Student Induction / Information
Forensic Community Mental Health Team
University contact details
School information desk 02920 917999
Venetia Yarr, Practice Facilitator 02920 716387
Link Lecturer Nicola Evans 02920 917919
Cardiff University sickness and absence 02920 687878
Welcome to the Forensic Community Mental Health Team (FCOM)
We hope that you will find the whole team friendly and supportive as you begin your
practice placement here.
Please feel free to ask questions and seek support from all individuals within the team.
Every effort will be made to facilitate your ongoing development and education, and
use of informal learning opportunities.
Regards,
Jayne Miller
Integrated Team Manager
The CPN Lead for FCOM is Laurence Doyle.
The lead Mentor for this practice placement is Mark Austin.
The role of the lead mentor is to ensure that you have a suitable mentor and co-mentor
and act as a point of contact should any issues arise or you just need advice.
On your first day either Mark Austin or your allocated mentor:
________________________should meet with you to welcome and orientate you to
the ward and begin to discuss your objectives that you will hopefully meet on this
placement.
Venetia Yarr is the Practice Facilitator for this area. Venetia primarily supports
mentors but is happy to assist you with any issues you may have.
Venetia can be contacted on 02920 716387 or email Venetia.Yarr@Wales.nhs.uk
The link lecturer for the ward is Nicola Evans who can be contacted on 02920
917919 or email evansng@cf.ac.uk.
The link lecturer is your contact with the
university and practice placement.
Team Philosophy
In line with the Adult Mental Health Strategy for Wales, the philosophy of this
service is to provide effective, evidence based care to the service population. The
emphasis being on care and treatment based on flexible, needs led, supportive
community services for users, carers/relatives and appropriate statutory and voluntary
agencies
The Community Forensic Services serves to support users remaining out side of
hospital, which is consistent with the WAG Adult Mental Health Strategy.
“To promote support which will enhance the ability to cope, with the
individual remaining in control of their lives and to facilitate integration of
mental health users into all aspects of community life” (3.2 Aims page 10)
The Community Forensic Services also strives to maximise user’s ability to function
safely within the community without offending. This is also consistent with the aims
of WAG to
“Protect users, carers and the public from avoidable harm while respecting the
right of users and their carers” (3.2 Aims page 10)
Aims of the Service
1. To integrate and/or maintain clients in the community at the earliest
appropriate point, with sufficient support, treatment and supervision to
minimise the risk of premature readmission
2.
To provide a comprehensive level of, assessment, treatment, support and
monitoring of the clients medical, psychological and social needs whilst in the
community
3. To collaborate and work effectively with clients, their families and other
agencies to reduce any known risks associated with offending and recidivism.
4. To provide ongoing assessment and monitoring with respect to any identified
risk, specifically risk and dangerous, to include public safety.
5. To provide a comprehensive, supportive community service to the low secure
in-patient facility based at Whitchurch Hospital.
The Service consists of:
Community Forensic Team
Court Assessment Service
Probation Liaison Service
HMP Cardiff Inreach Service
Police DAPA (Diversion At Point of Arrest) service
The Professional structure of the Team:
Medical
Psychology
Nursing
Social Work
Occupational Therapy
Administrative/Clerical Support
Referral Sources
Community Mental Health Teams
Regional/Medium Secure Units
Special Hospitals
The Probation Service
The Criminal Justice System
The South Wales Police Force
Voluntary Agencies
Low Secure Wards
Adult Mental Health Wards
The Prison Service
THE TEAM
The FCMHT aim to provide treatment and support to mentally disordered offenders
their families and carers in order to maintain them in their communities. To achieve
this aim we not only work as a multi professional team but we also work very closely
with other agencies. Multi agency work is vital if we are to provide the best possible
service for our clients.
The student who chooses to spend a placement with this team will have learning
opportunities that are varied and interesting.
They will be given the chance to work with people with a range of mental illnesses
who have an offending history. They will be expected to be involved the ongoing
assessment of risk of these clients.
They will spend time with the court liaison nurses and become familiar with the court
assessment scheme.
There is the opportunity to be involved in working with the Probation service and
carrying out mental health assessments under the supervision of the Probation Liaison
nurse.
They will learn about the HMP Inreach service and be able to visit the prison to see
how this service works.
There will also be an opportunity to spend time with the DAPA liaison CPN based at
Cardiff Central Police Station.
They will be part of a team that is involved in multi agency working and will have the
opportunity to work with the police and probation services as part of the Multi
Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA).
The team holds referral and case load concerns meetings on a weekly basis which the
student would be encouraged to participate in. CTP / 117 review meetings are held
around every three months for individual clients and is an ongoing process which
students would be expected to attend and contribute to.
The student who requests to do a placement with the FCMHT would be invited to
attend an informal interview. They would be expected to have a genuine interest in
forensic psychiatry and would be encouraged to become involved in all the
opportunities available to them during their placement.
USEFUL TELEPHONE NUMBERS:
CPN office
Admin support (Cheryl)
Laurence Doyle (CPN Lead)
Mark Austin (Lead Mentor)
Duty
02920 336095
02920 336082
02920 336053
02920 336081
215160
07980 029722
mob
07855
If you need to phone in sick or are not attending placement for whatever reason you must ring the CPN office and inform the team on one the numbers above.
You must do this before the commencement of your shift/start time.
Failure to do so will mean that you are marked as absent on your timesheet and
the university will be informed of your failure to follow procedure.
