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Main area
Specialist Services / Prison Healthcare
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
  • Compressed hours
37.5 hours per week (7 days cover 0730hrs - 2000hrs to include bank holidays)
Job ref
306-BEH-1522-A
Employer
Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
HMP Brixton
Town
Brixton
Salary
£42,471 - £50,364 Per annum inclusive of Inner London HCAS
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
02/10/2024 23:59

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Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust logo

Mental Health Care Co-Ordinator

Band 6

Join us at an exciting time for Barnet, Haringey and Enfield Mental Health NHS Trust and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust. After three years working in Partnership, we are due to create a new Trust, to be known as the North London NHS Foundation Trust on 1 November 2024, subject to Secretary of State approval. Join us to be part of the North London Way as we:  

  • Collaborate at every level by living our Values to create the right conditions for us all to work together​
  • Develop our new Trust culture, to help make our new Trust a great place to work and to receive great care
  • Empower our teams to lead the planned improvements in our services, by skilling them and giving them the tools to make the changes​
  • Focus on delivering excellence at every level to improve our performance ​and ensure consistently high quality care across all our services
  • Ensure that research, Quality Improvement and technology lead the way and are embedded in our services 
  • Take a trauma informed approach to everything we do

 We look forward to welcoming you to the new North London NHS Foundation Trust, where we work in the North London Way to deliver: Better Mental Health, Better Lives, Better Communities.

Our new trust website is: Home | North London Mental Health Partnership

 
 

Job overview

Our BEH London Prison situated in South London, has a vacancy for a Mental Health Care Co-ordinator. The core of this role is to support the delivery of care, which is currently in the form of New Models of Care. 

The ideal candidate will need to ensure they are operating in line with the New Models of care by providing a high standard to individuals within our prison settings who are presenting with mental health problems.

The post holder will work with staff across healthcare and the wider prison establishment, providing specialist advice particularly to GPs in the assessment and treatment of patients on the prison residential wings.

The successful candidate will need to adapt to and embrace a recovery and enablement model to seamlessly realign prisoners with mental health problems alongside their local community- based mental health service upon release from prison. 

The Care co-ordinator will be a qualified RMN with sound experience in Mental Health, knowledge and experience of forensic mental health service provision and offender care. 

As well as the outstanding development opportunities within the Health in Justice Team, This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Mental Health care-coordinator to join our Trust as our prison services are transforming in partnership with other healthcare providers.  

Please kindly clink the link below to watch a summary about the Specialist services Team: Meet the Specialist Services team at BEH - Jonathan Stephen - YouTube

 

Main duties of the job

To work as a member of the Mental Health Service at HMP Brixton.

To work across the service functions including early days in custody, planned care, crisis care and release and transfer.

To be responsible for implementing sound clinical skills in mental health practice, including CPA care co-ordination, group work, risk assessment and management and crisis intervention.

Be responsible and accountable for the management of own caseload as directed by the Mental Health Hub Manager.

To provide skilled assessments of patients’ emotional and psychological needs based upon the understanding, interpretation and integration of complex data given by the patient and obtained from other sources.

To provide psychosocial interventions for patients with moderate to complex mental health difficulties.

Jointly facilitate group work with multi-disciplinary colleagues (including education staff)

To complete clinical risk assessments at first and subsequent assessment interview and accurately record and report key risks

To develop care plans in collaboration with the patient, carer and other relevant person or agency.

 

Working for our organisation

Barnet Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust provides local, regional and national award-winning healthcare services. We have more than 3.300 staff working out of 20 main sites serving a population of 1.2 million people.  We provide community health services and mental health services for young people, adults and older people. Our North London Forensic Service treats and cares for people in the criminal justice system who have mental health conditions. We also provide one of the largest eating disorders services in England, as well as drug and alcohol services. 

We are an organisation that is passionate about equality, diversity and inclusion; one that prides itself in developing the leadership capabilities of its employees, looking after their health and wellbeing, creating safe spaces for staff to speak up and providing opportunities to mentor and be mentored.  Our employees are the reason for delivering Good CQC ratings, excellent outcomes and outstanding patient experiences, so it is our aim to create a happy and healthy working environment where you can thrive and succeed.  

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please kindly refer to the job description and person specification by clicking on the JD/PS attachment in the advert

Person specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Dip/BSc (Hons) in Mental Health Nursing, Social Work or Occupational Therapy.
  • Evidence of further postregistration education and training or equivalent teaching and assessing qualification.
Desirable criteria
  • Recognised training in teaching/mentorship/supervision.

Previous Experience

Essential criteria
  • Post registration experience as a Band 5 Mental Health Nurse/OT or Social Worker, preferably within a Forensic Setting.
Desirable criteria
  • Experience / Interest In group work, talking therapies and therapeutic activities.
  • Experience of working within a Trauma informed framework.
  • Experience of working with Neurodevelopmental Disorders.

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Ability to plan and organise a range of complex clinical activities which require judgments to be made on competing factors.
  • Ability to prioritise workload and emergency / crisis referrals
Desirable criteria
  • Ability to lead and manage others in the provision of care
  • Ability to contribute to new strategies and policy development.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveCare quality commission - GoodMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerDisability confident committedArmed Forces Covenant Bronze Award

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Fatima Kamara
Job title
Mental Health Hub Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07769422793
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