Employer: Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Welton House
Town: Lincoln
Salary: £26,530 - £29,114 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 01/12/2024 23:59
Psychological Intervention Facilitator
Band 4
Job overview
We are looking for a highly motivated individual to join our team as a Psychological Intervention Facilitator. This is an exciting role that aims to deliver defined wellbeing-focused psychologically-informed interventions, aligned to cognitive-behavioural principles.
The post-holder will engage in a trust-led vocational training programme for the delivery of specified wellbeing interventions and deliver these interventions to patients on their caseload under the close supervision of a nominated psychological practitioner in their team. Attendance at weekly case management supervision and fortnightly clinical skills is an essential part of the role.
Main duties of the job
The Psychological Intervention Facilitator (PIF) role aims to deliver defined wellbeing-focused psychologically-informed interventions, aligned to cognitive-behavioural principles. This role will be located in various teams across the adult community mental health and older people and frailty services.
* Carry out relevant risk assessments and risk management with the multi-disciplinary team.
* Engage calmly and with sensitivity and empathy to support service users in highly distressing or emotional circumstances.
* Engage with and gather information from service users, relatives and patient records to develop a formulation.
* Be a named professional for a caseload of service users supporting and monitoring their progress in treatment.
* Set collaborative goals for intervention with service users.
* Deliver specified wellbeing-focused psychologically-informed interventions, in line with best available evidence, under close supervision, including:
o Behavioural activation
o Graded exposure
o Teaching problem-solving skills
o Improving sleep
o Recognising and managing emotions
o Guided self-help for bulimia and binge-eating
o Building confidence
o Medication support
o Relapse Prevention
* Be responsive to service users’ needs and choices; and uphold their right to be treated with dignity and respect.
* Include carers and families in line with the service user’s wishes.
* Liaise with other health and care providers, including third sector agencies and primary care, to ensure continuity of care for service users.
* Communicate information concerning the assessment, formulation and care plans of service users in a skilled and sensitive manner.
* Deal with endings appropriately and safely with service users, families and carers.
* Form professional relationships with service users and communicate with them in a way that respects their views, autonomy and culture.
* Monitor and record progression, highlight concerns and report any perceived changes in service users’ wellbeing to the team.
* Provide relevant information, written and oral, for records and reviews relating to service users’ progress under supervision from a suitably qualified member of the team.
* Report regularly and in detail to the clinical skills supervisor and case management supervisor.
* Make good use of clinical skills and case management supervision to discuss casework, make plans for action, and reflect on and implement best practice in care planning and interventions.
* Adhere to the employer’s expectations of professional behaviour and all relevant policies and procedures.
* Respect the individuality, values, cultural and religious diversity of clients.
* Attend and fulfil all of the requirements of the training element of the post.
* Apply the learning from the training programme in practice.
* Receive supervision from educational provider in relation to course work to meet the required standards.
* Prepare and present clinical information for all service users on their caseload to case management supervision.
* Prepare and present clinical information for all service users receiving interventions in clinical skills supervision.
* Respond to and implement suggestions by supervisors in clinical practice.
* Participate in clinical governance and quality improvement programs as directed by the line manager.
* Review service user progress using a range of tools, including outcome measures.
* Contribute to a healthy and safe working environment by adhering to health and safety regulations and the employer’s policies.
* Incorporate up-to-date evidence-based methods into the intervention programme as directed by the clinical skills supervisor.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Evidence of ability to study successfully at academic Level 5.
Experience
* Experience of work interacting with the public.
* Experience working as part of a team.
* Experience of analysing and communicating complex information verbally and in writing.
* Lived experience of mental health issues/difficulties.
Special requirements
* Ability to travel across sites in good time without the use of public transport.
Skills
* Demonstrate support for the values and beliefs of the Trust, working in a trauma-informed way, promoting social inclusion and challenging stigma.
* Demonstrate an understanding of the practices of Human Rights in the delivery of this role.
* Commitment to team working and ability to work successfully in a team.
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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