Early Days in Custody (EDiC) Practitioner
Location: Isle of Sheppey HMP Elmley
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full time, 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £39,338-£46,962 per annum, dependent on experience
We have an exciting opportunity for registered mental health nurses to join our Early Days in Custody Team (EDiC) at HMP Elmley.
The EDiC team will act with the following principles:
Holistic the EDiC team is multi-disciplinary, drawing on expertise from the other teams within healthcare to provide a knowledgeable and skilled service with the ability to draw upon specialist input rapidly when needed.
Curious the EDiC team will engage with patients with clinical curiosity drawing on all the information available to them to understand patient needs. The team will engage where possible with patients families/carers to fully understand patients needs and assist in helping maintain family relationships.
Prioritising Safety - Keep prisoners safe by identifying and addressing immediate risks for that patient including self-harm, risk of death by suicide, and unmanaged substance misuse dependencies.
What will you be doing?
As a EDiC Practitioner you will:
Ensure that new prisoners are supported during the...