An exciting opportunity has risen for Band 6 Senior Practitioners to join our In-reach team at HMP Wandsworth contributing to the Mental Health team delivery at HMP Wandsworth.
The post holder will be an expert practitioner, and a source of expert advice to the Primary Care team, Substance Misuse team, Prison staff, and Offenders. With overall responsibility for the mental and physical health & well-being of offenders in their care operational management and day-to-day leadership of the In-reach team at HMP Wandsworth.
We are seeking to appoint a suitably qualified RMN with experience in any of the following areas:
* Learning Disability
* Personality Disorder
* Substance Misuse/Dual Diagnosis
* Mentally Disordered Offenders
In addition to the above, an in-depth knowledge of the Care Programme Approach and experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team is required. The successful candidate will need to demonstrate excellent communication skills both written and verbal and an understanding of the Mental Health Act 1983 and in particular, management of patients within secure locations. Experience in prisons would be advantageous.
Main duties of the job
* To perform robust assessment, screening and interventions to offenders with a mental health problem and be able to signpost to the relevant teams.
* Manage mixed and or complex caseload.
* To be able to implement high intensity specialist interventions and complex case management arrangements resulting in continuity of care for an offender.
* Ensure integrated and collaborative working with other specialist services, including continuity of care and through the gate arrangements and liaison.
* Work closely with community mental health teams (CMHTs) to ensure appropriate sharing of information, continuity of care and the Care Programme Approach (CPA) for all offenders as necessary.
* To work in a psychologically minded way with offenders in achieving their agreed goals and quality health outcomes.
* Close working relationships with all prison and Serco staff, to include participation in sentence planning, resettlement, safer custody and ACCT processes.
* To develop and take on a specialist lead role as appropriate, and provide peer support and training in this area.
* To contribute towards support, advice, consultation and training for other prison departments.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION, PLEASE READ:
All applicants must be willing to undertake National Security Vetting in order to work in a Prison Setting. This will be completed as part of the pre-employment checks through Oxleas and the prison vetting team.
You will need to provide:
* Proof of right to work documentation
* Proof of ID, needs to include 1 photographic ID
* Proof of address documentation
* Non-UK passport holders will need to have correct documentation (right to work in the UK) and a Home office Share code.
* 5 years address history will be needed.
* Applicants that are not UK Passport holders who provide less than 5 years UK address history will need to provide a Police Certificate which must be in English from where they resided previously.
* Applicants who are UK Passport holders who have lived abroad for a period of more than six months during the last three years will need to provide a certificate of good conduct or an overseas police check in English from the countries resided in or visited.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
* RMN
* Appropriate experience post qualification
Desirable
* Prison experience/ Forensic
Skills / Abilities / Knowledge
Essential
* Experience of working within a mental health/ Forensic setting
* Provide emotional support during critical times to patient
Desirable
* Excellent communication skills
Experience
Essential
* Experience of managing varied complex cases
Desirable
* Experience of working in a multidisciplinary/multi-agency team
Employer details
Employer name
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Address
HMP Wandsworth
Heathfield Road
London
SW18 3HU
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