Job summary
The Suffolk Secure Services Forensic Community Mental Health Team provide recovery-focused community care. This is for offenders who have been, or are being, discharged from a secure unit.
Hi, I'm Percy, the Secure Service Forensic Community Team Matron. Our community services have been awarded some collaborative funds, to focus on service user progression and achieving the best for the service user by reducing the risks of re admission to secure sittings, reducing length of stay in secure settings and supporting with more community resource to aid recovery and step down from secure settings.
We are looking for a highly skilled, motivated, and passionate Band 6 Forensic Community Practitioner to join our Suffolk Team. (please note there is a similar advert for Norfolk Team). This is a team with a wealth of experienced colleagues who are focused on recovery and making a difference thereby has a positive impact on the quality of life for our service users.
Main duties of the job
We are openly welcoming people from a diverse clinical background who poses a vast experience in different areas of mental health. Your wealth of skills and expertise in metal health will be valued and career progression will be supported within our line management and appraisal structures.
Within this role you will be involved in working alongside the MDT managing cases, hold an individual caseload, working within the confines of a robust co-produced care plan that meets the individual service users' needs whilst managing any risk factors for the individual or others. The multidisciplinary team is recovery focused and works with a mixed caseload of males and female service users who have complex mental health needs. Working with carers, relatives and other third-party agencies will be a very crucial part of your role.
In addition, this role will focus on linking with services users placed out of area and proactively supporting plans to return them to the local area, in reaching inpatients services, attending complex case meetings, supporting reintegration back into the community, linking with third party services such as housing, drug and alcohol, delegating specific tasks to the allocated band 4 or 5, attending all the necessary reviews and professional meetings as scheduled.
About us
Our team has a good reputation in retaining staff and values and embrace a culture of mutual respect, transparency, integrity, and collaborative working. We are a friendly and ambitious team, welcoming of new clinicians who may or may not have previous experience in this field.
Suffolk is vibrant, diverse, original but only a stone's throw from the sea, has the A12 which goes straight into London and A14 which takes you to the Midlands and the neighbouring counties has Airports London Stanstead and Norwich Airport which are all easy to access by road and rail transport.
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing their experiences and learning from each other.
Benefits
Benefits included with this role are:-
- NHS pension
- a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
- career progression
- starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
- staff physio service
- NHS discounts and many more
- Relocation packages.
Job description
Job responsibilities
By joining our team, you will be well supported to develop further your knowledge and skills to deliver evidence-based interventions for the group of service users. Personal development will be supported through meaningful Appraisal and via a bespoke training package (a comprehensive in house & external training programmes). On a monthly basis you will be offered reflective practice sessions, mandatory clinical supervision, and Line management supervision. You will also have an opportunity to actively take part in Quality improvement projects within the service
Please see attached Job description.
Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.
Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs
Job description
Job responsibilities
By joining our team, you will be well supported to develop further your knowledge and skills to deliver evidence-based interventions for the group of service users. Personal development will be supported through meaningful Appraisal and via a bespoke training package (a comprehensive in house & external training programmes). On a monthly basis you will be offered reflective practice sessions, mandatory clinical supervision, and Line management supervision. You will also have an opportunity to actively take part in Quality improvement projects within the service
Please see attached Job description.
Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.
Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs
Person Specification
Skills
Essential
- Able to demonstrate the ability to process, plan and delegate work
- Ability to identify and action change in health care need
Desirable
- Able to time manage and reflect on clinical practice
Qualifications
Essential
- Nursing degree or equivalent
Desirable
- Higher degree or post-graduate certificate in areas of clinical/theraeutic practice
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working within a multi disciplinary team
- Familiar with risk assessment and its management
Desirable
- Previous community experience
Knowledge
Essential
- Up to date and evidence based knowledge of Person Centred Care
- Working knowledge / application of the Mental Health Act
Desirable
- Knowledge of mental health needs for older people
- Knowledge of national policy influencing older persons' health care
Other
Desirable
- Be able and willing to undertake further training / development specific to the role
- Able to travel independently
Person Specification
Skills
Essential
- Able to demonstrate the ability to process, plan and delegate work
- Ability to identify and action change in health care need
Desirable
- Able to time manage and reflect on clinical practice
Qualifications
Essential
- Nursing degree or equivalent
Desirable
- Higher degree or post-graduate certificate in areas of clinical/theraeutic practice
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working within a multi disciplinary team
- Familiar with risk assessment and its management
Desirable
- Previous community experience
Knowledge
Essential
- Up to date and evidence based knowledge of Person Centred Care
- Working knowledge / application of the Mental Health Act
Desirable
- Knowledge of mental health needs for older people
- Knowledge of national policy influencing older persons' health care
Other
Desirable
- Be able and willing to undertake further training / development specific to the role
- Able to travel independently
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).
