Specialist Health Care Navigator - North East, United Kingdom - Rethink Mental Illness
Description
Title:
Specialist Health Care Navigator
Location:
North East (including HMP Durham, Holme House, Low Newton, Kirk Levington Grange, Northumberland) - the role will be field based and it will combine working within our prison sites, community hub and home.
Salary:
£23,949 - £26,282pa
Hours:37.5hrs per week
Contract:
Permanent
We have an exciting opportunity for
Specialist Health Care Navigator to join our Specialist Healthcare Navigation (Enhanced Reconnect) service.
The aim of the
Specialist Healthcare Navigation (Enhanced Reconnect) service is to reduce health related barriers that directly impact on the individual's engagement prior to, and upon leaving prison; to reduce health inequalities and address the health and wellbeing of serious and high-risk offending behaviours.
- based health and support services, reduce social exclusion and thereby reduce their health-related offending behaviours.
How you will make a difference
As a Specialist Healthcare Navigator, you will work seamlessly with the other health professionals involved in the service users care, and with other Care Navigators and Apprentice Health and Wellbeing Coaches, to ensure holistic and meaningful support is provided to those with health vulnerabilities on their release from prison, ensuring continuity of care and fruition of release plans.
You will use a coaching framework, to manage wellbeing in the pre and post release period, to prevent a return to ill health as well as a reduction in reoffending.
By preventing this decline in health, through robust reconnection with health services in the community you will reduce health inequalities for those leaving the criminal justice system and provide support to allow a seamless, and effective transition to independent community living.
More information can be found in the job description attached to our direct advert.What we are looking for
We are looking for an individual who:
- is educated to NVQ Level 3 or equivalent with qualifications or training relevant to the role, e.g. Health and Social Care/Mental Health
- has a working knowledge of health, debts, social care, housing, court systems, mental health, criminal justice and substance misuse
- has experience of working to support individuals using structured, time limited support and am confident with this way of working
- is passionate and motivated to support individuals leaving the criminal justice system through provision of a high quality, professional level of care, recognizing and respecting individual differences and promoting diversity
- holds a full UK driving license and have access to my own transport for work purposes
You may also have:
- Experience of working in prison environment or experience of working with offenders.
- Experience and / or training in coaching
- Specialist interest and/or training in working with older adults, veterans, substance misuse, probation systems, youth offending or females who have been affected by the criminal justice system
- Mental Health qualifications or knowledge, including therapeutic interventions
Caring for our people.
We offer a wide range of support.
Some of our benefits include:
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Wellbeing support: our Wellbeing hub gives physical, emotional, and mental health support. We also have a BUPA Employee Assistance Programme with access to appointments.
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Taking time for you: we work flexibly -you get to choose where you work, managing your own diary. We have generous annual leave, starting at 25 rising to 30 days, plus bank holidays, as well as your birthday off.
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Planning for the future: We have a contributory pension scheme.
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Structured Induction: Onboarding you into the Charity supporting your wellbeing along the way.
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£300 when you introduce a Friend: receive up to £300 when you introduce a friend or family member
Who we are
We're Rethink Mental Illness, a leading charity provider of mental health services in England. We support thousands of people through our groups, services, policy, campaigns and advice and information.
Our work supports us in delivering on our mission:
"A better life for everyone severely affected by mental illness."
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