Band 6 Community Mental Health NurseNHS

Job summary

Do you have a passion for working with people who have a mental illness impacts on their offending behaviour, you may be the right person for the Forensic Community Mental Health Team. We are a small MDT who work across all of the Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust area (Coventry, North Warwickshire and South Warwickshire) providing care and treatment to people whose mental health has led to serious offending and engagement with the criminal justice system. The role will include

Main duties of the job

• Working with people who have a mental illness, which is associated with their offending behaviour
• Complete comprehensive risk assessments including HCR-20#
• Liaise and engage with criminal justice agencies, such as police, probation, prisons etc.
• Attend relevant meetings with MAPPA and MARAC where relevant.
• Provide oversight of medication, including depots.

Job description

• Working with people who have a mental illness, which is associated with their offending behaviour
• Complete comprehensive risk assessments including HCR-20#
• Liaise and engage with criminal justice agencies, such as police, probation, prisons etc.
• Attend relevant meetings with MAPPA and MARAC where relevant.
• Provide oversight of medication, including depots.

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About us

Candidate Information Pack Dec 24

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• staff networks and support group

We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.