Job Summary
Team: Gainsborough Community Mental Health Team
Base: Hickman Street Health Clinic, Hickman Street, Gainsborough, DN21 2DZ
We have a very exciting opportunity to recruit to a Band 4 role at our Gainsborough Community Mental Health Team. We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our fantastic community team within Gainsborough.
Gainsborough's Adult Community Mental Health Service is a committed integrated service that strives to provide quality recovery-based support to people with severe and enduring mental health related difficulties.
Please refer to the Job Description & Competency Framework for Band 4 Psychological Intervention Facilitator (PIF).
Main Duties of the Job
1. Carry out relevant risk assessments and risk management with the multi-disciplinary team.
2. Engage calmly and with sensitivity and empathy to support service users in highly distressing or emotional circumstances.
3. Engage with and gather information from service users, relatives and patient records to develop a formulation.
4. To be a named professional for a caseload of service users supporting and monitoring their progress in treatment.
5. To set collaborative goals for intervention with service users.
6. To deliver specified wellbeing-focused psychologically-informed interventions, in line with best available evidence, under close supervision from a wellbeing practitioner, clinical psychologist or CBT therapist including:
1. Behavioural activation
2. Graded exposure
3. Teaching problem-solving skills
4. Improving sleep
5. Recognising and managing emotions
6. Guided self-help for bulimia and binge-eating
7. Building confidence
8. Medication support
9. Relapse Prevention
7. To be responsive to service users' needs and choices; and uphold their right to be treated with dignity and respect.
8. To include carers and families in line with the service user's wishes.
About Us
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.
You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!
We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.
Whether you're taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that's friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life. Visit beinlincolnshire.com to find out more.
Date Posted
24 February 2025
Pay Scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 4
Salary
£26,530 to £29,114 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working Pattern
Full-time, Flexible working
Reference Number
274-11360-AC
Job Locations
Hickman Street Health Clinic, Hickman Street, Gainsborough, DN21 2DZ
Job Responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post. When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Staff Benefits
We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:
* Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy
* Competitive annual leave allowance
* Car leasing scheme
* NHS pension scheme
* Free eye tests
* Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme
* Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants
Get in Touch Today
Our friendly team is here to answer any questions you may have about our roles. For more information, please contact Christine Gardner, via email at christine.gardner7@nhs.net or by telephone 01522 309260.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
* Evidence of ability to study successfully at academic Level 5.
Experience Essential
* 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.
Desirable
* Lived experience of mental health issues/difficulties.
Special Requirements Essential
* Ability to travel across sites in good time without the use of public transport.
Skills Essential
* 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.
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.
Employer Details
Employer Name: Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Hickman Street Health Clinic, Hickman Street, Gainsborough, DN21 2DZ
Employer's Website: https://www.lpft.nhs.uk/
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