Mental Health Practitioner (Forensic Nurse / Social Worker / OT)

Job summary

The Stalking Threat Assessment Centre (STAC) is a multiagency co-locatedpan London service focused on improving responses to stalking across the capital.The post holder would work closely with Metropolitan Police, National Probation Service and Third Sector Advocacy

The purpose of STAC is to evaluate and manage the risk posed to others by those who engage in harassment and stalking behaviour. The post holder will function within a team of specialist nurses, social workers, psychiatrists, psychologists. There is an expectation that they will provide high quality liaison, assessment, intervention, and management plans.

The postholder will provide high quality liaison, assessment and management plans. The post holder will be responsible for gathering intelligence on referrals, participating in MDT risk stratification and agreeing an onward pathway and liaising with stakeholders. This will involve the formulation of intervention strategies that will demand an ability to convey information that might be complex or sensitive to services that deliver healthcare to those members of the public that are referred to STAC. The role will require the post holder to provide liaison across agencies, provide consultation and intervention for those referred to the STAC service.

The post holder will be responsible for ensuring the highest level of information governance and Trust and NMC values/ HCP values are always adhered to. The post is subject to NPPV2/CTC Vetting.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for holding a caseload within STAC.

The post holder will be expected to screen referrals using structured clinical tools and arrive at a clinical judgement to determine a risk level.

Following MDT assessment, the post holder will need to be able to develop a bespoke management plan using this information and within the context of the risk factors. The plan will need to cover the individual's needs as well as onward health and social care pathways.

The post holder will need to be able to have an excellent understanding of information governance and follow the information sharing agreements in place. This will involve gathering the necessary clinical and offending related background information from a range of systems. This information will support the clinical assessment and decision-making process.

The post holder would then need to provide a proportionate amount of health information to other agencies involved in the criminal justice pathway such as the police and security agencies. This information needs to contribute towards the safety of the individual as well as inform the appropriate care pathway and influence the charging decision.

About us

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.

Our Five-Year Strategy:

-We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
-With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
-We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.

Why NLFT?

-We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
-We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
-NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme
-Excellent internal staff network

In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.

Job description

Job responsibilities

See attached Job Specification file a detailed description of the job role and the posts key responsibilities.

Person Specification

Essential

oA professional qualification relevant to mental health practice, RMN/Degree/Diploma in Nursing, CQSW/Degree/Diploma in Social Work, BSc or MSc in Occupational therapy


Essential
oKnowledge about stalking threat awareness.

Essential
oSignificant experience and knowledge of working with people with mental health difficulties and/or interpersonal difficulties.