Outreach Practitioner

The aim of the health and justice service is to focus on reducing health inequalities for vulnerable people who enter the criminal justice system.

The outreach practitioner role is to work in an outreach service within the wider health and justice service. The outreach service will be a new service developed to support vulnerable people who have entered the criminal justice system, specifically adults released from police custody with additional health needs. The team will provide support for up to 12 weeks in the community to reduce risks around reoffending and address health vulnerabilities.

The main focus of the outreach service is to assist vulnerable adults in engaging with community services. This includes supporting individuals with health appointments, mental health engagement, and drug and alcohol services, as well as accessing online therapeutic interventions. The outreach practitioner will provide psycho-social approaches, advice, and guidance to help alleviate health inequalities and reduce reoffending risks.

The outreach practitioner will support triage/referrals, assessments, and provide support for adults referred to the outreach service. Referrals will come from police custody, liaison and diversion practitioners, and the courts. As a qualified staff member, the outreach practitioner will offer supervision and clinical oversight for junior staff.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a new service and help develop a supportive pathway within the health and justice service.

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities, and in return, we will support you with:

1. Career development and progression
2. Excellent NHS Pension scheme
3. Generous maternity, paternity, and adoption leave
4. Options for flexible working
5. Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
6. Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
7. Travel time compensation for community teams
8. Lease car for over 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained
9. Salary sacrifice car and bike options
10. Free car parking at all trust sites
11. Free flu vaccinations every year
12. Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one-off additional support up to £250 (if criteria is met)
13. And more.

We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation, offering staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.

Please note that we may close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.

The outreach practitioner will oversee triage and referrals into the outreach service, support the team leader with referral allocations, undertake assessments, and offer support and interventions with a managed caseload.