Mental Health Practitioner Reconnect for Prison Leavers

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

BDCFT is looking for enthusiastic and innovative Band 6 Mental Health professional to be an active part of Multi- Disciplinary Team within the prison setting, who can deliver a timely and compassionate assessment which effectively sign postsservice users with mental health issues who are in the Criminal Justice System.

This role will be to provide a service in partnership with the Liaison & Diversion team, with key aims of jointly and compassionately signposting service users into appropriate care and support who are located within the local prison services. The successful applicant will be working alongside Liaison & Diversion as part of the Reconnect Programme for those identified within a prison setting who require support and increase access and uptake of healthcare or relevant support services for individuals who have health vulnerabilities on release from Prison, either on remand or on completion of their sentence

The successful applicants will need to be an excellent motivated practitioner, able to work within another team, respecting their views and methods, while simultaneously promoting Mental Health and collaborative working. In addition, close relationships and partnership working will be essential with other key stake holders such as the Voluntary Care Sector, Local Authority, Blue light services and above all the service users and their families.

Main duties of the job

The aim of the service is to divert vulnerable people out of the criminal justice system and into services that can support them longer term.

West Yorkshire Liaison and Diversion (L&D) is an NHS England commissioned service delivered by Wakefield Council.

Reconnect Services aim to:

To provide Mental Health assessments, sign posting and safeguarding of service users in partnership with the Liaison & Diversion Team.

To navigate people leaving prison into community health care services and complete any necessary referrals to identified services

Increase access and uptake of healthcare or relevant support services for individuals who have health vulnerabilities on release from prison, either on remand or on completion of their sentence

Reduce health inequalities for prison leavers, ensuring health needs are met.

Build on the existing Liaison and Diversion model to encompass the criminal justice pathway and beyond the prison gate

The Reconnect Mental Health practitioner will work as a senior member of a multi-disciplinary team providing intensive mental health and social care assessments, to identify care pathways for individuals released from Prison. The Reconnect Mental Health practitioner will work in HMP Leeds, HMP New Hall and HMP Wealstun, undertaking intensive mental health and social care assessments, to identify those with health vulnerabilities and in need of support services on release and ensuring detailed care plans are in place.

About us

Everything we do is underpinned by our core values: -

We Care- We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference

We Listen- We understand people's views and respond to their individual needs

We Deliver- We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners

We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :

Additional cost of living payments for bands 1 - 7

Increase mileage rates for > 3500

A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages

A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities

Plus many more.

We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.

BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.

Closing Date: 29th January 2023

Shortlisting Date: 30th January 2023

Interview Date: 7th February 2023

Date posted

11 January 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£33,706 to £40,588 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

453-23-4931154

Job locations

HMP Leeds - may have to cover HMP Wealstun & HMP New Hall

Armley, Leeds

LS12 2TJ

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please read the attached Job description and person specification for further details about this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please read the attached Job description and person specification for further details about this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Nurse Mental Health, Social Worker, or equivalent Allied Health professional for minimum of 2 years
Current NMC or equivalent Allied Health professional Registration

Desirable

Qualification / training in criminal justice mental health related field
Clinical supervision qualification

Experience

Essential

Mental health care/treatment relevant to service
Working with people presenting in mental health crisis
Multi-agency working/working across service interfaces

Desirable

Working within a closed environment

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Nurse Mental Health, Social Worker, or equivalent Allied Health professional for minimum of 2 years
Current NMC or equivalent Allied Health professional Registration

Desirable

Qualification / training in criminal justice mental health related field
Clinical supervision qualification

Experience

Essential

Mental health care/treatment relevant to service
Working with people presenting in mental health crisis
Multi-agency working/working across service interfaces

Desirable

Working within a closed environment

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).