Mental Health Practitioner

6 days ago


Wakefield, United Kingdom South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Full time
2x 37.5 Hours Per Week available
The Specialist Community Forensic Team have an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated practitioner within our All-Age Forensic Community Service.

The Specialist Community Forensic Team is a multi-disciplinary team supporting transition and continued rehabilitation for service users out of secure care into the community. The team provides specialised intervention and forensic risk management across West Yorkshire.

The role includes working shifts including 2 long days and 2 mids that cover a 7 day service within the hours of 08:00-20:00pm to support the pathway development of the service, providing intensive support, case management and intervention to service users. Access to a vehicle is essential.

To discuss the post please contact:
Donna Somers, Team Manager on donna.somer@swyt.nhs.uk or 07825 962881
Stacey Hayton, General Manager on stacey.hayton@swyt.nhs.uk or 07789 753526

At the time of advertising, this role does meet the minimum requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK. We look forward to receiving your application.

Main duties of the job

The All-Age Forensic Community Service is a developing service line within the Forensic Care Group. It includes:
  1. Forensic CAMHS (inclusive of Y& H FCAMHS, Focus Secure and Focus Wakefield)
  2. Forensic Outreach and Liaison Service for Learning Disability and/or Autism (FOLS LDA)
  3. Our adult forensic community service (Forensic Community Transition Team (Bretton Centre) and the Specialist Community Forensic Team (SCFT))

The vision is to create a collaborative environment between our community forensic services and to develop an overarching clinical framework that will support the way in which a community forensic population is understood, supported and intervened upon, no matter what age. The purpose of the role is therefore to:
  1. Be the lead professional in the case management of service users.

All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect patients.

We are aware that an increasing number of applicants are using AI technology to generate responses on NHS Job application forms. We strongly discourage this and will conduct a thorough screening process before selecting candidates to progress to the next stage. If you are using AI to enhance your application, please disclose this in your NHS Jobs application form.

About us

We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the West Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities; we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups; we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Being a foundation Trust means we're accountable to our members, who can have a say in how we're run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.

Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment.

We do reserve the right to close the vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.

Job description

Job responsibilities
  1. Has continuing responsibility for the provision of skilled interventions to people with mental health needs within a community setting.
  2. Works within a multi-disciplinary team as a member of the Forensic Community Team and wider Forensic pathway.
  3. Management of own caseload in line with C.P.A. procedures and risk management protocols.
  4. Provision of leadership to the Forensic Community Team in respect of psycho-social interventions to people and their carers in line with national and local practice standards e.g. NIC.
  5. Supervision and support of other team members.
  6. Participation in service development and clinical governance structures.
  7. Assesses needs and identifies problems relevant to the care of people referred.
  8. Devises a plan of care in partnership with the person and carers.
  9. Implements the planned programme of care to ensure a high standard is achieved.
  10. Reviews the effectiveness of the care provided and where appropriate initiates any action.
  11. Advises and supports the person and carers to promote health and well-being and to prevent illness.
  12. Recognises situations that may be detrimental to the health and well-being of the person and initiates action that may be required.
  13. Establishes and maintains satisfactory communication with all agencies involved in the person's care in both hospital and community.
  14. Functions as a member of a multi-disciplinary team.
  15. Management of enquiries and direct referrals of people in accordance with Enhanced team operational Policy and participates in the team duty rota.
  16. Maintain professional registration and demonstrate commitment to statutory codes of practice and continued professional development requirements.

Person Specification

Training
Essential
  • Assessment and care planning skills.
  • Risk assessment and risk management.
  • Relevant post-registration qualifications and/or training.
  • Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills.

Desirable
  • Successful completion of venepuncture course and able to demonstrate competence.
  • Training in relation to specialist forensic interventions, including HSB, Violence & Fire Setting.
  • Experience of delivering training to others.

Special Knowledge/Skills
Essential
  • Working knowledge of recent government legislation e.g. Mental Health Act, Health & Safety, Care Programme Approach
  • Able to work incorporating principles of Clinical Governance
  • Proven skills in partnership working with people who use services and their carers
  • Shows awareness of equality and diversity and is able to incorporate this into care planning and the delivery of care.
  • Ability to act up in the absence of the team manager
  • Knowledge of using IT systems to record clinical activity.
  • Knowledge of audit processes.
  • Analytical and creative problem-solving skills.
  • Knowledge of carer services/issues.

Desirable
  • Proven activity in audit.
  • Knowledge and skills in specialist areas such as dual diagnosis, perinatal mental health, working with people experiencing psychosis, working with people with a diagnosis of personality disorder.

Qualifications
Essential
  • RMN Current NMC registration.
  • Social Worker/Occupational Therapist-current HCPC registration.
  • Experience of mentoring/supporting learners or ability to demonstrate the skills required for effective mentoring.
  • Practice Education/Practice Assessor Preparation Certificate.

Personal Attributes
Essential
  • Time management.
  • Self-direction.
  • Reliability, enthusiasm, motivation, flexible resourcefulness, adaptable.
  • A Current driving licence and access to a car during the working day is essential (reasonable adjustments will be considered for any applicants who are unable to drive due to a disability).
  • Autonomy.
  • Diplomacy.
  • Leadership skills.

Experience
Essential
  • Can demonstrate skills in assessing and managing people experiencing complex mental health problems.
  • Experience of supporting and supervising colleagues/students/trainees.
  • Experience of using IT systems to support, record and monitor clinical activity.
  • Can demonstrate skills in assessing and managing risk in a variety of settings.
  • Proven ability in assessing the needs and strengths of people and their carers.
  • Experience of delivering a range of therapeutic interventions.
  • Working within an integrated multi-disciplinary environment and co-working with other teams and professions within team meetings, case conferences and professional meetings.
  • Ability to support colleagues with day-to-day caseload management including prioritisation of responsibilities in times of high clinical demand.
  • Ability to promote and develop links with other professionals for e.g practitioners within long-term conditions, primary care.
  • Evidence of knowledge and application in practice of national guidance and standards, e.g. NICE, CQC, CQUINs.
  • Experience of working holistically with older adults in a bio-psycho-social model of care with emphasis on physical ill health that impacts on mental wellbeing.

Desirable
  • Experience of working in an assertive/community treatment model.
  • Experience of working in different cultural contexts.
  • Knowledge and experience of working with Equality and Diversity.

Special Knowledge/Skills
Essential
  • Ability to undertake the duties and demands of the post. A satisfactory sickness record over the previous 2 years (subject to the need to act with fairness and equality of opportunity, particularly where the sickness is related to a disability and/or pregnancy).

Employer details
Employer name
South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust
Address
Newton Lodge, Fieldhead Hospital
Ouchthorpe Lane
Wakefield
WF1 3SP
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