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About the Trust
We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.
Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We're really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we're a great place to work.
Our ambition is to maximise people's potential and we aim to promote an inclusive environment and improve the diversity of our workforce so our people truly represent the communities we serve.
All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.
If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:
1. Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
2. Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance.
3. Access to Continued Professional Development.
4. Involvement in improvement and research activities.
5. Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service.
6. Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel.
If you are Kind, Fair, Ingenious and Determined then we want you to come and join our #PennineCarePeople.
Job overview
To be a Mental Health Nurse or Mental Health Social Worker within the Op Courage service to veterans and "service leavers" with a 6 month discharge date from Military, within the North West of England.
As part of the OpCourage North collaborative, assist in triage/screening referrals for the collaborative, alongside specifically NW clients.
The post consists of hybrid working between office, home base, online/virtual appointments, face to face and community settings. Responsibilities include: Participation in a Duty rota including liaising with referrers and other services, providing support to members of the Multi-Disciplinary Team in relation to risk management and safeguarding issues, Case management of veterans, Clinical interventions and signposting/liaising with local services. The service delivery of clinical interventions occurs within a range of venues (including MoD venues) across the North West or home setting where clients' needs necessitate this.
Senior mental health practitioners would be expected to carry out initial face to face mental health, social care and risk assessments using the OpCourage standard assessment (including collecting outcome measures); case management of an assigned group of clients who require ongoing monitoring of their mental health and risk management; emotional and practical support; and the delivery of evidence-based interventions supported by the psychological team.
Main duties of the job
• To undertake screening and telephone assessment duties including liaison with referrers and other service providers to ensure clients are treated in the most appropriate service for their needs.
• To provide a thorough psycho-social assessment of the client (aged 18+), this will include a risk assessment, safety plan and care plan.
• To deliver individualised interventions to the client based on individual care plan.
• Liaison with local services, MDT's and 3rd sector organisations.
• To manage own caseload by delivering brief interventions to the client, whilst maintaining and allocating new clients.
• Undertaking initial assessments as part of duty tasks and offering an additional face to face assessment slot weekly to support the brief interventions pathway.
Person specification
Essential criteria
* RMN or MHSW
* Short course and experience to post grad diploma level.
* Worked within an NHS community setting.
Desirable criteria
* Previous experience of working with Military veterans.
* Managed a complex community caseload.
* Knowledge of Primary Care Mental Health and delivery of brief interventions.
* Certificate/diploma in CBT/counselling or CPD in Primary Care Mental Health.
* Experience of working with individuals who have drug and/or alcohol problems including models of care and the recovery and abstinence agenda.
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