Team/Service Name

Student Education Induction Pack

Education induction document Page 1 of 13 This induction pack is to help you as a learner to familiarise yourself with the team. It provides you with the basics about the team and should help you to plan to meet your learning needs.

We recommend that all learners contact the team in good time prior to placement to identify who will be supervising your learning and confirm start times/hours.

During your placement you should have a minimum of a preliminary, midpoint and final meeting with whoever is supervising your learning. You should also undertake some form of leaning analysis then produce a learning contract and or action plan that provide structure and direction to the time you are with us. Your supervisor will be able to help draw this together but you must take a lead in negotiating your plan. Some examples of these tools are provided but you may wish to use those produced by your education provider.

Please ensure that you present any documents regarding your placement with our staff on the first day of your placement. This should include any assessment document, learning outcomes you hope to achieve and any type of ongoing record of achievement.

On completion of your placement you will be asked to provide an evaluation. Please take time to complete this openly and honestly as it is only with your feedback can we improved the quality of these valuable learning experiences.

We hope you find the time on your placement enjoyable and productive.

Date of production or last review and 21st of April 2016 update Author or reviewer Liam Donovan Deputy Manager

Education induction document Page 2 of 13 Education induction document Page 3 of 13 Placement Induction and Details Team/service name: Ashley House (The Hatherton Centre) Address: Ashley House 01785 257 888 The Hatherton Centre (ext 5010 & 5014) St Georges Hospital Corporation Street, Stafford ST16 3AG Service Description: Ashley House is an inpatient ward with for 13 male inpatients; it is the acute forensic admissions ward within the Hatherton centre part of the local forensic directorate. The Hatherton centre is made up of four inpatient ward and purpose built Occupational therapy department including a gym and sports hall. Our admission criteria includes prisons, courts, high secure hospitals, other medium secure units, low secure services, adult psychiatric wards and from the community. There are four clinical teams within the Hatherton centre that operate a functionalisation model of one clinical team for each ward environment. Ashley House is part of the Acute Stream within the service and service users may have severe or challenging mental health symptoms, behaviors and may have a forensic history which necessitates assessment in a medium secure setting.

Team philosophy: Ashley House provides high quality health care in a medium secure setting within a local catchment area. Through a collaborative approach to mental health and risk assessment where we include the service user as much as possible, we provide a recovery focused pathway of care. Following unit and trust policies Ashley staff strive to provide the best possible service through engagement and evidence based assessment, care and treatment. Each service user will be treated as an individual, with dignity and respect and will be involved, where possible in all aspects of their care pathway. In their recovery they are supported to their optimum level of self actualization which can be built on as they move through the unit. Pathways from Ashley can follow to rehabilitation wards within the unit or to appropriate accommodation dependant on outcomes of treatment, risk assessments’ and retained living skills. The ward maintains its standards of care through regular auditing and review from internal and external bodies, encompassing

Education induction document Page 4 of 13 Clinical Governance that the unit strives to achieve and benchmark and through ward meeting / group supervision in order to focus on ward climate and culture.

Team welcome: Welcome to Ashley house, we hope you will gain as much experience of a forensic acute ward as possible and for you to feel part of our team.

Hours of the service 24hour Hours of work 24hrs Directorate: Forensics Student capacity (all 2 disciplines combined): Service manager: Sam Mason 5653 Team Education Lead Liam Donovan (Deputy Manager) 5010 Team members Discipline Specialist interest/skills and Particular learning Education supervisor expertise opportunities: status: Names Psychologist, Sexual Abuse Specialist, Infection Control Champion, Dual e.g. Assessments, Therapy, status i.e. practices teacher/ mentor/ Nurse, OT, Diagnosis link, medical correspondence… Engagement, diary management signoff mentor, NVQ Assessor secretary… 1x ward manager Nurse Ward Manager Leadership and Mentor management – DMI instructor – 2x Deputy managers Nurse Knowledge and skills of forensic Leadership and Mentors nursing and management management of Acute and rehabilitation pathway.

Education induction document Page 5 of 13 14x staff nurses S/N’s Knowledge and skills of forensic Acute interventions and 5 Mentors nursing. care delivery. Group One sign off work facilitators and mentors. Violent offender facilitator and mentors. A broad range of psychological approached including CBT PSI Motivational interviewing. Use of assessment tools to assess including BDI and PANSS and risk assessments HCR20. Delivery of care via the clinical single team and vie clinical reviews. Staff nurse trained in personality disorder and dual diagnosis. Staff nurse trained to facilitate Reasoning and rehabilitation training. Ward based OT Knowledge and skills of Occupational Occupational therapy within physical health care. Therapist Ward based psychology assistant 14x HCSW HCSW Knowledge and skills of forensic Broad experience in

