Community Mental Health Care Practitioner
We are looking to recruit two Band 6 Community Mental Health Care Practitioners with a passion for working with people with mental health conditions.
This is a well-established, high-performing team delivering compassionate care in the community to adults who suffer from mental health problems. You will be working in a team that is diverse in background, highly motivated, friendly, agile, flexible, and responsive.
The post-holder will provide effective and timely care within a multidisciplinary team setting for working-age adults who present with functional mental health problems who are residing in the London Borough of Enfield.
The post holder will carry a defined caseload and will work closely with other members of the team, including Psychologists, Medical professionals, Social Workers, Nurses, and other Health & Allied professionals to ensure that the best quality of care is provided.
This work will be underpinned by a bio-psychosocial model of care, and the post holder will ensure that best practice psycho-social interventions are offered wherever possible within their skill set.
Main duties of the job
* To work as a Care-coordinator within the team in the planning, delivery, co-ordination, and evaluation of assessments and formulation.
* To work closely and collaboratively with other members of the team including Psychologists, Medical professionals, and other Allied Professionals to provide optimal care.
* To carry out complex person-centred assessments.
* To ensure that all care offered is evidence-based and all interventions take into account specific physical, cultural, psychological, and spiritual needs of service users.
* To assess care needs, devise care programmes, packages of care including Risk assessment, Dialog+, and implement and evaluate these in collaboration with individual service users and their carers.
* To support and mentor less experienced staff, support workers, and students from related professional backgrounds who are on placement within the team.
* To undertake duties designed to extend clinical and managerial expertise as delegated by the Team Manager when required.
* To undertake comprehensive outcome monitoring of all referrals.
About us
This is a permanent position to help us deliver our plans to transform our Community Mental Health Services, as part of the NHS Long Term Plan. The transformation of our Community Mental Health services will lead to truly integrated health and social care for adults in Barnet, Enfield, and Haringey who have serious mental illness.
Our transformation plans are supported by £25m in funding and will mean the roll-out over the next three years of multi-disciplinary teams of experts working within the new Primary Care Networks and offering wraparound, holistic care to our service users and wider community. Our aim is to support the whole person as they live with, or recover from, mental illness and to offer them support with other challenges they may face, such as debt, relationship problems, housing, education, or training. We will also focus resources on reaching those who currently face obstacles in getting the help they need.
We are an organisation that is passionate about equality, diversity, and inclusion; one that prides itself in developing the leadership capabilities of its employees, looking after their health and wellbeing, creating safe spaces for staff to speak up, and providing opportunities to mentor and be mentored.
Our employees are the reason for delivering Good CQC ratings, excellent outcomes, and outstanding patient experiences, so it is our aim to create a happy and healthy working environment where you can thrive and succeed.
Job responsibilities
Please kindly refer to the job description and person specification by clicking on the JD/PS attachment in the advert.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
* Registered Mental Health Practitioner, Professional registration as RNMH/AHP/Occupation Therapist.
* Must be currently registered with the appropriate professional body.
* Evidence of ongoing CPD in portfolio.
Previous Experience
* Post-registration experience of working in a mental health setting.
* Experience of multi-agency/professional working.
* Working experience in community mental health.
* Minimum of 2 years post-qualification experience.
Knowledge and Skills
* Demonstrate an extensive knowledge of evidence-based assessments and interventions.
* Able to deal with difficult situations e.g., dealing with aggressive and/or emotional patients or carers.
* Ability to communicate clearly and effectively both orally and in writing.
* High-quality record keeping, Risk Assessment, and Risk Management skills.
Attributes
* Honest, trustworthy, and reliable, friendly, approachable.
* Ability to adapt to changing environments, needs, and demands and respond accordingly.
* To have a flexible and creative approach to problem-solving.
* Ability to work under pressure while remaining calm and maintaining quality.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
£40,701 to £48,054 a year per annum, inclusive of Outer London HCAS.
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