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Main area Brent Community Mental Health Team - Mental Health Grade NHS AfC: Band 4 Contract 1 Permanent and 1 Fixed Term contract opportunity Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 333-J-BR-0709
Site Park Royal Centre for Mental Health Town Brent Salary £31,081 - £33,665 p a inc HCAS (pro rata if part time) Salary period Yearly Closing 09/02/2025 23:59 Interview date 03/03/2025
Job overview
Associate Practitioner (Band 4) – Brent Community Mental Health Team
This is an opportunity for 1x Permanent Associate Practitioner and 1x Fixed Term(12months) Associate Practitioner.
Do you enjoy a challenge?
Then a job with Brent Community Mental Health Team is for you! If you are a creative and flexible person, able to work on your own initiative and interested in assisting in the continuing development of our team, then read on…
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full-time Band 4 Associate Practitioner to work within Brent Community Mental Health. Based in the London Borough of Brent, this is a fantastic opportunity to work in a challenging and diverse role. You will be joining an experienced and friendly multi-disciplinary team in a supportive working environment and be committed to providing a high quality of service to our population.
There is a strong commitment to promoting your professional development. You will be supported by clinical and management supervision and will be given the opportunity to develop and enhance clinical skills through appraisal and personal development plans.
Main duties of the job
To be considered for this post you will need to have a positive, hopeful and can do attitude. You will possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and an ability to work under pressure. You will have knowledge and experience of caring for people with mental illness and be passionate about mental well-being.
The post holder will be expected to work as a member of the multidisciplinary Locality Teams with a focus on enablement and out-reach work to support service users towards their recovery journey. The role will be key in supporting people with emerging and long term mental health conditions with regards to mental and physical health outcomes, social care and social inclusion.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will contribute to the growth and maintenance of key functions of the clinical area by carrying out assigned tasks, involving direct and indirect care to service users, under minimal supervision and as directed by the Senior Practitioners/Team Leaders.
Following personal development planning and targeted training, the competent practitioner will be in a position to work more autonomously in supporting service users. As a result you will have developed a broad underpinning knowledge at intermediate level, and have the ability to evaluate information and communicate effectively with a range of professionals.
To support members of the Brent Community Mental Health Team in ensuring a high standard of nursing and social care. To provide direct physical and psychological care to a designated group of service users through participation in the care planning, provision and evaluation of service user needs under the supervision of trained staff.
To assist in the provision of a community mental health care service to the residents of Brent.
Person specification
Qualifications
* To have completed Secondary Education, with pass in GCSE English (A * - C) / National Certificate in Literacy / ESOL Level 2 or equivalent.
* Any qualification/diploma related to health/social care/housing support/Psychology
Experience
* Experience of working as part of a team with people with acute / severe and enduring mental illness.
* To have had experience in working unsupervised, and in prioritising a workload.
* Previous experience as a support worker/associate practitioner/healthcare assistant
* Previous experience of co-ordinating aspects of care for people with acute / severe and enduring mental illness.
Skills & Knowledge
* Willingness to undertake further training as required.
* A working knowledge of mental illness/mental health.
* Well developed verbal and written communication skills
* Ability to use initiative, and to remain calm and controlled when under pressure
* Demonstrate a non-judgemental approach to people
* Ability to treat service users with respect and dignity at all times adopting a culturally sensitive, holistic and patient-centred approach
* Demonstrate some understanding of care planning and risk assessment.
* Demonstrate basic knowledge and understanding of the Mental Health Act 1983.
Working for our organisation
You will be joining an experienced and friendly multi-disciplinary team in a supportive working environment and be committed to providing a high quality of service to our population. There is a strong commitment to promoting your professional development. You will be supported by clinical and management supervision and will be given the opportunity to develop and enhance clinical skills through appraisal and personal development plans.
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name Patrice Kakono Job title Operational Team Manager Email address patrice.kakono@nhs.net Telephone number 07967760994
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