Placement Overview
| Placement Title | FAST – Forensic Assessment and Support Team – Edenfield Centre |
| Trust | |
| Your Placement Contact | Janine McNamara, Steve Mariner, Barry Houghton – Send Email |
| Placement Contact’s Role |
Placement Manager – Janine McNamara PEL’s – Steve Mariner, Barry Houghton |
| Placement Address | Edenfield Centre, Bury Old Road Prestwich M25 3BL |
| Placement City/Town: | Prestwich |
| Placement Phone | 0161 358 8181 |
| Your University Contact: | Kate Doyle – Send Email |
About this placement
What is organised for students on commencement of placement?
Key induction and biometrics
Welcome booklet
Orientation to service and team
Introduction to assessor and supervisors and allocated an assessor
Outline of expectations
Initial interview outlining learning opportunities, spokes
What are the arrangements for mentors/assessors?
Student will be assigned 1 assessor, however, will work with a number of supervisors throughout their placement.
All assessors will have undertaken mentorship training previously or progression to assessor training
Regular SSSA updates available via the learning hub
What shift patterns are students allocated for learning?
Shift Notes:
Monday – Friday 9am to 5pm.
What patient care situations are available in this placement?
The aim of FAST is to help patients who have left a secure care setting, to make a smooth and safe transition into the community. We support the best route to a home environment which encourages continued recovery and positive wellbeing.
Patients are seen in a range of community settings: court, bail hostels, hostels, care and nursing homes, each with a range of mental health problems.
Students will also have the opportunity to visit prisons, special hospitals together with current inpatients.
Students will not be expected to manage a caseload, due to the nature of our client group, however, they will be expected to undertake full assessment of need and care planning for one or more clients, under the direct supervision of their assessor or supervisor during this placement
What nursing model is used for planning care?
The Health Career Model (B. Hodges 1986), however to aid the assessment and evaluation process a number of standardised evidence based assessments are utilised by the Forensic Community Mental Health Nurses and the Clinical Teams these include:
HCR20
LUNSERS
Early Signs Scale
KGV
STAR
Drug Attitude Inventory
HoNOS
Where specific needs are identified through nursing assessment, specific evidenced based assessment tools and interventions are implemented i.e.: Anxiety and Depression scales, behavioural assessments , PSI etc.
What core clinical skills can be learnt?
Monitoring/ observation skills
Communication/ interpersonal skills
Record keeping skills
Team working skills within an MDT
Assessing and Care planning
What additional clinical skills can be learnt?
Each of the CFMHNs has an identified specialism. There may be the opportunity within the placement to experience these areas.
Students will also have the opportunity to identify various spoke placements, however, these will normally be available within the latter part of the placement and in negotiation with their identified mentor.
Gender Specific Interventions
Sex offender work
Self Injurious behaviour
Psychosocial Interventions
Research
Out of area assessments.
Clozaril Clinic
What resources are available to help students learning?
Students will have access to our learning hub online whereby they can complete eLearning and book onto courses.
GMMH library
GMMH trust intranet
Students will have the opportunity to attend regular on site educational seminars including peer reviews of individual clients.
Students will have access various reading material including articles, books, internet access etc as well as having highly experienced and skilled staff on the team.
What research and practice development activities are being undertaken?
The Edenfield hosts the research department for the Trust The department itself is involved in many areas of research and development and will afford the opportunity for the students to access and be informed of new developments
Spoke Placements
Depot Clinic Identified through discussion with students and their identified learning objects.
Identified inpatient wards within Edenfield
Psychology
Additional Information
PEF lindsey.hodges@gmmh.nhs.uk
Car driver. Would need to have business insurance
Please check dress code with PEL.
FAST based at Edenfield