Forensic Practitioner

Job overview

The Community Forensic Teams have undergone service transformation, and an exciting opportunity has arisen for a Forensic Practitioner to become part of our Adult Community Forensic Team providing a service across the Hull and East Riding area with a base at the Humber Centre for Forensic Psychiatry.

We are seeking to appoint a skilled practitioner, with experience relevant to the role, who is excited by the opportunity of working alongside professional colleagues in a dynamic, growing, and evolving Adult Community Forensic Service.

The successful candidate will work primarily across the Learning Disability and/or Autism pathway but with scope to work into the Mental Health and Personality Disorder Pathway. A registered practitioner with experience relevant to either pathway will be considered. The successful candidate will support the delivery of consultation, specialist assessment and therapeutic intervention within the Community Forensic Team. They will hold responsibility for delivering safe, effective, and evidenced care to support a community-to-community forensic pathway in the context of a trauma informed model of care.

The successful applicant will need to have the means to travel between various geographical distances.

Main duties of the job

The Forensic Practitioner will support the delivery of specialist assessment and therapeutic intervention with the community forensic teams.

Key Responsibilities include:

Clinical Responsibilities

Utilise specialist forensic skills in consultation, assessment, and intervention.

Deliver clinical care and promote evidence-based practice.

Assist in assessment, formulation and care planning.

Use critical thinking and clinical decision-making skills.

Handle distressing situations sensitively, including managing complex situations.

Ensure patient safety.

Multi-Disciplinary Working

Support therapeutic interventions within a multi-disciplinary team.

Provide clinical support and advice to colleagues.

Work autonomously and collaboratively within the team.

Engage with service users and carers.

Service Development

Participate in training and research projects.

Maintain high standards of documentation.

Manage resources.

Support managers with service development projects.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information with regard to this vacancy please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.