Specialist Mental Health Practitioner | Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

We are looking for an experienced, innovative and motivated Mental Health/Learning Disability/General Nurse to join our evolving Reconnect Service. This role involves working as a member of the Nottinghamshire Reconnect service in collaboration with Criminal Justice agencies, social care, primary and secondary health services, and third sector agencies.

The Reconnect Service works with people with health and/or social vulnerabilities, i.e. learning disability, mental health needs, substance misuse, domestic violence problems, homelessness, and other vulnerabilities. Needs identified at assessment are met through supporting individuals to access relevant services, as early as possible, as they pass through the criminal justice systems and return to the community from prison establishments.

The service will support the post holder in developing skills via accessing relevant training and supervision. Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.

The Reconnect Service provides an all-vulnerability service to improve health and social outcomes for adults who are in prison and due to be released into the community, ensuring robust assessment of vulnerabilities and risk and positive engagement with good information sharing across agencies.

You will work into prison establishments, probation offices, and NHS bases across the Nottingham/Nottinghamshire area. You will work closely with the Team Manager picking up referrals, assessing the vulnerabilities and risk, and care planning for the service users' transition into the community utilising the other members of the team to provide the support as they are released.

#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.

We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.

The health and wellbeing of our colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team. The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment.

Assessment: To undertake service user centred assessments using the Core documentation on RiO and create, with them, a shared understanding of their needs and difficulties, identifying health and social support needs using this formulation to identify the most appropriate plan of care for the transition into the community.

Sharing relevant information: with criminal justice agencies, primary, secondary health services, and third sector services to support the patient during their transition from prison to community.

Active engagement: Facilitate interventions as appropriate and required. This engagement may extend to family/friends/carers of the service users where appropriate/necessary.

Develop good working relationships: To effectively liaise and maintain links with services with partner agencies, i.e. probation, substance use services, Trust services, and third party services etc. To maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and procedures in relation to Criminal Justice Services.

Support & Supervision of others: Provide clinical supervision and support to junior staff. Plan and provide specialist and core training and education as service/staff needs are identified.