Job overview

The post holder will be required to support the delivery of care currently in the form of New Models of Care, enabling the service to meet the London Wide service specification standards for Prison Healthcare. 
The post holder will assist in providing a high quality, high performing mental health service for service users within HMP Wormwood Scrubs who are presenting with mental health problems in line with the New Models of Care.

The post holder will work alongside clinical & discipline staff to provide individualised assessment,  care/management plans and risk assessment for a small caseload of often challenging patients,  preparing them for release and then providing short-term support through the gate within the community. You will be a confident practitioner that thrives in working in a fast-paced often high pressured environment.

The successful candidate will assess the service users, track 
them through their sentence, ensuring that there are 
comprehensive release plans in place, and meet them upon release to 
support them through the first 24 hours following release, assertively linking them into treatment and support resources. 

A holistic release plan will be drawn up with the service user in conjunction with Transfer and Release team in order that all necessary referrals can be made prior to release, and care pathways established 
for each individual service user.

Main duties of the job

Liaise with medical services, where appropriate, to ensure service users have access to any necessary medical care upon release. 
Undertake assessments of service users in prison, to co-facilitate pre-release plans in order to develop comprehensive release plan plans for our service users. 
To develop links with other relevant agencies that offer aftercare support across England ensuring service users have access to appropriate support post release regardless of their area of release.
Be responsible and accountable for the management of small caseload as directed by the Team Leader
To actively support the CPA process.
Jointly facilitate group work with multi-disciplinary colleagues where appropriate
To complete detailed clinical risk assessments at first and subsequent assessment interview, and accurately record and report key risks
To develop care plans in collaboration with service users, carer and other relevant person or agency
To be conversant with all guidance and operational procedures in relation to offender healthcare at HMP Wormwood Scrubs.

Working for our organisation

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.

Our Five-Year Strategy:  

1.  We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
2. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
3. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
4.  We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology. 

In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.