Connect18 / Cmhs Senior Mental Health Practitioner

7 months ago

Bridgwater, United Kingdom Somerset NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Providing effective assessment using a recovery approach and strengths model. Establishing, maintaining and ending purposeful, therapeutic relationships with people experiencing mental health difficulties. Practice will be creative and underpinned by specialist knowledge of, and skills in, evidence-based and psychosocial interventions. Using knowledge of psychological therapies (for example CBT, CAT, MBT, DBT) in order to work with people preparing for and participating in specific therapeutic work and to work collaboratively with people during periods of consolidation.

Delivering services using a recovery and strengths approach where solution focused intervention, motivational interviewing and communicating hope are central. Using developed persuasive, negotiation, and re-assurance skills to facilitate and enable engagement. Working with people experiencing relapse using a recovery approach to promote strengths and reduce the risk of dependency on mental health and other services. Assessing risk in collaboration with people experiencing mental health difficulties, significant others, and other workers/professionals, alongside use of own professional judgement and team processes.

This involves exploring individuals risk of harm to themselves and/or others and may involve working with challenging, hostile, and distressing behaviors. Identifying strengths-based Recovery Plans and Risk Management Plans with individuals and other relevant people. Taking responsibility for communicating Recovery Care Plans, risk management plans and other important information to relevant people, professionals, and agencies as appropriate. Encouraging individuals to take the lead in sharing information wherever possible.

Undertaking care management processes through assessment of needs, identification of appropriate placement/packages of care, presenting funding requests to the Trusts panel and monitoring and reviewing agreed placements/packages. Communicating highly complex information to a range of people and professionals with a wide range of levels of understanding. Identifying barriers to understanding and using creative methods to overcome them. Communicating highly complex information between mental health practitioners and partner agencies including medical staff such as clinical information and investigations.

Identifying changed level of risk in relation to clinical investigations and mental state and distinguishing critical information that requires urgent action or rapid onward referral. Providing and receiving highly complex and sensitive information in relation to Safeguarding and Child Protection work and taking appropriate action. This includes identifying and appropriately reporting concerns to Childrens Social Care while using communication skills in order to maintain a professional working relationship with parents and significant others in often hostile and highly emotive situations Communicating highly complex, sensitive and emotive information at Child Protection Conferences. Identifying adult protection concerns, raising alerts and participating in Safeguarding Adults processes.

Providing and receiving information from carers, significant others, and members of the community. Communication can be highly emotive and there can be significant barriers to acceptance of the approach and intervention of mental health services, for example when requests conflict with the rights and wishes of an individual experiencing mental health difficulties. Taking responsibility for communicating Recovery Care Plans, risk management plans and other important information to relevant people, professionals, and agencies as appropriate. Encouraging individuals to take the lead in sharing information wherever possible.

Undertaking care management processes through assessment of needs, identification of appropriate placement/packages of care, presenting funding requests to the Trusts panel and monitoring and reviewing agreed placements/packages. Communicating highly complex information to a range of people and professionals with a wide range of levels of understanding. Identifying barriers to understanding and using creative methods to overcome them. Communicating highly complex information between mental health practitioners and partner agencies including medical staff such as clinical information and investigations.

Identifying changed level of risk in relation to clinical investigations and mental state and distinguishing critical information that requires urgent action or rapid onward referral. Using a systemic approach to working with individuals, their families and significant others. Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with carers and significant others. Identifying and engaging with practitioners with specialist knowledge, for example by requesting specialist knowledge or clinical supervision sessions where appropriate.

Working without direct supervision and being accountable for own action

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