Health and Justice Outreach WorkerNHS

Job summary

NOTE: We are unable to offer sponsorship for this role

Working in an Integrated Offender Health (IOH) service in Staffordshire. Flexibility of working across Staffordshire IOH Services, dependent on skill and service need.

There will be IOH Specialist Practitioners and Navigators within Custody Suites, Court settings, Prisons and Community HUB to identify and assess vulnerable individuals. IOH Service uses assessments to make appropriate referrals for treatment and support, and ensures criminal justice partners are notified of specific health / social care requirements and vulnerabilities of an individual which can be taken into account when decisions about charging and sentencing are made.

Main duties of the job

Delivering a high quality short term intensive support service to patients and their families.

Working towards developing a short term plan at the point of referral. The plan will be based on needs identified during assessment by IOH Specialist Practitioner or IOH Navigator.

Being proactive in identifying any additional needs or changing needs. The aim of the intervention is to support and empower the individuals to reach identified goals and attend initial appointments with identified service. This will involve the individual in planning and prioritising their needs.

Job description

Will be responsible for liaising with multiple agencies, criminal justice and other partners.

Support and refer people of all ages with a wide range of mental health, learning disability, substance misuse and/or social vulnerabilities. When a person is assessed as having single or multiple vulnerabilities, they will be referred to the appropriate treatment or support service and an appropriate package of care and/or support will be instigated.

Adapt practice to meet the individuals circumstances, including regard for cultural and linguistic differences.

To monitor and feedback accurately to the team in order to measure the progress and increase efficiency for service user outcomes.

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 onensuring 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 (Greener NHS (england.nhs.uk). 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.

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.

The Trust is committed to the Step into Health scheme and actively encourages applicants from the Armed Forces Communities to apply.