Inreach Mental Health Practitioner inLondon inLondon PUBLISHED TUE 5 NOV 2024

An exciting opportunity has risen for Band 6 Senior Practitioners to join our In-reach team at HMP Wandsworth contributing to the Mental Health team delivery at HMP Wandsworth.

The post holder will be an expert practitioner, and a source of expert advice to the Primary Care team, Substance Misuse team, Prison staff, and Offenders. With overall responsibility for the mental and physical health & well-being of offenders in their care; operational management and day-to-day leadership of the In-reach team at HMP Wandsworth.

We are seeking to appoint a suitably qualified RMN with experience in any of the following areas:-

• Learning Disability
• Personality Disorder
• Substance Misuse/Dual Diagnosis
• Mentally Disordered Offenders

In addition to the above an in-depth knowledge of the Care Programme Approach and experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team is required. The successful candidate will need to demonstrate excellent communication skills both written and verbal and an understanding of the Mental Health Act 1983 and in particular, management of patients within secure locations.Experience in prisons would be advantageous.

• To perform robust assessment, screening and interventions to offenders with a mental health problem and be able to signpost to the relevant teams.
• Manage mixed and or complex caseload

• To be able to implement high intensity specialist interventions and complex case management arrangements resulting in continuity of care for an offender.

• Ensure integrated and collaborative working with other specialist services, including continuity of care and through the gate arrangements and liaison.

• Work closely with community mental health teams (CMHTs) to ensure appropriate sharing of information, continuity of care and the Care Programme Approach (CPA) for all offenders as necessary.

• To work in a psychologically minded way with offenders in achieving their agreed goals and quality health outcomes.
• Close working relationships with all prison and Serco staff, to include participation in sentence planning, resettlement, safer custody and ACCT processes.
• To develop and take on a specialist lead role as appropriate, and provide peer support and training in this area.
• To contribute towards support, advice, consultation and training for other prison departments

About us

Main responsibilities will include

• To provide specialist mental healthcare to offenders and to work as part of the Mental Health In-Reach Team and wider mental health services in HMP Wandsworth.
• To deliver a range of specialist interventions at primary and secondary care level to include: Referral management, screening assessment, triage and evidence based interventionsOne-to-one and group-work facilitationassertive outreach interventionsmanaging a mixed and challenging caseload
• Ensure that all waiting time, assessment and interventions are delivered in a timely manner, and positively contribute to the achievement of the services performance targets.
• Work closely with community mental health teams (CMHTs) to ensure appropriate sharing of information, continuity of care and the Care Programme Approach(CPA) for all offenders as necessary.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION, PLEASE READ:

All applicants must be willing to undertake National Security Vetting in order to work in a Prison Setting. This will be completed as part of the pre-employment checks through Oxleas and the prison vetting team.

You will need to provide:

Proof of right to work documentation

Proof of ID, needs to include 1 photographicID

Proof of address documentation

Non-UK passport holders will need to have correct documentation (right to work in the UK) and a Home office Share code.

Address History:

5 years address history will be needed.

Applicants that are not UK Passport holders who provide less than 5 years UK address history will need to provide a Police Certificate which must be in English from where they resided previously.

Applicants who are UK Passport holders who have lived abroad for a period of more than six months during the last three years will need to provide a certificate of good conduct or an overseas police check in English from the countries resided in or visited .

In order to assist you in obtaining a Police Certificate, guidance can be sought from: www.jobsincare.com/job/jbnsdlPR

If the country you have resided in is not listed here, you can obtain the necessary information by contacting the relevant Embassy or High Commission for that Country. Their contact details can be found on the Foreign & Commonwealth Office website ( www.jobsincare.com/job/jbnsdlPR ).