About this role
Job summary
An opportunity has arisen within the Mental Health In-Reach at HMP Littlehey. Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team with prisoners convicted of a sexually related offence, the role will primarily focus on providing person centred counselling. A second aspect of the post will be to support the team through providing more general mental health support work.
Please note this post is subject to security vetting. To be considered for this post you will need to have continuously resided in the UK without any breaks for a minimum of 3 years prior to this application and be able to evidence your years of residency. Please note without sufficient evidence your application may not progress.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work with clients who may be in significant distress, many of whom will have complex histories of trauma, and who are negotiating very difficult life circumstances. This work will sometimes involve exposure to details of serious sexual offences.
The successful candidate will be registered with the BACP, UKCP, or equivalent, and be either accredited or nearing accreditation.They will have an understanding, and ideally experience of, working within secured services or custodial settings.
The post holder will work in a compassionate and trauma informed way with a forensic population which faces significant stigmatization. They will demonstrate a clear understanding of risk assessment and management as it relates to possible harm to self and others as well as to security within a custodial setting. The ability to set and maintain clear boundaries is of essential importance.
About us
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be 'outstanding' by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.
Job description Job responsibilities
The provision of counselling sessions is expected to be around twelve sessions in length rather than long term; however, there is some scope to adjust this according to client need.
More general work within the mental health service in-reach service will include conducting mental health assessments and co-facilitating psychoeducational groups; these currently include trauma groups and a more general mental health skills programme.
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.
Person Specification
Training and Qualifications Essential
Formal Training as a Counsellor UK Registration with Governing Body
Desirable
Accredited Status with Governing Body.
Security Vetting Essential
The application includes evidence of the required years of UK residency to meet prison vetting standards
Knowledge and Experience Essential
Understanding of Trauma Informed Care Experience of working in forensic settings Experience of working with serious mental illness
Desirable
Experience of delivering psychotherapeutic work to people with an offending history.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust
Address HMP Littlehey
Perry
Huntingdon
PE28 0SR
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.nhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)