Placement Overview
| Placement Title | HMP Garth |
| Trust | GMMH |
| Your Placement Contact | Euginia DiOdorado, Sam Collinge, Julie Melling, Viki Tidser, India Garrity – Send Email |
| Placement Address | Garth Prison, Ulnes Walton Lane, Newtown PR26 8NE |
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Placement City/Town: Placement Phone |
Preston 01772 443 300 / 01772 443586 |
| Your University Contact: | Caroline Morton – Send Email |
About this placement
What is organised for students on commencement of placement?
- Welcome booklet to be sent electronically where possible or given at the commencement of placement
- Discussion around learning opportunities
- Health & Safety Policies
- Introduction to staff & environment
- Introduction to Assessor and supervisors
- Security Awareness
- Orientation to the Prison
- Orientation to Prison Healthcare
- Fire Regulations
- Option to attend prison induction (held once per month)
What are the arrangements for assessors?
A number of assessors and supervisors identified on student noticeboard/ in welcome booklet. Assessor to be allocated prior to placement commencing where possible.
What shift patterns are students allocated for learning?
The MH team work 8am-4pm across the 7 days
The Primary Care Team work 7.30am- 7.45pm for 3 days one week and 4 days the following week on rotation. There is some flexibility and an option to work night shifts
What patient care situations are available in this placement?
- Mental Health In-Reach
- Spoke placement to Substance Misuse including clinical and psychosocial
- Primary Care
What nursing model is used for planning care?
The philosophy of care is service user focused, non- discriminatory & based on effective multi- agency input
What core clinical skills can be learnt?
As part of the MH In-Reach team, learners will be encouraged to develop a collaborative approach, placing the needs of the service users who have severe & enduring mental illness at the centre of planning care. The aim of the team is to ensure that service users are given the highest standard of care, which is non-judgemental, service user centred & evidence based.
The Primary Care team provide healthcare services to prisoners and the learner will be actively encouraged to participate in all aspects of care
What additional clinical skills can be learnt?
The MH service aims to support other disciplines by effecting timely assessment & care provision to service users that present with mental health needs. The team also provides liaison, consultation, support, & expert advice to other professionals & agencies involved in the ongoing care & treatment of mentally ill offenders through the Care Programme Approach.
As part of the PCT, you will deliver/ contribute to the delivery of a wide range of clinical interventions including wound care, assessment and treatment of chronic illness, medicines management, physical health monitoring.
What resources are available to help students learning?
- Resource Room
- Varied Skill Mix of Staff
- MDT
- Resource file
- CPD training (Trust wide)
- Pre placement CPD training including trauma informed care and self harm, and post placement debrief
- Safe custody meetings
- Population Management meetings
- Complex Care meetings
What research and practice development activities are being undertaken?
- Provision of Mental Health Awareness training for all disciplines of staff within the prison in order to develop skills & competence when dealing with prisoners who may be experiencing mental health problems.
- Development & implementation of the Clinical Governance Framework Compliance with NSF & NICE guidelines
- Ensuring that effective clinical audit process is implemented
- Development of outcome measures.
Spoke Placements
- Addiction service/ detox team (DARS)
- Assessment
- Referrals
- Advice
- Throughcare
- Probation
- Chaplaincy- (Bereavement Issues)
- Care
- Separation
- Wing Based Healthcare Services
- CJLT
- MODEL
- MSU/ LSU
- Forensic psychology
- Liaison and diversion team
- Matrons team (quality assurance)
- Public Health Nurse
- GP
- Physio
- Optician
- Dentist
- Personality Disorder Unit
- SPOC- Psychiatry and Psychology
Additional information
Garth Prison accepts category B prisoners serving sentences of four years or more. Garth holds 800 male prisoners mostly convicted of serious violent or sexual offences.
Learners may not be given keys for security reasons during their placement. if this is the case, they will always be under direct supervision of a directly employed member of Staff. The learner will remain supernumerary for the duration of their placement.
Given the nature of the placement, there are a number of prohibited items (which includes mobile phones). Please talk to your PEL or manager for details.
Students can prepare for a prison placement by watching:
PEF- Lindsey.hodges@gmmh.nhs.uk and Michael.gwizdek@gmmh.nhs.uk