Mental Health Support Worker

1 month ago

Northampton, United Kingdom Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Full time

The role of Mental Health Support Practitioner within Primary Care is to provide support to people with diverse mental health needs that are being assessed and cared for by Primary Care; this may be (but is not limited to) referring to onward MH support from NHFT, supporting individuals to feel able to attend appointments,signposting to third sector support and developing peer support groups for cohorts of local service users. The range and types of interventions provided to service users will be determined by the post holders own individual sphere of competence and by liaising with NHFT mental health services and third sector teams. The role is to navigate the mental health system between primary care and other services, to ensure that the service user is fully supported and can access additional support when required. All interventions administered by the post holder will be under indirect supervision by IAPT registered and accredited practitioners and from the community of practice of PCN based mental health workers (being established once these MHSP are in post). The Mental Health Support Practitioners will contribute to the ongoing assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care provided to the service users they are working with. Those interested in training and development can have the opportunity to train as a qualified Psychological Well-Being Practitioner under IAPT as a start for further career development.

Develop therapeutic relationships with service users and carers within primary care and support access into secondary care.

To liaise and share information, as appropriate, which maybe complex and sensitive with others involved in their care and in line with the Consent to Share Information Policy.

To engage service users effectively with the agreed treatment plan and to ensure access to appropriate services are obtained on needs led basis.

IAPT is a developing service, committed to staff well-being and provision of quality therapy following Government NICE guidance for treatment for the population of Northampton. The service full of PWP, Senior PWP’s and HIT therapists is expanding and aims to continue to build strong local community ties and with this aim as a focus there are numerous opportunities to work on creative projects and initiatives in the local area.

To work alongside GPs and other mental health providers to assess and manage risk within the treatment plan and to safeguard well-being

To promote social inclusion and recovery in all aspects of planned care with a commitment to empowerment and promoting independence within a climate of safe practice. This includesdeveloping strong links with internal and external colleagues and agencies to support the goals determined within individual’s plan of care

To plan and organise own activity, prioritising workload appropriately in order to make the best use of time.

Ensure that clinical impressions of service user activity and contact are fed back of to the multi-disciplinary team as soon as possible to ensure the MDT is kept up to date and ongoing care can be reviewed as required.

To work with the G.P and their local care co-ordinators to support wellbeing by arranging appointments/bloods/physical examinations

Maintain accurate service user records and input all activity with service users into the electronic patient record in order to enable the collection of accurate statistics, as required by the Trust and to comply with Data Protection Act and NHFT Information Governance Protocols

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document.

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