IOH Practitioner

NHS; Hanley; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job description

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust

Those who come into contact with the criminal justice system are far more likely to have unmet health and social care needs than the general population. By understanding and addressing those needs, we can reduce reoffending and help our service users on their recovery journey. The Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Health and Justice service provides a holistic community-based support pathway for those in contact with the Criminal justice system. This brings together the following existing services into a single integrated offer:

• Liaison & Diversion - assesses vulnerable individuals with complex needs being brought into the criminal justice system, having been accused of criminal activity; including but not limited to support with mental health or a learning disability, alcohol or substance misuse, homelessness, financial needs or social difficulties.
• Mental Health Treatment Requirements - Supports the mental health and wellbeing through access to primary level psychological treatments as a sentencing option to address potential contributory factors to someone's offending.
• RECONNECT - seeks to improve the continuity of care of vulnerable people leaving prison by working with them before they leave and supporting their transition to community-based services.

Main duties of the job

This vacancy is within our L&D pathway, working in police custody and the courts supporting those who have come into contact with the criminal justice system to have any needs and vulnerabilities understood and met. Offering timely assessments, completing signposting and referrals, producing reports and sharing information with partnership agencies. To support timely decision making, address unmet needs and reduce reoffending rates. This successful candidate will be organised, motivated, able to prioritise their workload, skilled at undertaking multi-vulnerability assessments within a highly pressured environment, and able to communicate effectively with service users and partnership agencies in verbal and written formats.

About us

As a Trust, we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care.

We pride ourselves on ensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and as such provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working.

We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to becoming the world's first 'carbon net zero' national health system by 2045. As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognise that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities and the planet alike. For 2024/2025, we have launched our "Proud to be Green" engagement campaign which is aligned to the targets set out in our Green Plan. As a Trust, you can be assured that we will commit to supporting you in working towards our net zero ambitions, set out in our Green Plan, through our sustainability programme.

The Trust is committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We would very much welcome applications from all under-represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.

Job responsibilities

Assess patient's individual care needs, agree and refer on to appropriate agency.

Complete and contribute, where appropriate, to robust risk assessments and risk management plans. Deliver and promote positive risk taking, where appropriate, to improve quality of life and maximise occupational performance/independence.

Maintain an effective reporting system by observing and reporting verbally and in writing on patient conditions.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• A relevant Nursing [RMN] or Allied Health Professional (e.g. Occupational Therapy/Social Work) degree / diploma level qualification or equivalent.
• Post-Graduate Diploma qualification in sphere of professional practice or equivalent experience.

Experience

• Experience of working with a range of vulnerabilities which may include mental health, physical health, learning disabilities, abuse, addiction and social issues.
• Experience of working with a range of statutory, non-statutory agencies.

Knowledge

• Knowledge of various approaches to the assessment of mental disorder.
• Awareness of harassment, social exclusion issues and the effects of person and institutional discrimination.

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.