Job summary
Are you a highly motivated individual looking for a new challenge within Health & Justice services? Do you work in a trauma informed way, with the skills to make a difference to the lives of vulnerable individuals in the community? If so, this could be the role for you.
The post holder will be recruited as a Health & Justice Practitioner primarily based at either Crawley or Worthing custody suite, with the flexibility of working across Sussex, dependent on skill and service need.
The successful applicants must have knowledge of working with individuals who present with a range of vulnerabilities and identification of risks with the ability to follow direction and seek support where required.
The role will welcome you into a team of professionals from different backgrounds, primarily completing screenings of individual needs from within the custody environment.
The post holder will be required to provide high quality information to key decision makers in youth and criminal justice agencies, including the police, courts, probation and Youth Offending Teams (YOTs), and will be responsible for completing Court Reports that may need to be taken into account when decisions about charging and sentencing are made.
If successful you will require vetting from Sussex Police for this role.
Main duties of the job
**Please refer to the attached Job Description in summary:**
SCREENING & ASSESSMENT DUTIES
1. Provide compassion to vulnerable individuals at points of acute vulnerability in the criminal justice process.
2. To support criminal justice agencies to better identify vulnerabilities in their respective environments.
3. Provide criminal justice agencies with advice and information regarding pathways to access further support.
4. To secure referrals into mainstream health and social care services and other relevant interventions and support services from a range of statutory and voluntary providers.
5. Completing the screening and management of service user need through initial information gathering, independent face to face screening demonstrating safe clinical decision making, seeking support from the H&J practitioner, identifying further assessment as indicated.
6. Screening of the individual, through the relevant health databases in consultation with other service providers.
About us
By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;
- Supporting your career development and progression
- Excellent NHS Pension scheme
- Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- Options for flexible working
- Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
- Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
- If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
- Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
- Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
- Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
- Free car parking at all trust sites
- Free flu vaccinations every year
- Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)
And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.
Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications
Job description
Job responsibilities
**Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification, in summary:**
Key responsibilities within this role:
1. Work within limitations and are of expertise.
2. To seek support and guidance from H&J Team Lead where necessary
3. Provide an embedded service in police custody suites, working within legislation requirements, such as PACE (1984)
4. Work as part of a team with the freedom to work independently, particularly in relation to providing advice to service users, carers, and professionals who contact the service
5. Liaise with other agencies as required dependant on the individuals presentation, work closely with other agencies, such Custody Health Care Professionals, and community agencies
6. Be accountable for aspects of own clinical practice.
7. Ensure that those aspects of service, delivered as part of remit, meet local quality standards.
8. Ensure that the dignity and respect of individuals is maintained.
9. To maintain effective communication between health, social care and criminal justice agencies, individuals, relatives, carers and the multi-disciplinary team, enabling better identification and responses to provide effective outcomes.
10. Communicating and recording information accurately, sensitively and appropriately for use by criminal justice agencies (i.e. police systems) to inform the decision making process.
11. Promoting effective communication with people who are troubled or distressed.
12. Working collaboratively across teams, agencies and organisational boundaries to ensure the delivery of an integrated service through effective communication.
13. Maintaining excellent communication with individuals regarding their health and social care needs liaising with carers and professionals as required.
14. Actively seek support and supervision to maintain safe practice and facilitate robust decision making
15. Work in a trauma informed way, providing appropriate liaison to prevent a individual having to re-tell their story
Job description
Job responsibilities
**Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification, in summary:**
Key responsibilities within this role:
1. Work within limitations and are of expertise.
2. To seek support and guidance from H&J Team Lead where necessary
3. Provide an embedded service in police custody suites, working within legislation requirements, such as PACE (1984)
4. Work as part of a team with the freedom to work independently, particularly in relation to providing advice to service users, carers, and professionals who contact the service
5. Liaise with other agencies as required dependant on the individuals presentation, work closely with other agencies, such Custody Health Care Professionals, and community agencies
6. Be accountable for aspects of own clinical practice.
7. Ensure that those aspects of service, delivered as part of remit, meet local quality standards.
8. Ensure that the dignity and respect of individuals is maintained.
9. To maintain effective communication between health, social care and criminal justice agencies, individuals, relatives, carers and the multi-disciplinary team, enabling better identification and responses to provide effective outcomes.
10. Communicating and recording information accurately, sensitively and appropriately for use by criminal justice agencies (i.e. police systems) to inform the decision making process.
11. Promoting effective communication with people who are troubled or distressed.
12. Working collaboratively across teams, agencies and organisational boundaries to ensure the delivery of an integrated service through effective communication.
13. Maintaining excellent communication with individuals regarding their health and social care needs liaising with carers and professionals as required.
14. Actively seek support and supervision to maintain safe practice and facilitate robust decision making
15. Work in a trauma informed way, providing appropriate liaison to prevent a individual having to re-tell their story
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional recognised qualification such as RMN, RGN, Learning Disability Nurse, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist, AHP.
Desirable
- Degree qualification in relevant subject or demonstrable evidence or equivalent experience relevant to field of practice.
Skills, Knowledge & Abilities
Essential
- Knowledge of mental health issues and/or learning disability. Knowledge of Criminal Justice System, including roles and responsibilities of staff working in it. Knowledge of use and interpretation of health screening tools. Knowledge of assessing and mitigating risk - including risk of harm to self and others. Knowledge of a wide range of vulnerabilities including the needs of children and young people. Knowledge and understanding of capacity and consent. Knowledge of theoretical approaches to working with vulnerable people. Knowledge of appropriate health and social care interventions. Knowledge of relevant law, as a minimum; Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, Children Act, Social Care Act and PACE code C. Knowledge of human growth and development. Knowledge of Safeguarding Adults and Children Knowledge of Information Governance, Data Protection and GDPR.
Desirable
- Specialist knowledge in substance misuse. Specialist knowledge in Autism and ADHD. Specialist knowledge in Personality Disorder Specialist knowledge Domestic Violence. Knowledge of Psychosocial and Psychological Approach.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional recognised qualification such as RMN, RGN, Learning Disability Nurse, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist, AHP.
Desirable
- Degree qualification in relevant subject or demonstrable evidence or equivalent experience relevant to field of practice.
Skills, Knowledge & Abilities
Essential
- Knowledge of mental health issues and/or learning disability. Knowledge of Criminal Justice System, including roles and responsibilities of staff working in it. Knowledge of use and interpretation of health screening tools. Knowledge of assessing and mitigating risk - including risk of harm to self and others. Knowledge of a wide range of vulnerabilities including the needs of children and young people. Knowledge and understanding of capacity and consent. Knowledge of theoretical approaches to working with vulnerable people. Knowledge of appropriate health and social care interventions. Knowledge of relevant law, as a minimum; Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, Children Act, Social Care Act and PACE code C. Knowledge of human growth and development. Knowledge of Safeguarding Adults and Children Knowledge of Information Governance, Data Protection and GDPR.
Desirable
- Specialist knowledge in substance misuse. Specialist knowledge in Autism and ADHD. Specialist knowledge in Personality Disorder Specialist knowledge Domestic Violence. Knowledge of Psychosocial and Psychological Approach.
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).
