Role Overview
In this role you will lead the Rethink Mental Illness provision within an integrated mental health team based in HMP Humber. You will work as part of an integrated primary care mental health team within the Prison to provide high volume, low intensity interventions in line with PWP guidelines which will be a range of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) based self-management interventions, for clients with mild to moderate anxiety and depression, modelling best practice clinically and professionally. This includes providing guided self-help in both 1:1 and group formats, in line with the current Step 2 IAPT guidelines. You will form part of the directorate wide leadership team striving for excellence and ensuring clinically compliant services are provided in with national frameworks and Rethink Mental Illness values and behaviours. You must be an accredited PWP, either with BPS or BABCP.
Working Hours
The team comprises a range of highly skilled professionals who work collaboratively to provide the highest quality of care for those with mental health needs within the prison and for Rethink Mental Illness employees, this is carried out between 0800 - 1600 Monday to Friday.
Qualifications & Requirements
Applicant must have a drivers license and access to own vehicle!
Diversity and Inclusion
Diversity is important to us and we appreciate difference through difference, inclusiveness and belonging. It gives us a deeper understanding of the world, our society and the diverse communities we're working with. By including everyone, we are able to draw on the unique experiences and expertise of our people to help shape and enrich our workplace and improve our services. One way we are doing is through our valued staff networks which play a critical and highly valued role in keeping us focused on creating a diverse, inclusive and engaged employer.
We recognise and support staff networks and support groups for our ethnically diverse and LGBTQIA+ colleagues. We are also proud to have been awarded Disability Confident Employer status and are a signatory to the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter.
We aim for our workforce to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve; for those who work for us to feel heard, valued and feel they belong; and for our work to help tackle wider mental health inequalities. We therefore actively encourage and welcome applications from everyone, including applicants with lived experience of mental illness, those who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer or Questioning, Intersex, Asexual and any other gender identity not expressed here (LGBTQIA+); people who are neurodiverse, have a health condition, or a disability or hidden disability and people from an ethnically diverse background - regardless of your age, religious or spiritual belief, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, political view or socio-economic status.
Anti‑Racist Commitment
Becoming a truly anti‑racist organisation. We have an ambition of become a truly anti‑racist employer, campaigning organisation and service provider - and in our efforts to influence policy and wider societal factors impacting on mental health set out in our anti‑racist statement. We have designed a multi‑year anti‑racist programme of work contained in our Race Equality Action Plan which demonstrates our intention to hold ourselves accountable and be judged on our progress on becoming a truly anti‑racist organisation. You can read more about our progress here.
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