Structured Clinical Management (SCM) Practitioner
Band 6
Main area Recovery - Mental Health Services Grade Band 6 Contract Fixed term: 18 months (To cover Maternity Leave) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 350-MHC6886073
Site Harry Blackman House Town St Helens Salary £37,338 - £44,962 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 16/02/2025 23:59 Interview date 04/03/2025
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.
We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnic minorities, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen in St Helens Recovery team for a Structured Clinical Management (SCM) Practitioner to join our Relational and Emotional Strengths pathway team. SCM is an evidence-based treatment for people who meet criteria for a diagnosis of Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder.
You will be involved in the assessment and treatment of clients with complex emotional and relational needs, providing individual and group-based interventions in a structured, consistent, coherent and reliable way and will work on agreed goals over a discrete period of time.
You will hold your own caseload and deliver treatment within a psychological framework that is effective in treating these kinds of difficulties.
You will receive training and supervision in SCM and will be required to work therapeutically to aid in the recovery of service users within the Trust.
Main duties of the job
To provide Structured Clinical Management in line with the Trust pathway and standard operating procedure, to provide specialist personality disorder assessments, to facilitate SCM groups and provide SCM supervisions, attend weekly supervision and provide/attend training as required.
The post holder will demonstrate an attitude which respects and values service users and their carers.
Working for our organisation
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
CLINICAL
Undertake personality disorder assessments and develop Living Life Well Crisis Care Plans.
Maintain a case load of 12 SCM clients and co-facilitate a SCM group.
Attend weekly SCM supervision meetings and training programmes as required.
Support and provide training to other staff, manage the clients' pathway, and liaise with ward staff during admissions.
Facilitate a planned discharge and provide information regarding how to re-access services.
Advocate for clients with a personality disorder and implement the SCM treatment programme.
Co-facilitate weekly SCM group meetings.
To work in accordance with the standard operating procedure for cluster 8.
Formulate and implement appropriate treatment plans and provide Structured Clinical Management.
Provide short-term goal-focused support/input to cases on the pathway.
Liaise with other professionals to ensure continuity of care.
Carry out assessments as per Patient Owned Database and assign patients to care clusters.
Provide consultation and training in personality disorder to other team members as required.
Demonstrate an ability to formulate clients' mental health needs.
Agree to undertake additional training when required to facilitate the role.
MANAGERIAL
Provide supervision for staff.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Evidence of continuing professional development with measurable post-qualification and further training in Personality Disorder.
* Assistant Psychologists would be considered with an appropriate post-graduate degree and relevant experience.
Knowledge / Experience
* Able to demonstrate an understanding of the Personality Disorder Pathway model.
* Working experience of Inpatient/Outpatient settings.
* Experience of formulating risk assessments.
* Experience of working with mental health services.
* A working knowledge of NICE Guidance protocols.
* Knowledge of safeguarding protocols.
* Previous experience of delivering Psychological Interventions to people with Personality Disorder.
Values
* Accountability
* Support
* High professional standards
* Responsive to service users
* Engaging leadership style
* Transparency and honesty
* Discreet
* Change oriented
Skills
* Knowledge and understanding of equal opportunities.
* Able to prioritise and organise workload.
* Ability to motivate others.
* Ability to manage risk.
* Demonstration of psychological awareness of others' strengths and weaknesses.
* Leadership skills; evidence of clinical leadership in a particular domain.
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