Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to work as part of the Trust Wide Criminal Justice Mental Health Team. Although you will be primarily in Rochdale you will part of a Trust wide Team with the potential to work across the Pennine care Footprint.

Main duties of the job

The role and function of the Team is to offer advice, assessments, risk assessments, and provide some short term interventions for clients with mental health problems who are on the periphery of offending behaviour or have committed an offence.

About us

The forever changing developments within the criminal justice field are well recognised and accepted within the team, and the team work to develop the service to ensure that they stay abreast of and national and local policy changes and the impact and effect this may have on service delivery, to ensure a proactive and effective service is sustained.

Date posted

05 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

311-R158-22-C

Job locations

Laurence House

Birch Hill Hospital – Birch Rd

Rochdale

OL12 9QB

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will screen, assess, risk manage and where appropriate refer on to appropriate services. As a team player you will ensure the development of an effective interface between the team, other mental health services, the police, probation, Court and the prison service and contribute to the development of the teams gateway and assessment role and support the risk management strategy throughout the Trust.

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will screen, assess, risk manage and where appropriate refer on to appropriate services. As a team player you will ensure the development of an effective interface between the team, other mental health services, the police, probation, Court and the prison service and contribute to the development of the teams gateway and assessment role and support the risk management strategy throughout the Trust.

Person Specification

Education Qualification

Essential

  • RMN Evidence of professional registration or DIPSW
  • Completion of preparation for Mentorship/Practice Teacher/Fieldwork Educator qualification or willingness to complete
  • Evidence of ongoing CPD

Desirable

  • Non-medical prescribing qualification

Experience

Essential

  • Significant post registration experience
  • Experience of assessing clients’ health and social care needs in an emergency department.
  • Experience of working with individuals with complex needs
  • Experience of providing support to vulnerable / socially excluded individuals / groups
  • Experience of working in a Multi-disciplinary Team
  • Experience of supervising junior staff members and students in training

Knowledge

Essential

  • Understanding of current mental health legislation, Safeguarding and Child Protection
  • Awareness of NICE guidance in the treatment of mental health problems and knowledge of treatment and interventions appropriate for individuals with mental health needs
  • Ability to acknowledge diversity and promote anti-discriminatory practice / equal opportunities
  • Understanding of confidentiality and data protection issues
  • Knowledge of psychosocial assessment and risk assessment / management process

Skills and abilities

Essential

  • Comprehensive mental health and risk assessment skills
  • Ability to construct effective packages of care and risk management plans
  • Ability to deliver a range of evidence based interventions
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
  • Comprehensive I.T. skills
  • Ability to form productive working relationships with service users, carers and multi-disciplinary staff
  • Good organisation skills and prioritisation skills o Effective time management skills. o Ability to act calmly in emergencies and to respond in a professional manner to stressful and challenging behaviour
  • Ability to work in different locations.

work related circumstances

Essential

  • Use of a car or access to a means of mobility to travel across the Trust footprint in line with service needs
  • Ability to work unsocial hours including evenings and weekends.
  • Willing to carry out all duties and responsibilities of the post in accordance with the Trust’s Equal Opportunities and Equality and Diversity policies o Appointments to regulated and controlled activities require an enhanced DBS disclosure.
Person Specification

Education Qualification

Essential

  • RMN Evidence of professional registration or DIPSW
  • Completion of preparation for Mentorship/Practice Teacher/Fieldwork Educator qualification or willingness to complete
  • Evidence of ongoing CPD

Desirable

  • Non-medical prescribing qualification

Experience

Essential

  • Significant post registration experience
  • Experience of assessing clients’ health and social care needs in an emergency department.
  • Experience of working with individuals with complex needs
  • Experience of providing support to vulnerable / socially excluded individuals / groups
  • Experience of working in a Multi-disciplinary Team
  • Experience of supervising junior staff members and students in training

Knowledge

Essential

  • Understanding of current mental health legislation, Safeguarding and Child Protection
  • Awareness of NICE guidance in the treatment of mental health problems and knowledge of treatment and interventions appropriate for individuals with mental health needs
  • Ability to acknowledge diversity and promote anti-discriminatory practice / equal opportunities
  • Understanding of confidentiality and data protection issues
  • Knowledge of psychosocial assessment and risk assessment / management process

Skills and abilities

Essential

  • Comprehensive mental health and risk assessment skills
  • Ability to construct effective packages of care and risk management plans
  • Ability to deliver a range of evidence based interventions
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
  • Comprehensive I.T. skills
  • Ability to form productive working relationships with service users, carers and multi-disciplinary staff
  • Good organisation skills and prioritisation skills o Effective time management skills. o Ability to act calmly in emergencies and to respond in a professional manner to stressful and challenging behaviour
  • Ability to work in different locations.

work related circumstances

Essential

  • Use of a car or access to a means of mobility to travel across the Trust footprint in line with service needs
  • Ability to work unsocial hours including evenings and weekends.
  • Willing to carry out all duties and responsibilities of the post in accordance with the Trust’s Equal Opportunities and Equality and Diversity policies o Appointments to regulated and controlled activities require an enhanced DBS disclosure.

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) .

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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) .

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).