Job summary
The Specialist Community Forensic Team is an expanding service that provides support and intervention to service users transitioning from secure care to the community. The team are expanding to provide cover across the BSW division in addition to currently BNSSG
We also offer specialist advice and guidance to mental health and other relevant services.
The successful applicant will care coordinate a small caseload with support from an expert MDT. You will also have the opportunity to train and carry out the role of social supervisor and to jointly work with recovery teams.
You will also be able to develop your skills and expertise in providing specialist advice and consultation to other professionals.
This is an exciting post in an innovative developing service and we are aiming to develop a highly skilled team. There are training opportunities in a range of therapeutic skills and clinical tools, including DBT, TIC, HCR- 20 and Dundrum.
We are looking to recruit a dynamic, motivated and experienced mental health professional. You will need to have a minimum of 2 years post qualification experience in mental Health
Main duties of the job
This role is focused on providing appropriate, effective interventions and treatments to people with Forensic mental health needs, their carers (including friends and relatives) and their supporters in the community, enabling and assisting them to meet daily health, social care and well being needs, in line with personal recovery goals, and facilitating engagement with mainstream services. The post holder may also be required to provide support, advice and supervision to team members and other mental health services.
Always under the overarching framework of CPA, the post holder will be responsible for the ongoing assessment, planning delivery and review of activities and interventions against identified health, social care and well being needs, acting as care coordinator for a defined group of service users. The role will also require undertaking and delivering specific health or social care assessments and interventions, including identified service users on other caseloads. This maybe either on a one to one basis, or as part of a group activity
About us
This job description is intended as an outline indicator of general areas of activity and will be amended in the light of the changing needs of the organisation. To be reviewed in conjunction with the post holder on a regular basis. You may be required to work at other locations within AWP as determined by the duties of your post. You may be required to undertake any other duties at the request of the line manager, which are commensurate with the role, including project work, internal job rotation and absence cover. This job description describes responsibilities, as they are currently required. It is anticipated duties will change over time and the job description may need to be reviewed in the future.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To undertake the full range of activities required to deliver ongoing comprehensive mental health assessment for service users with Forensic mental health needs whilst in hospital and living in the community. This will include:
- Standardised risk assessment tools, i.e. Dundrum, HCR-20
- Recovery Star
- Needs assessment
- Mental state
- Impact of culture and diversity
- Functional needs
- Carers assessments
- Evaluation of risk
- Physical health assessment
- Social care needs
- Safeguarding and public protection
- Capacity under the Mental Capacity Act
- To be responsible for developing, delivering and reviewing comprehensive and complex treatment interventions using appropriate frameworks in line with evidence-based practice, including strategies to manage risk for service users with complex needs and carers, bringing in other resources as required.
- To act as care coordinator for service users as required, also providing defined interventions to individuals on other workers caseload
- To deliver a range of defined activities/interventions to improve the carers ability to support the service user and to enable them in their relationship with the service user.
- To develop and maintain good partnership working with other services .To take part in provision of expert forensic consultation, advice, supervision and training to community professionals and other relevant organisations
- In collaboration with service users and carers, to be responsible for facilitating the development of complex comprehensive crisis plans.
- To personally build and lead others to build, hope inspiring relationships with service users, which acknowledge the personal journey of each person, and focus on strengths and aspirations to allow the creation of meaningful personal recovery plans.
- To be responsible for maintaining own workload, as well as planning the workload of others, on a day to day basis, ensuring that time is prioritised effectively, utilising of electronic resources such as diaries/scheduling.
- To be responsible for the protection of individuals from abuse and harm in line with local safeguarding policies and procedures, including working with others in the planning development and review of protection plans, ensuring the appropriate sharing of information.
- Coordinating and undertaking protective interventions which maybe required in the protection of others, as outlined in the protection plan, taking individual action where indicated.
- Personally and leading others to collaboratively and sensitively work with individuals, with a range of mental health needs to develop skills to manage their own health, in accordance with their personal recovery plan, by actively promoting and using approaches which are affirming, build on strengths, identify past positive experiences and success, and use small steps to move towards the persons goal.
- Undertake active clinical leadership and supervision within the team, covering for the manager and colleagues as required.
- To maintain the single health and social care record, ensuring records are kept up to date in accordance with professional and organisational standards.
