Overview
Secondments are encouraged, 1 post available to cover Liverpool/Warrington Prisons. Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to appoint a social worker or professional with appropriate experience to work in close partnership with the researchers, in the delivery of an NIHR funded trial Empowered Together (co-ordinated social care in prison).
Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust is a large health and wellbeing Trust employing over 7000 staff and serving a population across the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System. The Trust provides inpatient and community specialist Mental Health services to children and young people, adults and older adults and also delivers forensic mental health services. Additionally, the Trust provides a range of physical health care community services and children’s services.
The Trust delivers a wide portfolio of high quality research including this important study. This is a great opportunity to have a key role in a new NIHR funded research trial led by Chief Investigators Dr Louise Robinson (LSCft) and Dr Katrina Forsyth (University of Manchester) to explore the unmet social care needs of men in prison. Ryan Cowley-Sharp and Katy Cleece (LSCft) will provide supervision to the coordinator.
Responsibilities
* The post holder will take the role of an Empowered Together (ET) Social Care Coordinator on the research study.
* They will receive specialist training.
* The post holder will have a crucial role in the planning, coordination and delivery of the intervention, including screening for social care needs, assessment and care coordination.
* They will have excellent communication and presentation skills, strong oral and written communication, attention to detail, and the ability to work to key targets and deadlines.
Requirements / Qualifications
* You must be either a trained social worker or a professional with social care experience/training.
* We are looking for an energetic, dynamic, self-directed and committed individual with an interest in becoming a key part of our research team and working with us to understand the unmet needs within the prison system.
Additional information
For further information, please contact: Louise.A.Robinson@lscft.nhs.uk
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care. The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.
We encourage flexible working and a positive work/life balance. We would consider patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks; applicants are invited to indicate this on their application and discuss options at interview.
For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT. For informal visits contact: Name: Dr Louise Robinson, Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, Email: Louise.A.Robinson@lscft.nhs.uk
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