Job summary
Do you like a challenge, working with individuals within probation services? Do you want to be part of a multi-disciplinary team helping to improve quality of life in communities and achieving desistance from crime?
Are you a registered RMN or Social worker who is dynamic, likes a challenge and has excellent engagement skills?
If you answered yes, then this could be the role for you.
Band 6 community practitioner
Fixed term (12 months) - 30 hours per week
Agile working: Mixture of home working and spending time at West Midlands Justice centres/ Police stations and joint community visits. Your base will be split between the probation office at Sheriffs Court and the City Centre Police Station in Coventry.
We can offer you a strong commitment to supervision and training with weekly quality huddles to support your CPD whilst you are in post. This post is ideal if you are interested in working in partnerships across boundaries, offering focused brief interventions and adding to your skills in the criminal justice area of practice.
Main duties of the job
Your role sits within the criminal justice teams and fills the gap between short term criminal justice services such as Liaison and Diversion and Primary and secondary mental health Teams.
The main duties include:
- Assessment and care planning in conjunction with service, carer, probation and West Midlands Police.
- Evaluation of individual treatment plans
- Participate in and contribute to weekly IOM case management meetings, ensuring that colleagues from other agencies are kept fully informed of the status and progress of IOM individuals on caseload.
- Risk management
- Handover to other services as needed.
About us
MPFT provides physical and mental health care, learning disability, and adult social care services across Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Shropshire, and Telford & Wrekin. In addition, we provide services on a wider regional and national basis. We serve a population of 1.5 million and employ around 8,500 members of staff.By joining MPFT you will become part of a diverse and inclusive team who are empowered and supported to deliver care in a way which is consistent with our values:o putting people at the heart of what we doo empowering people to improve care and wellbeingo delivering better health, better care in partnership
We are embedding values based and inclusive recruitment practices to ensure that all applicants, from any backgrounds, from under-represented groups, such as black, Asian or other ethnic groups,individuals with a disability, or LGBTQ+ individuals. All have an equal chance of success in achieving a role with usWe will support your career development and progression. Membership of the excellent NHS pension scheme, generous maternity, paternity, adoption leave, pay and the option for flexible working. You will receive up to 27 days annual leave (increasing to 33 days) and the opportunity topurchase additional annual leave.We are also proud to have a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people
Job description
Job responsibilities
Integrated Offender Management (IOM) was introduced in 2009. Its aim is to bring a cross-agency response to crime and reoffending threats faced by local communities. Service users will be jointly managed by Police, Probation and other partner agencies; to reduce reoffending and make communities safer. Your role as a practitioner will have support and supervision from the Integrated Offender Health Teams and a partner I.O.M nurse. The role will cover West Midlands probation/police stations (Coventry area) and aims to:
- Offer mental health assessment, support and treatment for the Integrated Offender Management I.O.M population
- Refer to primary mental health, secondary mental health services where care coordination is needed.
- Develop close partnerships, training and support across West Midlands police, Probation and the third sector
- Responsible for participating in the setting of quality standards, including the auditing, monitoring and reviewing of practice in line with current clinical guidance practice and policy
- Assess patient's individual care needs, develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care in collaboration with other IOM staff
- Deliver a range of interventions in accordance with the agreed plan of care including; psychologically informed interventions, referring to other health care providers where appropriate.
- Complete and contribute to robust risk assessments and risk management plan
- Deliver and promote positive risk taking, where appropriate
Job description
Job responsibilities
Integrated Offender Management (IOM) was introduced in 2009. Its aim is to bring a cross-agency response to crime and reoffending threats faced by local communities. Service users will be jointly managed by Police, Probation and other partner agencies; to reduce reoffending and make communities safer. Your role as a practitioner will have support and supervision from the Integrated Offender Health Teams and a partner I.O.M nurse. The role will cover West Midlands probation/police stations (Coventry area) and aims to:
- Offer mental health assessment, support and treatment for the Integrated Offender Management I.O.M population
- Refer to primary mental health, secondary mental health services where care coordination is needed.
- Develop close partnerships, training and support across West Midlands police, Probation and the third sector
- Responsible for participating in the setting of quality standards, including the auditing, monitoring and reviewing of practice in line with current clinical guidance practice and policy
- Assess patient's individual care needs, develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care in collaboration with other IOM staff
- Deliver a range of interventions in accordance with the agreed plan of care including; psychologically informed interventions, referring to other health care providers where appropriate.
- Complete and contribute to robust risk assessments and risk management plan
- Deliver and promote positive risk taking, where appropriate
Person Specification
On person specification
Essential
- Registered mental health Nurse on NMC Register/ Registered Occupational Therapist on HCPC register/ Registered Social Worker on Social Work England register.
- Evidence of extensive post registration experience with working with adults experiencing mental health related difficulties
- Knowledge of the wide range of statutory independent and third sector service provision for adults with mental ill health
Desirable
- Experience of working with the criminal justice system
- Extended training in specific intervention. For example EMDR, CBT, , Family Interventions, S.I
on Person specification
Essential
- Post-registration experience, evidence of formal courses and training at diploma/degree level.
Desirable
- Experience of mentoring students
Person Specification
On person specification
Essential
- Registered mental health Nurse on NMC Register/ Registered Occupational Therapist on HCPC register/ Registered Social Worker on Social Work England register.
- Evidence of extensive post registration experience with working with adults experiencing mental health related difficulties
- Knowledge of the wide range of statutory independent and third sector service provision for adults with mental ill health
Desirable
- Experience of working with the criminal justice system
- Extended training in specific intervention. For example EMDR, CBT, , Family Interventions, S.I
on Person specification
Essential
- Post-registration experience, evidence of formal courses and training at diploma/degree level.
Desirable
- Experience of mentoring students
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
