Salary: £28,825 per annum

Base: Full Sutton, York: HMP Millsike (travel required to Liverpool Norton Street on occasion)

Contract: Permanent

Hours:  37.5 per week

Job Summary

Prison-based HeadStart Coordinators support individuals with neurological conditions within prison settings. This service offers neurological screening, education on conditions and their impact, symptom management and lifestyle advice. They also offer practical help and information on areas such as future employment choices, housing and other ‘through the gate’ related planning.

HeadStart Coordinators form part of an enthusiastic and committed community of staff and volunteers within the wider organisation which offers a range of other services for the wider Neurological community.

Key Responsibilities

Supporting Prisoners

• Take referrals from across multi-disciplinary staff teams where inmates with neurological conditions are identified.

• Support with inmate screening for a range of neurological conditions including Brain Injury, ADHD, Autism, Substance misuse related dementia and learning disability.

• Educate and empower inmates with knowledge of their condition and how this affects their behaviour and lifestyle choices.

• Refer inmates to specialist medical interventions such as neuropsychiatry and neuropsychology as and when medical needs are identified.

• Provide casework to individuals presenting significant barriers to regime integration and/or repatriation.

• Offer hands on practical help and advocacy to prisoners who may be struggling as a result of their condition.

• Provide emotional support to inmates with a neurological condition as part of their HeadStart program.

• Make referrals and signpost individuals to other relevant charities working within the field, our own internal services and other health and social care-based providers.

For full details on the responsibilities of the role including Strategic Development and Partnership Work, please review the job description here.

How to Apply

To apply, you will need to complete the application form in the downloadable pack here.

Please do not send in your CV, as this will not be counted.

Please note, this vacancy may close early if they receive a high volume of applications, and they reserve the right to withdraw the advert at any time.

If your application is shortlisted, you’ll be invited to a short, informal call via Microsoft Teams to discuss your application further. Should this review be successful, you’ll then be invited to attend a face-to-face interview.

Please e-mail HR@thebraincharity.org.uk or ring 0151 298 2999 if you have any questions.