Through The Gate Worker: Sponsorship Available

North London NHS Foundation Trust

Job Summary

The post holder will be required to support the delivery of care currently in the form of New Models of Care, enabling the service to meet the London Wide service specification standards for Prison Healthcare.The post holder will assist in providing a high quality, high performing mental health service for service users within HMP Wormwood Scrubs who are presenting with mental health problems in line with the New Models of Care.

The post holder will work alongside clinical & discipline staff to provide individualised assessment, care/management plans and risk assessment for a small caseload of often challenging patients, preparing them for release and then providing short-term support through the gate within the community. You will be a confident practitioner that thrives in working in a fast-paced often high pressured environment.The successful candidate will assess the service users, trackthem through their sentence, ensuring that there arecomprehensive release plans in place, and meet them upon release tosupport them through the first 24 hours following release, assertively linking them into treatment and support resources.

A holistic release plan will be drawn up with the service user in conjunction with Transfer and Release team in order that all necessary referrals can be made prior to release, and care pathways establishedfor each individual service user.

 

Main duties of the job

Liaise with medical services, where appropriate, to ensure service users have access to any necessary medical care upon release.Undertake assessments of service users in prison, to co-facilitate pre-release plans in order to develop comprehensive release plan plans for our service users. To develop links with other relevant agencies that offer aftercare support across England ensuring service users have access to appropriate support post release regardless of their area of release.Be responsible and accountable for the management of small caseload as directed by the Team Leader. To actively support the CPA process.Jointly facilitate group work with multi-disciplinary colleagues where appropriate. To complete detailed clinical risk assessments at first and subsequent assessment interview, and accurately record and report key risks. To develop care plans in collaboration with service users, carer and other relevant person or agency. To be conversant with all guidance and operational procedures in relation to offender healthcare at HMP Wormwood Scrubs.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

  • Minimum of Health and Social care NVQ Level 3

Desirable

  • Degree level or above in Psychology, Counselling or relevant field.

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

  • Experience of working within a secure/forensic or prison setting
  • Experience of working with challenging and complex patients
  • Either currently working as a Band 4 or experience of working in a Health or Social Care setting

Desirable

  • Experience of lone working

Skills and Abilities

Essential

  • The ability to work in often difficult circumstances within a high pressured environment
  • Experience of carrying out complex assessments including risk

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 05 August 2025

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