Integrated Offender Health Navigator

Job summary

We are looking for a confident and experienced individual to join within the Staffordshire Reconnect Service. The Reconnect service sits within our wider Health and Justice service, supporting people with needs and vulnerabilities in all aspects of the criminal justice system. Reconnect reaches into 5 of the prisons within Staffordshire, undertaking holistic needs assessments and engagement work in order to support them on release from prison to get their health and social care needs met within the community and reduce the risk of reoffending. Reconnect sits within a national network of reconnect services, and works both within and outside of the prison estate. IOH . Our Navigators work within the prison system, and as such are subject to enhanced vetting processes to gain clearance. Navigators undertake multi-vulnerability screening assessments of individuals and formulate plans for addressing any identified needs when they transition back into the community, working under the indirect supervision of a registered healthcare professional. The team support people from 12 weeks pre-release from custody up to 6 months post release.

The successful candidate could work from any of our Staffordshire Prison as listed below:

HMP / YOI Drake Hall

HMP Dovegate

HMP Featherstone

HMP / YOI Brinsford

HMP Oakwood

HMP Stafford

HMP / YOI Swinfen

HMP / YOI Werrington

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for working within a multi-disciplinary team, with the flexibility of working across Staffordshire, dependent on skill and service need. The Post holder with be part of a multi-disciplinary team, primarily completing screenings of individuals needs at different stages of their journey through the Criminal Justice System.

The post holder will use screening tools to identify health and social care needs. The post holder will assist individuals to navigate health and social care services to address identified needs, will be required to complete onward referrals where appropriate and provide short term intensive support to patients and their families.

About us

As a Trust we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care.

We pride ourselves onensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and as such provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working.

We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to becoming the world's first 'carbon net zero' national health system by 2045 (Greener NHS (england.nhs.uk). As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognise that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities and the planet alike. For 2024/2025, we have launched our "Proud to be Green" engagement campaign which is aligned to the targets set out in our Green Plan. As a Trust, you can be assured that we will commit to supporting you in working towards our net zero ambitions, set out in our Green Plan, through our sustainability programme".

The Trust is committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We would very much welcome applications from all under-represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.

Employer details

Employer name

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust

Address

The Hope Centre

Stoke on Trent

ST1 2BX

Employer's website

https://www.combined.nhs.uk/working-together/join-our-team/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust

Address

The Hope Centre

Stoke on Trent

ST1 2BX

Employer's website

https://www.combined.nhs.uk/working-together/join-our-team/ (Opens in a new tab)

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