Job summary
The team is part of NHS England's national liaison and diversion programme (and in partnership with Avon and Wiltshire Partnership, provides the Advice & Support in Custody & Courts service to the wider Avon and Somerset police area).
The team's primary role is to complete mental health and other vulnerability assessments in criminal justice settings and identify unmet needs with a view to referring on to a range of relevant health and social care services.
The team routinely share relevant information with criminal justice agencies (where consent has been obtained) to ensure that wherever individuals are in the criminal justice system, their mental health needs and information about other vulnerabilities are known, enabling the police and courts to make informed decisions about charging and sentencing.
The advertised role will form part of an extensive, close working multidisciplinary team, who will provide high quality, psychologically informed, risk managed assessment and signposting for a cohort of patients with complex mental health and other vulnerability needs.
Main duties of the job
To encourage, inspire, motivate and assist service users and vulnerable youths, working alongside them and other support staff, team members and external agencies to promote their wellbeing and enable them to engage with appropriate community services.
The post holder will be an experienced Support, Time and Recovery worker (STR) who will work with a patient cohort who will focus on providing appropriate, effective interventions and sign posting to people with various vulnerabilities affecting their offending behaviour. You will also liaise with their carers (including friends and relatives) and their supporters in the community as required, enabling and assisting them to meet daily health, social care and well-being needs, in line with personal recovery goals, and facilitating engagement with mainstream services.
About us
As an organisation, the NHS offers a wide range of benefits including flexible working, pension contributions, market leading annual leave allowance, career progression, and regular conversations, not to mention our Blue Light Card and NHS exclusive discounts.
The benefits of working in Somerset include the idyllic countryside, with our areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines. You will get to enjoy these perks whilst still only being a stone's throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.
There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable. You will experience the best of both in Somerset, the countryside and the cosmopolitan - there is truly something for everyone!
Job description
Job responsibilities
The STR role will provide information, advice, support, and encouragement to current service users in contact with the ASCC predominantly in Custody, but also Magistrates and Crown Court if required, acting as a role model and utilising their professional and life experiences to facilitate engagement and recovery.
You will support service users to identify their needs and support them to engage with community services enabling them to meet their goals and reduce the risk of future offending behaviour. You will build links with, and liaise with external agencies to work together in collaborative approach to meet the needs of the service user and have the individual service users needs to the fore at all times, working to the recovery model to support the service user to work towards their identified goals, away from a criminal justice setting.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The STR role will provide information, advice, support, and encouragement to current service users in contact with the ASCC predominantly in Custody, but also Magistrates and Crown Court if required, acting as a role model and utilising their professional and life experiences to facilitate engagement and recovery.
You will support service users to identify their needs and support them to engage with community services enabling them to meet their goals and reduce the risk of future offending behaviour. You will build links with, and liaise with external agencies to work together in collaborative approach to meet the needs of the service user and have the individual service users needs to the fore at all times, working to the recovery model to support the service user to work towards their identified goals, away from a criminal justice setting.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential
- NVQ 3 Promoting Independence or Health based equivalent, or willing to undertake full training to achieve this standard.
Knowledge & Training
Essential
- Knowledge of how to deal sensitively with distress, disturbance and unpredictability.
- Knowledge and understanding of a wide range of mental health conditions and awareness of vulnerabilities impacting on offending behaviours.
- Experience of working with people e.g. in a caring situation, dealing with the general public.
- Previous experience of caring for people who have experienced trauma and vulnerabilities.
Desirable
- Experience of working within criminal justice services (Police, Probation, Courts, etc).
Person Specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential
- NVQ 3 Promoting Independence or Health based equivalent, or willing to undertake full training to achieve this standard.
Knowledge & Training
Essential
- Knowledge of how to deal sensitively with distress, disturbance and unpredictability.
- Knowledge and understanding of a wide range of mental health conditions and awareness of vulnerabilities impacting on offending behaviours.
- Experience of working with people e.g. in a caring situation, dealing with the general public.
- Previous experience of caring for people who have experienced trauma and vulnerabilities.
Desirable
- Experience of working within criminal justice services (Police, Probation, Courts, etc).
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
