Job summary
The post holder will support individuals with any presenting need, concerns or difficulties thatmight be affecting their mental health and wellbeing. The post holder will provide time limited 1:1support to clients giving information and/or support to allow them to access a wide range ofagencies and services that can provide help and advice with for example, housing, socialisolation and exclusion, education, debt management, mental health and employment issues.Post holders will develop links into the community and agencies to enable improved, supportedaccess to services. The post holder will be based within the Liaison & Diversion service withinpolice custody suites working with adults, children and young people with a range ofvulnerabilities who have come into contact with the Criminal Justice System.The post holder will support clients who are typically hard to engage, to access and utiliseprimary, secondary and community services in order to improve their use of resources, which islikely to improve their mental health, social difficulties and reduce the risk of them reoffending.The post holder will actively engage and work with individuals with forensic, traumatic and/orabusive histories with a wide range of vulnerabilities who have a level of co-existing complexneeds including homelessness, substance misuse, significant risks and social exclusion and whoat times may present with extremely challenging behaviours.
Main duties of the job
To attend police custody suites and to carry out screening with Lead Nurses (Band6), to give advice, and implement the delivery of the all vulnerabilities pathways(Women, Children/ young people, veterans, sex offenders, learning disabilities,substance misuse, people open to mental health services) for individuals wherepotential vulnerabilities have been identified.
To liaise and plan alongside Criminal Justice Liaison and Diversion Nurses and anextensive number of external agencies for the provision of assessment, disposal andthe care pathway of service users. This includes parents/carers of young people.? To communicate, provide, and receive complex, sensitive and at times contentiousinformation where skills of, motivational, joint decision making, empathy, advisoryand signposting are required, often in situations where there are barriers tounderstanding and high stress levels, e.g. court rooms and police custody settings
The postholder will manage a caseload of Criminal Justice Service users withoversight from registered clinicians in the team; working autonomously on a dailybasis, assessing, planning and implementing interventions appropriate to theindividual's needs. This is accomplished through regular guidance and supervisionfrom a relevant AHP or nursing professional with the use of caseload discussion andimmediate escalation where deemed necessary.
About us
Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of 'making a positive difference in people's lives'.
CQC rated us as 'GOOD' overall, commenting on how our colleagues "treated patients with compassion and kindness" and "felt positive and proud about working for the trust."
Benefits include:
- Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
- 27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years' service
- Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
- Health service discounts and online benefits
- Incremental pay progression
- Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7
- Access to our LGBT+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
- Health and wellbeing opportunities
- Structured learning and development opportunities
Job description
Job responsibilities
With the service users consent (or where there is a public duty to safeguard theindividual or others) to provide the police custody with relevant verbal/ writteninformation pertinent to the individual in a timely manner to support the criminal justicedisposal and to manage risk. To consistently manage your own time and planning your work load in advance. To have knowledge and an understanding around psychosocial interventions to beable to support and signpost to self-harm reduction/ minimization strategies, problemsolving, behavioiural interventions as negotiated with individual service users.
To educate and give information to service users and others in the care of the serviceusers in issues related to safeguarding and social issues including benefits, housingand voluntary support services. To assess and act upon immediate risk of danger to service users and/ or otherswhen lone working in the community. To have professional responsibility for promoting equality, diversity and rights
To aid in the process of referrals of clients between agencies and other services. To present and promote the service in both informal and formal settings, as well as toother service user related services/ organisations. To develop and deliver preventative work in the community building a network ofstakeholders to create awareness and progression of the service. To be allocated a specific pathway within the service and to maintain and developlinks with stake holders in the community. To take the lead on ensure the signpostingand referrals process are kept up to date and communicating new and developingservices within that pathway to the team.
Job description
Job responsibilities
With the service users consent (or where there is a public duty to safeguard theindividual or others) to provide the police custody with relevant verbal/ writteninformation pertinent to the individual in a timely manner to support the criminal justicedisposal and to manage risk. To consistently manage your own time and planning your work load in advance. To have knowledge and an understanding around psychosocial interventions to beable to support and signpost to self-harm reduction/ minimization strategies, problemsolving, behavioiural interventions as negotiated with individual service users.
To educate and give information to service users and others in the care of the serviceusers in issues related to safeguarding and social issues including benefits, housingand voluntary support services. To assess and act upon immediate risk of danger to service users and/ or otherswhen lone working in the community. To have professional responsibility for promoting equality, diversity and rights
To aid in the process of referrals of clients between agencies and other services. To present and promote the service in both informal and formal settings, as well as toother service user related services/ organisations. To develop and deliver preventative work in the community building a network ofstakeholders to create awareness and progression of the service. To be allocated a specific pathway within the service and to maintain and developlinks with stake holders in the community. To take the lead on ensure the signpostingand referrals process are kept up to date and communicating new and developingservices within that pathway to the team.
Person Specification
Essesential
Essential
Desirable
- Knowledge of criminal justice system
Essential
Essential
- Worked with people with vulnerabilities
Desirable
- Worked within a mental health setting
Person Specification
Essesential
Essential
Desirable
- Knowledge of criminal justice system
Essential
Essential
- Worked with people with vulnerabilities
Desirable
- Worked within a mental health setting
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).
