Grade: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - Monday to Friday 09.00-17.00 (we will be looking at a seven day service once the team is fully staffed)
Job ref: 270-TF612-MH
Site: HMP Peterborough
Town: Peterborough
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 pa, pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 29/11/2024 08:00
The Mental Health Team is part of the integrated Healthcare provision at HMP Peterborough. The team consists of Senior Mental Health Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Perinatal Specialists, Psychologists, Psychiatrists, and support workers. The Mental Health Team covers a seven-day service. The post holder will work as a core member of the team delivering and providing a comprehensive, safe, effective mental health service that encompasses primary and secondary mental health provision within the prison, ensuring a Trauma-Informed, co-produced, recovery-focused service. The post holder will utilise a variety of practical and theoretical knowledge with the team to deliver both individual and group workings with service users open to the Mental Health Team, following the stepped care model.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will support the Team Manager in developing operational and clinical service mechanisms.
Act as an exemplar professional role model in embracing core values of dignity, respect, care, and compassion.
Be aware of and keep updated on wider agreed service models.
The post holder will establish effective multi-disciplinary working, undertake mental health assessments and risk assessments, and care planning, and implementation and review of service to people referred to the team both individually and with colleagues from other disciplines.
To care coordinate those on CPA ensuring that reviews are held in line with policy and guidelines.
Provide structured therapeutic interventions with potentially complex clients in one-to-one sessions or group settings as appropriate.
Manage a caseload and prioritise effectively.
Participate in multi-disciplinary team working to ensure service users’ needs are met.
Use effective judgement and interventions in emergency clinical situations.
Liaise with other professionals and agencies in the planning and delivery of care for service users ensuring that a quality service is provided within the locality.
Develop and maintain productive working relationships with your team, managers, and other colleagues.
Take personal responsibility to keep your knowledge up to date and reflect on and evaluate your own values in the wider prison establishment.
Working for our organisation
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health, and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. We focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible, meaning many of our services can be provided at home, work, or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, focusing on people who enable our Trust to be ‘outstanding’ by supporting opportunity, innovation, development, and growth.
Person specification
Professional Qualifications
* Registered Nurse (Mental Health) or Social Worker, Occupational Therapist
* Evidence of post-registration continuing professional development activity
* NMP registrant
Experience
* Evidence of working in a Multi-disciplinary team
* Understanding of mental health assessments, risk assessment, and care planning
* Awareness of evidence-based practice
* Able to prioritise care management
* Knowledge of trauma-informed care
* Understanding of the criminal justice pathway
* Experience in secured settings
Skills
* Evidence of clinical assessment and formulation skills
* Teaching and presentation skills
* Postgraduate training (e.g., CBT/DBT)
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