Family Link Worker (Prison Health)
| Posting date: | 26 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £26,775.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £26775.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 25 May 2024 |
| Location: | Henley-on-thames, RG9 5SB |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | B0597-24-0001 |
Summary
JOB DETAILS Post: Family Link Worker Prison Health Reports to: Family Engagement Manager Line manages: Students on placement and volunteers Location: HMP Huntercombe Hours of work: 18.75 hours per week, Monday-Friday (occasional weekend and evening work when required) Salary:£26,775 per annum FTE (plus market supplement of £1,500) £13,387.50 per annum actual earnings Length of contract: Fixed contract to run to March 2026 with potential for 2-year extension. Purpose: To deliver family focused support as part of the innovative pilot in HMP Downview. Adopting a whole family approach, working closely with healthcare services, the prison and other agencies; the service will be delivered in custody providing family focused casework for prisoners on healthcare pathways. The service includes supporting prisoners in making/maintaining contact with family members in support of their health needs, i.e., supporting family inclusion in assessments, advocating on behalf of family members and carrying out structured interventions to maximise health outcomes. Aims: To safeguard and promote the health and wellbeing of prisoners, family members and significant others for prisoners receiving support from the mental health team in custody and through the gate, by: Advocating for and enabling family members to be an active part of care planning. Delivering family focused casework sensitively and effectively as part of the mental health team Supporting prisoners and families to maintain strong, resilient and effective relationships where there is mutual and lasting benefit in so doing in support of improved health outcomes Ensuring that children, families and prisoners are treated with dignity and respect, and their voices are heard as a key stakeholder in health care services Delivering Family Link service objectives and intended outcomes. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Working with Safer Custody/prison officers and other providers to assess any immediate and urgent concerns relating to family, children, personal relationships and other issues which may present high levels of anxiety and/or a risk of self-harm or suicide to support prisoner and provide reassurance to family members. 2. To take part in case reviews of all prisoners receiving support via healthcare team to identify priority prisoners where family is a protective factor in relation to their health needs to maximise their involvement in health assessment and care planning. 3. As part of prisoner/family care plan; to follow up with tried and tested interventions and support mechanisms with a view to building, maintaining and strengthening relationships between the prisoner, family members and significant others in support of their wider health needs. 4. In support of the above, to complete Pacts family-focused assessments: gathering relevant information; assessing risks and needs; and planning appropriate support and interventions based on the full and active involvement of the prisoner, family member and/or significant others (as relevant). 5. To conduct regular caseload review meetings as part of the team with prisoners and families in relation to the family/health interventions and support mechanisms that are being deployed, and to adjust as necessary. 6. To mentor and motivate prisoners, family members and significant others to enhance their understanding of whats involved in planned interventions and programmes and the benefits of taking part. To advocate on behalf of families and significant others in line with assessments and casework reviews so that they know and understand that a prisoner is safe and well, and that information they provide about a prisoners health and well-being is channelled effectively within the prison (and wider prison system as relevant), and acted upon appropriately and in a timely way to prevent/reduce harm and preserve the prisoners health and well-being. To work collaboratively and effectively in partnership with other Pact teams/workers, prison staff and healthcare professionals employed by partner organisations within the prison to ensure that family-focused assessments, casework reviews, plans, and interventions and support mechanisms are viable, realistic and appropriate within the context of the prisoners sentence, rehabilitation and healthcare plans. To provide reports as requested to support other processes within the prison including e.g. home detention curfew, release on temporary licence, MAPPA and parole, and to attend case review boards as appropriate. To work collaboratively and effectively with social workers, probation officers, healthcare professionals and third sector colleagues (whether employed by Pact or other organisations) in the community in line with family-focused assessments, plans and casework reviews. 11. To maintain timely, accurate and appropriate case records, and to ensure they are kept, stored and managed in line with Pacts case records policy. 12. To assist the line manager in monitoring, reviewing, evaluating and improving the performance, effectiveness and impact of interventions and programmes, including that relating to your own practice, by providing timely, accurate and relevant statistics and caseload information. 13. To support and supervise volunteers, students on placement and peer workers, contributing to their recruitment, selection, induction, training and development. 14. To participate actively, fully and constructively in supervision and appraisal processes, team and wider partnership meetings, as well as in training and other continuing professional development activities. Pact is a developing organisation and this role is likely to develop over time. Consequently, this job description may not be comprehensive, and some specific duties may change in accordance with organisational needs. TEAMWORK Whilst the above list of key responsibilities relates to this specific role, Pacts impact and effectiveness relies on a huge team effort. Teamwork lies at the heart of everything we do and so whilst you will be working day to day within your local team of co-workers, you will also be working with those from the wider Pact team be that in a specific region/across central office functions or across Pact as well as colleagues from other organisations. Whatever the role and wherever it is located, all our staff need to be able to work effectively in teams: Be flexible in your approach recognising the need to support between services both within your own team and across Pact Listening actively, trusting others, taking responsibility for mistakes, and sharing the credit when things go well Being open to other people's ideas and points of view, willing to act on feedback and confident to give feedback to others, as well as challenging where appropriate for the good of the team Being aware of what others are working on and offering help and support where possible Actively sharing knowledge, experience, time and talents Being clear on actions that are agreed, committed to taking those actions forward as agreed, and prepared to hold others to account for their actions.