- Report and record within agreed timeframes, all activity relating to information reporting and performance requirements.
- To participate in management, caseload and clinical supervision in accordance with trust policy.
- To provide mentoring/training for others in relevant practice areas, according to professional requirements, taking a collaborative approach to practice development and evidence-based care. Specifically this means providing a safe and effective learning environment for the mentoring and supervising of students, participating in their learning objectives and assessments
- Demonstrate responsibility for developing own practice in line with professional qualifications and for contributing to the development of others, by making use of and providing, effective feedback, supervision, coaching and appraisal.
- Monitor and maintain health, safety and security of self and others, undertaking assessments and taking appropriate action where required.
- Develop own knowledge and practice, and contribute to the development of others, making use of available feedback, supervision and appraisal to identify appropriate areas of development for this work role, taking responsibility for accessing identified learning and training opportunities.
- Lead, maintain and participate in practices which enable effective team working.
- To participate in duty rotas as required.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To undertake the full range of activities required to deliver ongoing comprehensive mental health assessment for service users with Forensic mental health needs whilst in hospital and living in the community. This will include:
- Standardised risk assessment tools, i.e. Dundrum, HCR-20
- Recovery Star
- Needs assessment
- Mental state
- Impact of culture and diversity
- Functional needs
- Carers assessments
- Evaluation of risk
- Physical health assessment
- Social care needs
- Safeguarding and public protection
- Capacity under the Mental Capacity Act
- To be responsible for developing, delivering and reviewing comprehensive and complex treatment interventions using appropriate frameworks in line with evidence-based practice, including strategies to manage risk for service users with complex needs and carers, bringing in other resources as required.
- To act as care coordinator for service users as required, also providing defined interventions to individuals on other workers caseload
- To deliver a range of defined activities/interventions to improve the carers ability to support the service user and to enable them in their relationship with the service user.
- To develop and maintain good partnership working with other services .To take part in provision of expert forensic consultation, advice, supervision and training to community professionals and other relevant organisations
- In collaboration with service users and carers, to be responsible for facilitating the development of complex comprehensive crisis plans.
- To personally build and lead others to build, hope inspiring relationships with service users, which acknowledge the personal journey of each person, and focus on strengths and aspirations to allow the creation of meaningful personal recovery plans.
- To be responsible for maintaining own workload, as well as planning the workload of others, on a day to day basis, ensuring that time is prioritised effectively, utilising of electronic resources such as diaries/scheduling.
- To be responsible for the protection of individuals from abuse and harm in line with local safeguarding policies and procedures, including working with others in the planning development and review of protection plans, ensuring the appropriate sharing of information.
- Coordinating and undertaking protective interventions which maybe required in the protection of others, as outlined in the protection plan, taking individual action where indicated.
- Personally and leading others to collaboratively and sensitively work with individuals, with a range of mental health needs to develop skills to manage their own health, in accordance with their personal recovery plan, by actively promoting and using approaches which are affirming, build on strengths, identify past positive experiences and success, and use small steps to move towards the persons goal.
- Undertake active clinical leadership and supervision within the team, covering for the manager and colleagues as required.
- To maintain the single health and social care record, ensuring records are kept up to date in accordance with professional and organisational standards.
- Report and record within agreed timeframes, all activity relating to information reporting and performance requirements.
- To participate in management, caseload and clinical supervision in accordance with trust policy.
- To provide mentoring/training for others in relevant practice areas, according to professional requirements, taking a collaborative approach to practice development and evidence-based care. Specifically this means providing a safe and effective learning environment for the mentoring and supervising of students, participating in their learning objectives and assessments
- Demonstrate responsibility for developing own practice in line with professional qualifications and for contributing to the development of others, by making use of and providing, effective feedback, supervision, coaching and appraisal.
- Monitor and maintain health, safety and security of self and others, undertaking assessments and taking appropriate action where required.
- Develop own knowledge and practice, and contribute to the development of others, making use of available feedback, supervision and appraisal to identify appropriate areas of development for this work role, taking responsibility for accessing identified learning and training opportunities.
- Lead, maintain and participate in practices which enable effective team working.
- To participate in duty rotas as required.
Person Specification
Forensic experience
Essential
Desirable
Person Specification
Forensic experience
Essential
Desirable
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
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Additional information
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).
