Community Mental Health Practitioner

7 months ago

Ipswich, United Kingdom Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Do you want to work for an award winning team? Ipswich Adult IDT have been recognised for Working Together for better mental health.

Are you a practitioner who is highly driven with a range of transferrable skills and is passionate about working with adults experiencing mental health difficulties? Then we want to hear from you In exchange you will be well supported within a friendly and well established award winning team, with continuing opportunities for you and your ongoing professional development.

Ipswich Adult community team specialise in working with adult’s who are experiencing mental illness. The team are based in Ipswich and you will be working with one of the most complex demographics within Suffolk. We focus on Recovery based interventions and strive to work in partnership with those we care for, their families and their networks

We are currently in an exciting period of change and transformation. We are looking for people to join us to continue to build on an already successful service. We aim to continuously improve the service delivery and outcomes as a part of NSFT.

We strive to be the best we can, so that we can deliver outstanding care for those we work for.

You’ll be working alongside a multi-disciplinary team, undertake the role of the duty worker as part of our team’s rota. You’ll regularly be working with external agencies as part of a service users care, so being able to working well in a team and excellent communication skills is vital. You can expect a thorough induction and training / preceptorship period. You can expect a manageable case load and a supportive management team.

**Responsibilities will include**:
Working with other multi-disciplinary professionals.

Undertake initial assessments.

Liaise with statutory and voluntary sectors

Effective personal organisation of daily workload.

Flexible working and manage own working time effectively accordingly to service demands.

Managing and providing a high quality of care.

Managing a case load of patients with a range of mental health needs.

Initiate, create and maintain therapeutic relationships with patients and carers, ensuring that practice is patient centred.

Practicing in line with policy, guidance and legislation.

Carrying out risk assessment, crisis and safety planning.

Working closely with the ACS mental health team to support our patients, meeting their mental health needs and Care Act needs.

To support patients in being discharged back to primary care.

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you’ll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We’re an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

**Benefits included with this role are**:
- NHS pension

a comprehensive in house & external training programmes

career progression

starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)

staff physio service

NHS discounts and many more

Relocation packages.

The post will involve you working autonomously in the community. You will engage with people, and using effective communication, often in difficult and stressful circumstances. You will be undertaking initial assessments, introducing services, making referrals to appropriate agencies, and monitoring and supporting situations to achieve positive outcomes for our service users and carers. You will be supported within your practice via a helpful team

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY

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