Care Navigator

**Title**: Mental Health Care Navigator

**Location**: HMP Hull

**Salary**: £21,703.54 to £23,906.01 Per Anum

**Total hours per week**: 35

Rethink Mental Illness is a charity that believes a better life is possible for people affected by mental illness. For more than 40 years we have brought people together to support each other. We run services and support groups that change people’s lives, and we challenge attitudes about mental illness

Rethink Mental Illness are excited to be setting up a new IAPT service in HMP Hull in partnership with Tees, Esk and Wear Valley NHS Foundation Trust and Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust.

This service will see the implementation of a stepped care model into HMP Hull, allowing residents to access evidence based, effective care comparative to what is offer in the community.

Mental Health Care Navigators aim to provide a seamless package of support to individuals with mental health needs who are leaving the prison and returning to the community, reconnecting individuals with health services to reduce health inequalities and in turn reduce reoffending. The Care Navigators are embedded in integrated mental health teams and community settings, providing 1:1 and group assessment and support in a variety of settings and hold highly autonomous roles.

**The Post Holder will**:.

will provide Care Navigation Services to individuals being released from the HMP Hull or HMP Humber, supporting people both pre and post release in line with service guidelines, working alongside other agencies to improve health outcomes and reduce reoffending

As needed, I will provide support to those being released from court, and provide assistance with these processes

I complete an initial screening and care mapping assessments with each service user and use service documents to plan their care and release, utilizing supervision to ensure a high quality of care provision

I develop tailored models of support for patients through a variety of modalities, mediums and with varying intensity to promote independent self-management and engagement with statutory and non-statutory services

I model excellent professional boundaries, proactive, positive and solution focused approaches in my work embodying the company values

I am enthusiastic, passionate, and motivated to provide high quality, seamless support for those leaving custody, preventing a return to ill health, reducing health inequalities and reoffending, whilst recognizing the challenges this work can bring

Care Navigators work Monday to Friday during core business hours; however some flexibility is required depending on service need.

Clinical work is carried out in both the prison and community settings, so access to transport for work purposes is essential.

I am educated to NVQ Level 3 or equivalent with qualifications or training relevant to the Care Navigation role, e.g., Health and Social Care

I have relevant experience of supporting vulnerable individuals to identify, set and meet their own goals using 1:1 and/or group interventions

I have a working knowledge of health, debts, social care, housing, court systems, mental health, criminal justice, and substance misuses

I have experience of working to support individuals using structured, time limited support and am confident with this way of working

I am 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

I value the unique life journey each individual has been on, and embrace the challenges this can bring

**What we offer in return**:
Supervision in line with IAPT guidelines

Competitive Salary

Contributory Pension Scheme

Life Assurance

33 days Annual leave including statutory/bank holiday

Childcare Vouchers Scheme

Where appropriate paid eye test plus up to £55 towards the cost of new glasses or lenses

Excellent Career Development Opportunities