Health and Justice (Reconnect) Practitioner

Job overview

Are you a qualified practitioner who holds professional registration, looking for something new? This is an exciting opportunity to work as part of the expanding Health and Justice Reconnect Service in Sussex. 

The post holder will be responsible for working in the Health and Justice service. This post will be within the Reconnect team in the Sussex area, the base for this post will be HMP Lewes with the flexibility of working across Sussex dependent on skill and service need if required to support the community team (travel will be a requirement of this role, having a vehicle is recommended)

The post holder will be responsible for specialist assessments to people with a diverse range of needs of people who are due for release from a prison environment or have been released in the past 28 days.

The role will involve assessing; accessing; and implementing a wide and, at times, complex range of care services for people over the age of 18 with increasingly complex needs.

The post holder will act as an experienced and largely independent practitioner within the role, assessing, formulating, implementing, and agreeing plans for a person’s release and what support is required.

The post holder will provide support and supervision to others including Students, Navigators, STR workers, Lived Experience workers and Admin if required.

The post holder will require additional vetting from His Majesty’s Prison Service for roles based within the Prison Settings and clearance of enhanced level 1 vetting will be required.

Main duties of the job

• Take responsibility for specialist assessment (within service specification) in Reconnect in conjunction with service user and carer, helping to promote self-determination, choice, and autonomy.
• Responsible for participating in the setting of quality standards, including the auditing, monitoring, and reviewing of practice in line with current clinical guidance practice and policy.
• 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 condition
• Utilise agreed outcome measures to review the effectiveness of process, as part of the Health and Justice system.
• Participate in the development of the service to ensure clinical governance processes are actively implemented at team level.
• Assist in ensuring that the aims and objectives of the service (as set by the Team Leader) are fulfilled and to identify factors which may inhibit these from being achieved.

The candidate must be able to drive and have access to a car with business insurance – service users may need transporting as part of the Reconnect release plan

Working for our organisation

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping  your communities and in return for this, we will support you by; 

• Supporting your career development and progression
• Excellent NHS Pension scheme
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccinations every year
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)

And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.