Mental Health Practitioner

To have an active presence and act as a resource for all staff and prisoners, in addition to those patients under your care, in the Segregation unit and Clinical Assessment Unit. To work with the agreed Core Assessment Tool within all relevant Prison Departments To carry out duties in accordance with Prison / NOMS policies. To undertake comprehensive assessment of individuals: to include all areas of need and information gathering from all relevant Prison Departments and external agencies. To case manage an identified caseload of clients, in conjunction with the multidisciplinary team and relevant agencies and carers. To include the planning and implementation of effective care plans, regular review meetings, timely referral to external agencies, within the framework of the CPA, to ensure effective pre-release planning. To communicate effectively with all relevant internal departments and external agencies regarding clients, within the restrictions of a prison environment. To work closely with the MDT and identify and facilitate an effective range of therapeutic interventions for this particular client group. To respond to urgent referrals and to assess whether input from the team is indicated/appropriate. To offer a range of evidence based interventions and proactive risk management approaches to help the patient reduce and manage symptoms, high risk behaviour and other disabling effects of their conditions and enable, as far as possible, full and sustained recovery. To ensure that both CNWL Safeguarding Adults and Children Guidelines and procedures are fully understood and to ensure the safety needs of adults and children involved are met at all times and take appropriate action when either the adult or/and child is felt to be at risk or in need. Job description Job responsibilities To have an active presence and act as a resource for all staff and prisoners, in addition to those patients under your care, in the Segregation unit and Clinical Assessment Unit. To work with the agreed Core Assessment Tool within all relevant Prison Departments To carry out duties in accordance with Prison / NOMS policies. To undertake comprehensive assessment of individuals: to include all areas of need and information gathering from all relevant Prison Departments and external agencies. To case manage an identified caseload of clients, in conjunction with the multidisciplinary team and relevant agencies and carers. To include the planning and implementation of effective care plans, regular review meetings, timely referral to external agencies, within the framework of the CPA, to ensure effective pre-release planning. To communicate effectively with all relevant internal departments and external agencies regarding clients, within the restrictions of a prison environment. To work closely with the MDT and identify and facilitate an effective range of therapeutic interventions for this particular client group. To respond to urgent referrals and to assess whether input from the team is indicated/appropriate. To offer a range of evidence based interventions and proactive risk management approaches to help the patient reduce and manage symptoms, high risk behaviour and other disabling effects of their conditions and enable, as far as possible, full and sustained recovery. To ensure that both CNWL Safeguarding Adults and Children Guidelines and procedures are fully understood and to ensure the safety needs of adults and children involved are met at all times and take appropriate action when either the adult or/and child is felt to be at risk or in need.