ELFT has long been recognised as a centre of excellence for mental and health care, innovation and improvement. So it is a very exciting time for you to come and work for us. Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job overview
We are seeking to recruit a suitably qualified & dynamic individual to take up the post of Sexual Safety Lead within the forensic directorate. The post holder must be an independent sexual advisor and have experience of supporting victims of sexual violence. This role will require supporting staff and service users across both our low secure and medium secure services. The post holder will be expected to work with multi disciplinary teams to provide support and guidance for victims in line with legal frameworks.
Main duties of the job
The role will include supporting and providing leadership on the NHS sexual safety charter. Within this work the expectation will be to work with colleagues around development of policy and implementation of this. In this role you will also require knowledge of relational security, trauma informed care and reducing restrictive practice initiatives. The role will provide support for staff and service users who experience sexual violence in a trauma informed way. The post holder will have an oversight of sexual violence data and interpret analyse data within governance structures and meetings to improve outcomes for staff and service users providing sexual safety awareness.
The post holder will inform and support the forensic directorate in policy and guidance around sexual safety. The post holder will be able to provide guidance on how to reduce risk or minimize harm to victims. They will produce a rolling programme of training for staff on sexual safety for awareness and victim support.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The role provides guidance and support to victims and helps access other support services/external agencies. This could be reporting to the police, accessing sexual assessment referral centres and specialist support such as sexual violence counselling.
The post will have sound knowledge of safeguarding and be able to co-work with social work leads in relation to sexual violence incidents and ensuring the safety of the victim. They provide information, advice and resources to other health care professionals who may be involved in the care of people who have experienced sexual violence.
The role will include providing training for staff across forensics. This includes providing guidance for staff on basic sexual violence awareness but how to also support and manage incidents of sexual violence and respond accordingly to provide support for staff and service users.
The post holder is expected to work within the professional guidance set by the home office independent sexual violence advisor guidelines and professional ISVA guidance at all times.
The role will include providing emotional and practical support to victims to engage with the criminal justice system if they choose. They are trained to understand the law around sexual offences and the evidential processes in order to support victims regarding the criminal justice system.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
1. Experience of working in a mental health setting
2. Evidence of providing person centered care and culturally sensitive care
3. Evidence of policy writing & work around implementation of strategy
Desirable criteria
1. Experience of working with Multidisciplinary teams
Education/Qualification/Training
Essential criteria
1. Qualification of Independent Sexual Violence Advisor
2. Experience of working as ISVA in a clinical setting
Desirable criteria
1. Specialist Area Training
2. Evidence of experience of working with Quality improvement methodology
Knowledge & Skills
Essential criteria
1. Ability to implement strategy and change management
2. Emotional intelligence and Personal Resilience
3. Provide high quality care including high standard of documentation
4. Understanding & Knowledge of current developments around NHS sexual safety charter
Making Things Better
Quality Improvement is a key part of our work to improve our services and refine how we do things. We have a global reputation for our quality improvement work and we don't stand still! So we offer a fantastic opportunity for our staff to learn, lead and contribute towards improving our services.
Our Community
We provide a wide range of community health and mental health inpatient services to children, young people, adults of working age, and older adults in The City of London, Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Bedfordshire and Luton. We also provide psychological therapy services to the London Borough of Richmond, and provide Forensic services to the whole of North East London. We provide services in urban and rural settings, sometimes in our inpatient units, but mostly in the community close to where people live. Integrated care is key in making the best use of resources and providing effective care.
Aiming High
We were rated 'Outstanding' by the CQC in 2016, were proud to be rated 'Outstanding' again in 2018 and continue to be rated 'Outstanding' in 2021. We were named in the HSJ's Top 10 best places to work in healthcare and were voted Provider Trust of the Year in 2018.
Staff and Service Users United
We strive to ensure that staff feel valued by the Trust and as they are truly pivotal in delivering better outcomes for our patients and service users. Our aspiration is to help to make ELFT the best place to work. This Trust is clinician-led and provides the highest possible level of clinical expertise throughout its services. We pride ourselves on our service user involvement. A service user will be on your assessment centre and interview panel if you are invited to meet us.
We especially welcome people with lived experience of health difficulties, with insight and understanding of different backgrounds, cultures and lifestyles in our population as we believe that this will equip staff to deliver a high standard of care to our service users and patients.
Diversity
ELFT Is committed to being a diverse organisation and our workforce is reflective of the population and communities we serve. We believe that having colleagues with a range of backgrounds and life experiences enriches and adds value to the outcomes we have set out to achieve. Having partnered and endorsed by organisations who are representative and experts in various areas of equality and diversity, we can ensure we are meeting the pre-set standards all the way from recruitment stage throughout the career journey of our employees by being accessible, having fair inclusive practices and a host of staff networks to support, nurture and celebrate our valued staff in the workplace.
Other reasons to apply
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's job share, part time or another flexible pattern.
As part of the relocation scheme we presently have, the Trust could support you with offering up to £10,000 for removal and associated expenses. This is subject to change and terms and conditions apply.
What Next?
If you like the sound of ELFT, don't waste a moment. We sometimes close adverts early if there is a high response, so apply now!
As part of our recruitment process we may be required to share information you provide on the application form with NHS Counter Fraud Authority (NHSCFA) and/or other organisations for the purpose of the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of fraud or any other unlawful activity affecting the NHS. We also use third party providers to check and verify your qualifications who may be contacting you on our behalf to verify the same.
If you do not hear from us within four weeks of the closing date, please consider that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. You must provide professional email addresses for all referees as we will contact them as soon as an offer has been made. Please note we do not request references prior to interviews. All applications made through NHS Jobs account will be processed by TRAC System. Please note that some emails may go to your spam/junk mailbox so make sure you check this regularly.
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
* JD (PDF, 305.8KB)
* ELFT at a glance (PDF, 151.0KB)
* Staff Benefits (PDF, 7.1MB)
* ELFT Strategy (PDF, 153.5KB)
* Trust Demographic Information (PDF, 1.5MB)
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