Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team Practitioner
To work as a Team member in providing a Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Service (CR/HT) in Powys. The CR/HT service will provide a service for adults who are experiencing a Mental Health crisis and are at risk of admission to Hospital. Intensive Home Treatment will be provided in collaboration with the service user and in the least restrictive setting, 7 days a week, and 365 days a year as per rota. CR/HT will also facilitate the early discharge of those admitted to inpatient units, through intensive but time limited intervention in the community.
Main duties of the job
We provide a service to people in acute mental health need, and offer an alternative to going into Hospital by providing intense support at home. We work 9-9, 7 days a week every day of the year, so shift-work is essential in a mixture of 12-hour and 8-hour shifts.
We are looking for a qualified practitioner - a Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist. You will need to have experience of community mental health work and to be passionate about this area of work. We are a supportive team, with a low turnover of staff and we work in a beautiful rural area.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
This post is being advertised as available as an annex 21. This means that we welcome applications from applicants who could be appointed at a band 5 level, with an expectation that they could progress to band 6 within an agreed time frame.
Consideration for jobshare/part time hours may be considered by recruiting team manager.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Professional Qualification- Social Worker/RMN/Occupational Therapist
* Experience in Community Mental Health Service
Qualifications and/or Knowledge
* Applicants may be from a range of professions who are suitably qualified at one of the following levels; Diploma/Degree in Mental Health Nursing, or equivalent (RMN) and NMC registration/Degree level Social care qualification/Degree in Occupational Therapy
* High level of assessment/ risk assessment/ planning and evaluation skills necessary for working with acute Mental Health crisis
* Mental Health Act and other relevant legislation
* POVA/safeguarding
* Sound understanding of Mental Health Measure
* Awareness of current developments in Mental Health Practice
* Evidence of clinical and professional post qualification training and development
* Prepared to undertake relevant skills training
* IT Skills
* Brief Family Therapy qualification/Training
* Counselling qualification / Training
* Venepuncture
Experience
* Relevant experience in Mental Health
* Experience of giving and/or receiving supervision
* Substantial experience in Mental Health care
* Relevant experience in Community Mental Health setting
* Experience of CRT/AO service
* Personal experience of Mental Health Services
Other
* Ability to travel within a geographical area
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills
* Ability to work flexibly within 24-hour shift pattern
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.
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