The Forensic Outreach and Liaison Service is a service for Kent, providing a safe, effective and timely pathway from medium/low secure care into the community, for people requiring ongoing specialist forensic mental health care following a secure inpatient admission. The service will provide ongoing care and support for those individuals requiring specialist intervention to address risks and psychological needs and works to support social care needs, which if these failed could potentially lead to relapse and reoffending. The service is within the South East, Adult Secure Services, New Care Model and will work in parity and close partnership with Surrey and Sussex Forensic Services. Main duties of the job The post holder will work within the community forensic and liaison service, based at the Trevor Gibbens Unit with close support from the Mental Health Practitioners and Senior STR worker. This role will be part of a multi-disciplinary team, with a commitment to delivering recovery focused, patient centred care to people with mental disorder/illness, who have offended or are at risk of offending. The service is provided in the community, as well as working closely with inpatient teams in secure hospitals to ensure the safe and efficient discharge of patients to the community. Working for our organisation Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life. We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We are rated Good overall by the CQC. Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community. We are proud to employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas. You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones. The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman is recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.