Education induction document Page 6 of 13 nursing mental health settings, co-working of patient group – undertaking 1:1 sessions and delivery of care. Delivering group work and ward based group work. Occupational OT Knowledge and skills of occupational Therapist therapy and forensic setting PAC – Pathway ADMIN Ward admin support and data administration duties collection / presentation for forensic coordinator services. Logistical support to maintain a safe ward environment. Learning The ward based team is made up of 34 members of staff with varied knowledge and skills from opportunities/experiences across the entire Hatherton centre and community team. There are opportunities such as the across the team: Occupational therapy department, community team and court liaison and time with social work department. The Hatherton has four inpatient wards that vary from an ICU to long term rehabilitation as such offer a wide degree of experiences. Discipline specific learning Discipline specific opportunities range from day to day activities such as ward based engagement opportunities: groups and daily interventions to more in depth task such as Shared pathway the national standard for MSU, care planning, evaluating and risk assessing using the HC20 and collaborative risk assessment with service users. Clinical reviews, CPAs MHA appeals,117 meetings. Medication prescription and administration and psychologically informed interventions. Local links and networks: The Hatherton centre has links to a dedicated community team, prison in reach services as well as local links to St Chad’s for facilities there and Ellesmere House a forensic learning disability service.

Education induction document Page 7 of 13 Types of treatments Ashley House interventions are recovery orientated and may include individual sessions, interventions offered psychosocial interventions, relapse work with relapse signatures and time lines. We offer low and within the service high intensity interventions from ward based groups to mentoring Violent offender programmes. Being an acute environment we offer short term and long term management of potential/actual aggression and have a low stimulus facility. Medication prescription and administration. We have close links to Newport House ICU as the acute stream pathway. The frameworks and Ashley house operates a recovery focused environment whilst being risk aware. Currently we are models of care used working to a collaborative approach to care using a shared pathway to encourage engagement and a partnership with service users. The Hatherton centre has single team approach, one clinical team per ward area with a review on a Tuesday. Site specific Health, Safety The Hatherton centre is a medium secure hospital that operates to the MSU best practice & Security specification 2006. The Hatherton centre has an air lock system at our reception and Ashley house has a second air lock to gain access to the ward. Other doors on the unit are accessed with a key. Students must complete an induction of the unit and key policy before one can be issued ,all staff to be issued with a key need to be wearing a belt. There is a contraband policy of items not allowed on the unit. They will be made aware of Fire procedures. There is an observation policy ranging from 5 min to hourly monitoring plus more intensive observation with staff remaining with service users for 24hrs of the day to maintain safety. Ashley House follows the relational /procedural and environmental security and uses the DOH See Think Act document for relational security in a medium secure environment. Expectations of students Students are expected to complete an induction before a key can be issued, students should dress and conduct themselves in a professional manner and be aware of the client group, there is an expectation on keeping own and colleges’ boundaries. They should wear a belt and suitable trousers with pockets or a pouch to store the key and chain. Students should maintain professional boundaries at all time, this is regarding personal details of self and others. They should have good time keeping and be aware of shift times. There will be agreed learning objectives with mentor and set action plans and time scales and there is positive expectation for good attitudes to learning.

Education induction document Page 8 of 13 Housekeeping There is an onsite restaurant that operates limited opening hours but can be accessed 24hrs a day via a code (can be sourced from Hatherton reception). Car parking is busy from 12-3.

Useful student contact Clinical Placement Facilitator Helen Allen 07791501278 (Shropshire) details Clinical Placement Facilitator Stuart Moyles 07971978096 (Staffordshire) Clinical Education and Development Lead Tim Devanney 07540789644 Staffordshire University 01785 353766 Keele University 01782732000 Wolverhampton University 01902321000 Coventry University 02476887688 Derby University 01332590500 Trust Library Services Lichfield 01543 414555 Shelton 01743 492283 Stafford 01785 221584 Please add other useful numbers

Education induction document Page 9 of 13 Examples of SWAT tool, Learning Contract and Action Plans SWOT

Relates to Learning Outcome: ______

Strengths Weaknesses/Limitations

Opportunities Threats/Barriers

Education induction document Page 10 of 13 Signed (Learner): Date:

Learning Contract

Relates to Learning Outcome: ______Date: ______

Desired Learning Experience Actions Evidence Timescale

Education induction document Page 11 of 13 Signed Learner: Date: Signed Supervisor: Date:

Action Plan Relates to Learning Outcome: ______Date: ______

Areas for Improvement Specific Actions Timescale Evidence

Education induction document Page 12 of 13 Review of Action Plan - Supervisor

Signed Learner: Date: Signed Supervisor: Date:

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