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Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to work as part of the expanding Health and Justice Reconnect and Outreach Service in Sussex. 

You will be responsible for working in Health & Justice Reconnect and Outreach service within Sussex. Health & Justice is not itself a treatment service, but it is an identification, assessment, and engagement service to support people to access and engage in services to address their identified vulnerabilities and health needs.

You may be required to complete visits within the local prison as part of the engagement work. Additional vetting may be applied for by the Trust as part of the recruitment process however this can be discussed further dependent on individual need.

You will be responsible for providing support to vulnerable individuals upon leaving Custody, Court, or Prison, where further support is identified as being required. 

You will be responsible for working closely with the individual to prioritise need and plan actions to address identified need.  This may include supporting an individual to make a referral to a specific service and support the individual to attend the initial appointment with that service.

Due to the nature of the role you will be required to have a driving licence and access to a car with business insurance as transporting of service users may be required.

Main duties of the job

Working with service users referred to Health & Justice and the individual’s carers, helping to promote self-determination, choice and autonomy.

• To effectively establish a therapeutic relationship with service users and relatives / carer.
• 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. Involve the individual in the planning and prioritisation of their activity where possible. Provide short term intervention to encourage individual to engage with services and attending their initial appointments.
• 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 & Justice Service.
• 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 achieve.

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.