The closing date is 19 November 2025
Salary: £38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum
Job summary
The care-coordinator position is an integral part of the Mental Health In-reach Team at Hindley Prison, which delivers high-quality, evidence-based mental health care within the prison environment. Treatment is shaped through needs-driven assessments, personalised care planning, and comprehensive risk management tailored to the prison population.
The team operates through a genuinely collaborative, multidisciplinary, and multiagency model, aiming to reduce distress while promoting autonomy, partnership, and recovery.
The postholder will work closely with colleagues to support the Trust’s commitment to providing consistent care and support for individuals with mental health needs in custody. The role demands the ability to respond effectively to psychiatric emergencies and crises across the prison, with an expectation to fulfil the responsibilities of the duty worker role.
Main duties of the job
To take an active role in direct service users care as a key worker.
Lead in the planning, implementation and evaluation of care using as far as possible using evidence-based practice.
To provide specialist guidance to staff relevant to clinical specialty.
Work closely and collaboratively with services users and the multi-disciplinary team to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care.
To ensure that due regard is given to service users customs, values and spiritual beliefs, always acting in a facilitative manner that promotes patients dignity, independence and choice
To promote therapeutic relationships, respecting the uniqueness of each service user, acting in a non-judgmental manner, promoting the rights of the individual at all times.
To actively contribute and participate in therapy groups.
Ensuring that robust structures are in place to facilitate effective discharge planning within the CPA framework.
Ensuring that all practices are within the guidelines set out by the NMC and other professional groups and are in accordance with Trust policies.
Take relevant/ appropriate actions as required to maintain service user’s wellbeing/ safety. Promptly report observed changes in service user’s condition, accidents, incidents and other important information and take further action as directed.
Maintain accurate records of patient information.
Take responsibility for accessing clinical supervision
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification
Staff benefits
- Pay Enhancements
- 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
- Excellent pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary sacrifice car scheme
- Wellbeing programme
- Blue Light Card Discounts
- fuelGenie Fuel Cards (for applicable roles)
Person Specification
Qualified RMN
Essential
- Qualified Nurse
Desirable
- Qualified Nurse Band 5
Mental Health
Essential
- Registered with NMC
Desirable
- Experience but not essential
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).