Integrated Offender Health Practitioner instoke on trent instoke on trent PUBLISHED
TUE 22 OCT 2024
Candidates are expected to demonstrate strong communication skills, flexibility, and creativity to effectively engage clients and collaborate with other services. The role does not involve direct treatment but rather assesses a broad range of needs across various settings, including custody, courts, and community hubs. Additionally, the practitioner will act as an independent professional, crafting care plans and providing consultation and supervision to fellow health and social care staff within the Integrated Offender Health service.
The Health and Justice service support individuals throughout the community aspect of their criminal justice journey, identifying and addressing any unmet health and social care needs and ensuring that key decision makers within the criminal justice system are able to understand these needs and make informed decisions. The Outreach pathway proactively and assertively work with this hard to reach population to engage them with services to address their needs. We are looking for a motivated, non-judgemental and dynamic registered practitioner to join our busy outreach service. Supporting and overseeing the work of unregistered members of the team as well as managing your own caseload of more complex individuals. Successful candidates will have excellent engagement and communication skills, be able to work flexibly and creatively to engage clients and to broker with other services to ensure that appropriate support is put in place. The outreach team operates from Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm however some flexibility would be of benefit.
The post holder will be responsible for working in the all age Integrated Offender Health (IOH) Services, with the flexibility of working across Staffordshire, dependent on skill and service need. The Practitioner will not be required to provide direct treatment to individuals, but will be required to complete assessments of individuals, often complex, needs. The assessments will then be utilized to make appropriate referrals for treatment and support. Whilst also ensuring criminal justice partners are notified of specific health requirements and vulnerabilities of an individual which can be taken into account when decisions about charging and sentencing are made.
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The post holder will be responsible for specialist assessment and interventions to people with a diverse range of needs coming into contact with the Criminal Justice System at different points within the IOH Model; including Custody, Court, Community (including Hub) and Prisons.
The role will involve assessing; accessing; and implementing a wide and, at times, complex range of care services for all individuals with acute or increasingly complex needs. The post holder will act as an experienced and largely independent practitioner within the role, assessing, formulating, implementing and agreeing care and support plans with adults and carers.
The post holder will also be expected to be available for consultation, support and clinical supervision to other health and social care professionals within the service.
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