Main area Community Mental Health - Adults Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours
* Full time
* Part time
* Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (part time and full time considered) Job ref 246-ESU6740243-B
Site Mariner House Town Ipswich Salary £37,338 - £44,962 gross per annum (pro rata) Salary period Yearly Closing 06/02/2025 23:59
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.
We are committed to delivering quality driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we’d love you to join us!
We will consider flexible working arrangements for our roles, please indicate in your application if this is something you require.
Job overview
Do you want to work for an award-winning team? Ipswich Adult CMHT have been recognised for Working together for better mental health.
You will be well supported within a friendly and well-established award-winning team, with continuing opportunities and ongoing professional development.
Ipswich Adult community team specialise in working with adults who are experiencing mental illness. The team are based in Ipswich and you will be working with one of the most complex demographics within Suffolk. We focus on Recovery based interventions and strive to work in partnership with those we care for, their families and their networks.
You’ll be working alongside a multi-disciplinary team, undertake the role of the duty worker as part of our team’s rota. You’ll regularly be working with external agencies as part of a service users care, so being able to work well in a team and having excellent communication skills is vital. You can expect a thorough induction and training / preceptorship period, as well as opportunities for ongoing development.
Main duties of the job
The typical job roles and responsibilities will include:
* Working with other multi-disciplinary professionals within the team.
* Undertake initial assessments.
* Liaise with statutory and voluntary sectors.
* The successful candidate will be an integral part of this team. You will contribute to meetings both within the service and in wider networks.
* Effective personal planning and organisation of daily workload.
* Flexible working and manage own working time effectively and accordingly to service demands.
* Managing and providing a high quality of care.
* Managing a case load of patients that have a range of mental health needs.
* Initiate, create and maintain therapeutic relationships with patients and carers, ensuring that practice is patient centred.
* Participating in the duty rota.
* Practicing in line with policy, guidance and legislation.
* Carrying out risk assessment, crisis and safety planning.
* Working closely with the ACS mental health team to support our patients, meeting both their mental health needs and their Care Act needs.
* To support patients in being discharged back to primary care.
Working for our organisation
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post will involve you working autonomously in the community. You will engage with people, and using effective communication, often in difficult and stressful circumstances. You will be undertaking initial assessments, introducing services, making referrals to appropriate agencies, and monitoring and supporting situations to achieve positive outcomes for our service users and carers. You will be supported within your practice via a helpful team.
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
Person specification
Qualifications
* Nursing degree or equivalent, Dip OT, Clinical Psychology or equivalent.
* Good to great management course, or equivalent.
Experience
* Able to demonstrate an appropriate level of knowledge of mental health practice from previous experience.
* Demonstrate effective risk assessment and risk management experience.
* Experience in the delivery of clinical interventions.
* Experience in working in team delivering person centred treatment packages.
* Experience in delivering group based interventions.
* Experience in supporting service development.
Skills
* Effective analytical and decision-making skills.
* Care planning skills.
* Risk assessment knowledge and skills.
* Competent and effective treatment skills.
* Able to effectively prioritise own workload.
* Basic computer skills including use of email/internet.
* Satisfactory verbal and written language skills.
* Able to time manage and reflect on clinical practice.
* Prevention and Management of Suicide training.
* Medicine Management Safeguarding training.
Knowledge
* Knowledge of medication and the monitoring of its effects.
* Knowledge of psychosocial interventions.
* An understanding of the policies and guidelines both local and national e.g. National Institute for Clinical Excellence guidelines (Government initiative).
* Developing knowledge of local wider systems and networks.
* Knowledge of health promotion.
Other
* Ability to travel independently.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
Apart from its legal duties in relation to equality and diversity, the Trust recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief.
As a part of the Disability Confident Employer Guaranteed Interview Scheme we interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job vacancy (outlined in the Person Specification). We encourage you to indicate your eligibility through TRAC jobs when applying.
DISCLOSURE AND BARRING SERVICE CHECK (formerly CRB)
FOR POSTS WITH DIRECT SERVICE USER CONTACT - Please be advised that due to recent changes in the DBS Service, organisations no longer receive copies of DBS Disclosures – these are sent directly to candidates only. Therefore, it will be your responsibility, if successful, to ensure that this is taken to the appointing officer as soon as you receive it.
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.
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