Health and Justice Navigator

Location:

(Wolverhampton/Bloxwich and Oldbury), B70 7JB

** Please refer to the attached

Job Description and Person Specification, in summary:
** Independently undertake face to face and electronic screening to support the identification of multiple vulnerabilities of people who have been in contact with the criminal justice system or immigration centre, such as police custody, courts, and prison and community settings. Working to guidelines. Work within limitations and escalate to IOHP as appropriate. Provide an embedded service in police custody suites, courts and prisons working within legislation requirements, such as PACE (1984).

Work as part of a team with the freedom to work independently, particularly in relation to providing advice to service users, carers, and professionals who contact the service. Work with service users in conjunction with other professionals, to devise and implement effective individualised programmes of support. Support service users to gain access to resources to include benefits, welfare rights, housing and health promotion.

Provide compassion to vulnerable individuals at points of acute vulnerability in the criminal justice process. To support criminal justice agencies to better identify vulnerabilities in their respective environments. Provide criminal justice agencies with advice and information regarding pathways to access further support. To secure referrals into mainstream health and social care services and other relevant interventions and support services from a range of statutory and voluntary providers.

Identify levels of risk and escalate to practitioner where appropriate.