IOH Practitioner

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust; Newcastle-under-Lyme; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Newcastle-under-Lyme is seeking a full-time practitioner for its Staffordshire Reconnect Service. The role focuses on conducting holistic needs assessments and providing operational leadership within the integrated offender health service. The ideal candidate will supervise junior staff and assess complex client needs while ensuring timely communication with criminal justice partners. The position promotes flexible working and is part of a trust dedicated to enhancing community health and sustainability initiatives.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Commitment to wellness and diversity

Engagement with sustainability programs

Qualifications

• Experience in assessments and support for individuals within the criminal justice system.
• Ability to supervise junior staff and lead day-to-day operations.
• Flexibility to work across various locations in Staffordshire based on service needs.

Responsibilities

• Conduct holistic needs assessments for individuals in the service.
• Triaging referrals and assessing complex client needs.
• Notify criminal justice partners of health requirements and vulnerabilities.

Job description

Responsibilities

We are looking for a confident and experienced practitioner to work full-time 37.5 hours per week within the Staffordshire Reconnect Service. The Reconnect service sits within our wider Health and Justice service, supporting people with needs and vulnerabilities in all aspects of the criminal justice system. Reconnect reaches into 5 of the prisons within Staffordshire, undertaking holistic needs assessments and engagement work in order to support them on release from prison to get their health and social care needs met within the community and reduce the risk of reoffending. Reconnect sits within a national network of reconnect services, and works both within and outside of the prison estate. The role will include the supervision of junior staff, assessing complex clients, triaging referrals for suitability to the service and supporting the day to day operational leadership of the service. Flexible working arrangement would be considered, with the potential to increase the hours to meet changes in service provision.

The post holder will be responsible for working in the all age Integrated Offender Health (IOH) Services, with the flexibility of working across Staffordshire, dependent on skill and service need. The Practitioner will not be required to provide direct treatment to individuals, but will be required to complete assessments of individuals, often complex, needs. The assessments will then be utilised to make appropriate referrals for treatment and support. Whilst also ensuring criminal justice partners are notified of specific health requirements and vulnerabilities of an individual which can be taken into account when decisions about charging and sentencing are made.

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 on ensuring 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. For 2024/2025, we have launched our “Proud to be Green” engagement campaign which is aligned to the targets set out in our Green Plan. As a Trust, you can be assured that we will commit to supporting you in working towards our net zero ambitions, set out in our Green Plan, through our sustainability programme”.

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.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Debby Poole Job title: Team Leader Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01782 275195