powerpoint council

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Health, Housing Adult Services Mental Health
Division
Care Co-ordination In The Criminal Justice
System
Graeme Buckley (CPA Manager)
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Early Stages

• Back in 2001, Sunderland CPA Team took decisive
  action to establish relationships with Prison
  Mental Health In-Reach Teams
• This involved
• Sourcing contact details of Prison Mental Health
  In-Reach Teams
• Setting up meetings with local Prison Mental
  Health Team managers
• Contacting Prisons further a field by telephone
  or e-mail
• Prison Mental Health In-Reach Teams were keen
  to engage
• Creation of Prison Mental Health Practice
  Development Network
• Establishing Business Processes

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Prison Sentencing Business Process
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Prison Sentencing Process The Benefits

• Allows Prison Mental Health In-Reach Team to be
  aware of
• risks and needs of the individual
• medication the individual requires
• professionals who have knowledge of the
  individual
• Service Users and their families can have
  confidence knowing their treatment and
  care will be maintained whilst they are in prison
• Community care co-ordinators can remain
  up-to-date with any significant events whilst the
  individual is in prison, such as
• improvement / deterioration in mental health
• advance notice of prison release date

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Prison Release Business Process
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Prison Release Process The Benefits

• Allows Prison Mental Health In-Reach Team to
• know who to contact prior to release
• make joint arrangements as necessary
• inform individual that arrangements are in
  place upon release
• Service Users and their families can have
  confidence knowing that people on the outside
  do care and that help and support is awaiting
  them
• Community care co-ordinators have confidence
  knowing that processes are in place to assist
  them, such as
• advance notice of prison release
• agreements with Housing Dept for homeless
  individuals
• framework to support them
• support of Forensic Social Worker

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Prison Alerts

• A Prison Alert is issued by a Mental Health
  In-Reach Team in instances where normal process
  cannot be maintained, these include
• High security Prisoners
• advance notice of any movement is not permitted
• Transient Prisoners
• a change of Prison may not be communicated
  immediately
• Prisoners attending court
• may be released without prior notice being
  given

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MENTAL HEALTH
PRACTICE DEVELOPMENT NETWORK

• The function of this group and its members is
  to
• Maintain the agreed regional processes and
  procedures that support the CPA process.
• Maintain the transfer mechanisms of information
  relating to prison sentencing and prison releases
  back into the community.
• Share evidence based practice and innovative
  approaches experienced within individual
  establishments.
• Inform the NIMHE Regional Development Centre of
  matters raised by the group as/when appropriate.
• Educate colleagues within each members own
  organisation regarding information received from
  this group.
• Support the continuing development of prison
  primary and secondary mental health care.
• Share internal ways of working from each
  members own organisation and update the group as
  and when relevant changes are implemented.
• Use knowledge and information gained from the
  group to support operational practice within each
  members own organisation.

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Plans For The Future

• Establish a Trust-wide process to support
  individuals involved in the criminal justice
  system. This would incorporate
• NHS Trust
• 6 Local Authorities
• Initial Trust-wide meetings have agreed to this
  way of working in principal
• Further work is required to determine the fine
  detail of a Trust-wide business process

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Excellence in Innovation / Innovative
Practice CPAA Award Winner
Graeme Buckley (CPA Manager)
Steve Crann (Presented CPAA Award)
Albert Boyd (Deputy General Manager)
Louise McMahon (CPA Information Officer)
Sunderland CPA Team
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