You must also ring the university’s sickness/absent hotline number and leave a
message on the answer phone. The number is 02920 687878
Typical working hours for FCOM are: 0900-1700 or 0800-1600
We operate a lone worker policy within FCOM and it is the responsibility of all
workers (including students), to inform the duty person that you are in at the start of
the day, and that you are safe at the end of the day. Failure to comply with the lone
worker policy may result in the police knocking at your door!
THE EMERGENCY NUMBERS ARE:
Cardiac Arrest - 2222
Fire
- 3333
Security
- 3333
THE STAFF
The CPN team is led by Laurence Doyle.
Other CPN’s / mentors within the team are:
Julie roach
Linda Hamblin
Mark Austin
Sharon Henry
Paul Hamlett
Simon Price
Steve Madden
THE MULTI DISCIPLINARY TEAM
During your stay you will meet a variety of Health Care Professionals, all of whom
would be involved in providing the highest level of patient care from admission
through to a safe discharge home
The MDT team includes:
CPN ‘s
Social workers
Occupational Therapists
Clinical Psychologists
Psychiatrists
Admin support
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
During your placement you are encouraged to utilise the expertise of other health
practitioners and disciplines. You should discuss these visits with your mentor who
will then liaise with the individual an appropriate time for you to work with them.
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HMP Prison Cardiff: Feroze Peerbaccus 20 923159
Vanessa Fowler 20 923159
Court Liaison Officers: Ken Campbell 20 474397 mob 07817 714648
Mark Donoghue: 20 474397 mob 07817 715744
Probation liaison officer: 20 394592 mob 07966 141461
Police Liasion officer: (DAPA) officer Rhian Brett 20 222111 ext 34025 mob
07837 530916
Ward West 3 Manager: Dave Williams ext 36351
Ward West 2A Manager: Mark Williams ext 36353
Occupational Therapy: Alex Hibbert ext 36568
Psychology: Dr Rob Kidd ext 36193
ABBREVIATIONS
During your placement with the Community Forensic Mental Health Team, you will
encounter a number of abbreviations. The list below is aimed as a guidance tool for
you. It must be stressed however that the use of abbreviations is not encouraged
in accordance with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct (2008).
The most commonly used are:
CPN – Community Psychiatric Nurse
CTO – Care and Treatment Order
CTP – Care and Treatment Plan (previously known as CPA – Care Programme
Approach)
DAPA - Diversion At Point of Arrest
MAPPA - Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements
MARAC -Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conferences
RC – Responsible Clinician (Applied to the Mental Health Act, 2007)
Mental Health Act (1983) updated (2007) - Part 3. Patients concerned in criminal
proceedings or under sentence.
Key sections of part 3 of the MHA that will frequently apply to patients receiving care
and treatment from the Forensic CMHT (and inpatient services) include:
37 – Hospital Order (as a section 3); admission of a patient to a named hospital for an
initial period of up to 6 months and following renewal periods of 6 months to 1 year.
37/41 – Hospital order with restrictions as directed
41 – Order restricting discharge. This is often applied to patients who have committed
more serious offences. The Home Office becomes responsible for granting leave and
hospital discharge.
136 – Mentally unwell patients found in a public place. This allows a police officer
who finds a person appearing to be suffering from a mental illness, who is in a public
place, to remove them to a place of safety if they appear to be a risk to others,
themselves or the person appears in need of immediate mental health care.
MHA Part 4: Consent to treatment
117 – After care. Section 117 was introduced in the MHA (1983) and defined
statutory provision for after care of patients detained under the MHA. It is the
responsibility of the RC and MDT to ensure all patients needs have been correctly and
fully assessed and that all needs are addressed via the patient care plan prior to
granting leave or discharge.
SUGGESTED READING
MAPPA Guidance:
http://www.justice.gov.uk/downloads/offenders/mappa/mappa-guidance-2012part1.pdf
The Maze: Mental Health Act 1983 Guidelines (Revised 1999). Maudsley Hospital.
Induction Checklist
All students must receive a departmental (local) induction on the first day of their
clinical placement.
Mentors must complete this with you - if your mentor or another staff nurse does not
complete this, please inform Mark Austin or Laurence Doyle.
Your mentor will…
Welcome you and give you an orientation to the department/team
within the Trust and discuss the Trusts Mission Statement
Give you an understanding of the site layout
Advise that any sickness/absence is reported to both college & wardthe number and who to report to is listed below
Explain the necessity of wearing an identification badge.
Introduce you to team members
Advise who you report to
Explain how you can obtain advice/support
Introduce you to your place of work / base etc.
Explain housekeeping arrangements – and show you the location of
toilets, catering facilities, lockers, notice boards etc.
Explain where personal belongings can be safely stored
Explain the bleep system and priority (if appropriate)
Point out the location of items used in the course of employment
(forms / dressings/stationary etc).
Explain the department’s dress code
Confirm hours of work, breaks, shifts etc.
Highlight/explain any other departmental policies / procedures /
strategies / protocols e.g. POVA/POCA
Advise on the departmental greeting for answering the phone
Explain the permitted use of mobile phones/ texting etc.
Completed
(tick)
Yes N/A
Health and Safety
Your Mentor will…
Completed
(tick)
Yes N/A
Point out the location of fire exits and emergency numbers
Point out the location of fire evacuation assembly points
Explain the fire procedures and different types of alarms
Explain the Incident Reporting procedure
Explain infection control and hygiene requirements (as appropriate)
Provide Information / instruction on the safe use of all equipment
relevant to the performance of the job.
I confirm this checklist has been completed and understood as indicated above
Student’s Signature
Date
Mentor’s Signature
Date