Hmp Downview: Head of Women's Health - London, United Kingdom - HM Prison & Probation Service

HM Prison & Probation Service

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Salary:

- £42,141 - £48,461
Job grade:

Senior Executive Officer
Band 7
Contract type:
Permanent
Type of role:
Operational Delivery
Working pattern:
Flexible working, Fulltime, Job share, Parttime
Number of jobs available:
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This position is based at HM Prison Downview, SM2 5PDAbout the job

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Overview of the job
This is a senior management role in a women's prison with line management responsibilities.

This role is available as an operational or non-operational post. For operational role please see the technical requirements.

Summary

The job holder will be accountable to the Prison Governor in driving transformation and best practice across all aspects of women's health provision, including pregnancy, perinatal care, social care, and child safeguarding.

The job holder is responsible for operational delivery of Mother and Baby Units, as relevant, (including enabling access to commissioned contractual services) and the perinatal pathway within the prison establishment.

They will be working with nursery service providers, and work collaboratively with community commissioners, with prison and community health and social care providers to oversee delivery of health provision.

This will be against a range of performance targets and indicators whilst ensuring value for money.

This is a rotational operational/non-operational job with line management responsibilities.

Responsibilities, Activities and Duties
The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities and duties:

Strategic lead for prisoner health, wellbeing, perinatal care/pathways, child safeguarding and Mother and Baby Units, where relevant, responsible for ensuring services delivered meet the operational needs of the population.
Responsible for developing successful innovative approaches to women's specific health, mental health, wellbeing, perinatal care and Mother and Baby Unit provision in the establishment.
Drive transformation, service improvements and best practice across all aspects of health and pregnancy, perinatal and maternal health, Mother and Baby Units (including nursery provision), social care, wellbeing and child safeguarding within the prison and 'through the gate'.
Performance manage and quality assure the financial considerations of women's specific contract(s) on behalf of the Governor.
Support and provide assurance to the Governor through monitoring and escalation. Through robust governance and assurance arrangements, take appropriate action to address and mitigate variations, risks and poor performance on behalf of the Governor in partnership with co

- commissioners.

Work collaboratively with internal and external partners to ensure appropriate communication, engagement and equality considerations are met and support the health, wellbeing strategy and perinatal pathway of the prison. Ensuring that formal complaints raised by prisoners are appropriately investigated and responded to by the relevant service provider.
Work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to ensure all aspects and expectations of external examination such as HMIP, MQPL, Ofsted and audit are achieved and can be evidenced. Accountable forensuring that remedial work is taken to address any actions arising from such examination.
Responsible for the delivery and assurance of mandatory requirements of policies, including the Pregnancy, Mother and Baby Unit (MBUs) and Maternal Separation from Children up to the Age of Two in Women's Prisons Policy Framework and the Child Safeguarding Policy Framework
Manage and oversee processes such as Mother and Baby boards (including admission, emergency, and child placement boards) and Care Planning Meetings, ensuring the best interests of the child are paramount.
Work collaboratively with other members of the Senior Management Team to support delivery of a safe and secure regime and act as a key partner in the development and delivery of a rehabilitative culture.
Build and maintain strategic links with the community to support release planning and continuity of care.
Key responsibility as strategic lead in relation to the health and wellbeing of prisoners, National Mother and Baby Unit Meetings and Local Health and Delivery Boards.
Will hold line management responsibilities for those within the function, including MBU staff.

Dependant on accreditation, operational post holders may be required to undertake additional operational tasks.

The duties/responsibilities listed above describe the post as it is at present and is not intended to be exhaustive.

The job holder is expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary.

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