Job summary
Are you a dynamic and motivated experienced practitioner in mental health who would like the opportunity to further develop the current service alongside an existing team?
Are you someone who can provide excellent clinical supervision and leadership to support and coach other practitioners in the team?
If the answer is yes then this might be the post for you.
You will work independently within the Crown Court as well as supporting colleagues in the Magistrates courts and police custody suites. You will have the skills and confidence to provide comprehensive psychosocial assessment and short term follow up.
You will work across organisational boundaries to provide effective liaison with police, probation, courts, prisons, primary care, secondary mental health services, social care and other statutory and non-statutory organisations to deliver the best outcomes for offenders with mental health problems.
The post requires excellent clinical skills, leadership skills, the ability to work flexibly and autonomously as well as contributing to an MDT approach. A strong understanding and commitment to team working is vital.
You will also be expected to travel across the North Yorkshire area and on occasion support your colleagues in the Durham and Cleveland team.
The post will commence with a period of induction and training.
The successful applicant will be subject to police vetting.
Main duties of the job
- Manage information, advising, trouble-shooting, and raising issues early in the proceedings.
- To provide clinical leadership to enable a provision of service for people who come in contact with the criminal justice system.
- Screening, assessment and referral of defendants
- To carry out full mental health assessments with service users, utilising structured and evidence based assessments and outcome measures to enhance clinical effectiveness and to complement the role.
- Undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients. This will involve risk to the client, as in suicide, self-harm, physical self-neglect, substance abuse and vulnerability to exploitation as well as risk to others as in violence and sexual assault. As the clinician will be working with high-risk clients, it will be essential to apply the highest level of standards to personal safety.
- Formulate, implement and evaluate interventions with individuals which are service user focused and recovery based, promoting social inclusion for the client group
- Develop and maintain effective communication pathways with the main court departments and criminal justice agencies - list office, clerks, judiciary, Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), probation, Prisoner Escort and Custody Services (PECS), defence teams, police and prison service.
About us
The Trust offer a wide variety of benefits;
- 27 -33 days annual leave with the option to purchase additional days
- Flexible working opportunities
- NHS car lease scheme
- Free car parking
- Cycle to work scheme
- Access to employee support, independent counselling, chaplaincy and physiotherapy
- Great career development opportunities
- Staff discounts with many retailers
- Mindfulness Sessions
- Access to Coaching
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for detailed information about the role and responsibilities
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for detailed information about the role and responsibilities
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant core professional qualification eg. RMN, RNLD, OT, SW with current professional registration.
- Post graduate qualification or equivalent level of experience and proven ability to perform at this level.
- Assessor / Mentorship training
- Clinical Supervisor
- Quality Improvement Systems for Leaders or willing to undertake within agreed timescale
- Key skills in literacy, numeracy and ITQ level 2 or equivalent
Desirable
- SARA V3 (Spouse Assault Risk Assessment)
- SRP (Stalking Risk Profile)
- HCR-20 V3
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience working with people with complex mental ill health or learning disabilities.
- Experience of working in partnership in a multi-agency environment, e.g. police, court or probation
- Ability to identify and support the management of risk to others in a proportionate and defensible manner
- Demonstrable understanding and experience of the interface between Health Services and the Criminal Justice System.
- Ability to identify need, assess, plan deliver care with compassion in a sometimes pressured environment.
Desirable
- Management and supervision of others
- Audit and research practices relevant to clinical area
Knowledge
Essential
- Significant evidence based knowledge to post-graduate level equivalent of best practice in caring for patients in the designated field
- Awareness and understanding of Health and Social Care Assessments
- A good working knowledge of the MHA 1983
- A good working knowledge of the Criminal Procedures and Insanity legislation governing unfitness to plead, insanity, and alternative disposals
- A good working knowledge of risk analysis, to advise the Court whether pre-sentence psychiatric reports should explicitly address risk
Desirable
- Range of statutory and non-statutory services available for individuals who offend.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to use clinical skills effectively
- Ability to formulate relevant reports
- Communicate complex and sensitive information effectively to patients, carers/families and all members of the multi-disciplinary team.
- Work positively and collaboratively in partnership with external agencies
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant core professional qualification eg. RMN, RNLD, OT, SW with current professional registration.
- Post graduate qualification or equivalent level of experience and proven ability to perform at this level.
- Assessor / Mentorship training
- Clinical Supervisor
- Quality Improvement Systems for Leaders or willing to undertake within agreed timescale
- Key skills in literacy, numeracy and ITQ level 2 or equivalent
Desirable
- SARA V3 (Spouse Assault Risk Assessment)
- SRP (Stalking Risk Profile)
- HCR-20 V3
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience working with people with complex mental ill health or learning disabilities.
- Experience of working in partnership in a multi-agency environment, e.g. police, court or probation
- Ability to identify and support the management of risk to others in a proportionate and defensible manner
- Demonstrable understanding and experience of the interface between Health Services and the Criminal Justice System.
- Ability to identify need, assess, plan deliver care with compassion in a sometimes pressured environment.
Desirable
- Management and supervision of others
- Audit and research practices relevant to clinical area
Knowledge
Essential
- Significant evidence based knowledge to post-graduate level equivalent of best practice in caring for patients in the designated field
- Awareness and understanding of Health and Social Care Assessments
- A good working knowledge of the MHA 1983
- A good working knowledge of the Criminal Procedures and Insanity legislation governing unfitness to plead, insanity, and alternative disposals
- A good working knowledge of risk analysis, to advise the Court whether pre-sentence psychiatric reports should explicitly address risk
Desirable
- Range of statutory and non-statutory services available for individuals who offend.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to use clinical skills effectively
- Ability to formulate relevant reports
- Communicate complex and sensitive information effectively to patients, carers/families and all members of the multi-disciplinary team.
- Work positively and collaboratively in partnership with external agencies
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).
