Community Mental Health Practitioner

3 weeks ago


Exeter, United Kingdom Devon Partnership NHS Trust Full time

The post holder will deliver high quality mental health services. The role involves managing a defined caseload. The focus will be providing continuous assessment and treatment to people with mental health presentations and their carers. This will include recovery co-ordination (design and co-ordination of treatment packages that are personalised and evaluated in line with payment by results).

The liaison with a wide range of statutory and non-statutory agencies is central to this role. The post holder will be an effective member of the multi-disciplinary team. Duties and Responsibilities Communication and Working Relationship Skills Contribute to the teams engagement including liaising with a wide range of other professionals and agencies. Impart complex and sensitive information to: Patients and families/carers regarding assessment, care planning, treatment and review Multi-disciplinary teams to ensure the provision of consistent well-coordinated care Primary care teams regarding client care External agencies also involved in the provision of care e.g.: voluntary and private sector, police, social services, housing, employment etc.

Service user/carer groups Contribute to the safe and effective day to day operations of the service including the handling of clinical enquires. Provide and receive information some of which may be contentious, sensitive and complex to and from individuals and their families/carers and actively seek support as appropriate. Provide a high standards of written and verbal communication that is clear and in line with professional documentation standards Participate in clinical meetings, this will include CPA and non-CPA reviews, professional meetings, and clinical risk meetings. Communicate information in a way that makes it relevant and understandable for service users and carers, working in line with practice standards and operational policies.

Facilitate fair access to social care services and promote social inclusion regardless of age, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation or disability Actively contribute to multi-disciplinary team working. Analytical and Judgemental Skills Undertake risk assessments and determine the appropriate course of action, which has taken into consideration a range of possible options. Where necessary, ensure that consultation with senior colleagues is undertaken. Undertake and continuously re-evaluate bio-psycho-social assessments and contribute to the development of a working formulation and diagnosis, in consultation with senior clinical staff, and the multi-disciplinary team which will lead to the development of personalised care packages in line with evidence based and payment by results.

Ensure that consultation with senior colleagues is undertaken. Have an awareness of your own clinical competencies, knowledge base and experience, and ensure that you practice within this and seek support as required. Ensure the continuous re-evaluation of individuals needs and clinical risk situations and use clinical judgement to formulate the most appropriate clinical plan. Planning and Organisational Skills Organise meetings, including CPA and non-CPA professional and risk meetings.

Responsible for managing own workload to ensure the needs to the individuals who use our services are met, taking the wider needs of the team into consideration. Ensure that interventions are planned in an integrated and co-ordinated manner, this may include liaison with external agencies. Plan and organise individuals packages of care and ensure that reviews are held within the required time frames, for example Section 117, Funding Panels and CPA. Plan their own workload and the workload of junior colleagues (e.g.

Band 3 colleagues) to ensure that care is provided in the most highest quality and cost efficient manner. Responsibility for Patient/Client Care, Treatment and Therapy Ensure that designated caseload is well managed and that care and treatment is provided in line with practice standards and recovery co-ordination (CPA and non-CPA ). Understand social factors that impact upon mental health Develop and deliver care packages including assessing, planning, intervention and evaluation. Ensure that all interventions have clear outcomes and that these are taken into consideration when sourcing the resources to best meet the individuals needs.

This will include enabling individuals to take up Direct Payments and offering the person as much choice and control of resources as appropriate. Ensure that all social care packages are reviewed within the relevant timescales and focus on integration within existing community resources where possible. Deliver services using a recovery and strengths approach where the needs of the individual and their carers are held as central and their involvement is proactively encouraged. Deliver care in line with evidence based practice and employ engagement and therapeutic skills that are appropriate to the clinical situation presented.

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