Mental Health Support Specialist

3 weeks ago

Fareham, Hampshire, United Kingdom Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust - Inclusion Services Full time
Job Title: Mental Health Support Assistant

We are seeking a dedicated and compassionate Mental Health Support Assistant to join our team at Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust - Inclusion Services. As a key member of our team, you will play a vital role in providing high-quality support to individuals affected by addiction, crime, mental health, or in need of treatment for their sexual health.

About the Role

This is an exciting opportunity for a passionate and caring individual to make a positive impact on people's lives. As a Mental Health Support Assistant, you will work closely with our multidisciplinary team to provide a range of interventions, care planning, assessments, and support to service users throughout their treatment journey and recovery ambitions.

Key Responsibilities
  • Provide harm reduction advice, information, and support with an emphasis on safer drug and alcohol use, safer sex, HIV, Hepatitis A, B, and C, and other blood-borne viruses (BBVs).
  • Carry out comprehensive assessments, construct care packages with multi-disciplinary colleagues where required, review care plans in a structured format, and manage onward referral.
  • Offer a range of structured psychosocial interventions, including CBT-based brief solution-focused therapy, motivational enhancement techniques, and create and facilitate group work interventions.
  • Make domiciliary visits consistent with need, particularly for service users with disabilities and those with family responsibilities.
  • Retain contact with service users while they are accommodated in residential rehabilitation units, including visits when required.
  • Develop and sustain links with multi-disciplinary services, including statutory and non-statutory providers of drug and alcohol services, criminal justice services, and providers of wrap-around services.
Requirements
  • Experience of working in the drug and alcohol field.
  • Understanding of the complex needs facing people who use drugs or alcohol.
  • Experience and skills in delivering evidence-based interventions to service users.
  • Relevant training/qualification/experience in associated fields, including CBT, Motivational Interviewing, Brief Solution-Focused Therapy, and Mapping Techniques (ITEP/BTEI).
  • Foundation Degree/HNC in a related field, such as counselling, social work, nursing, psychology, or social studies.
What We Offer

We invest heavily in training and development, and the wellbeing of our people, both staff and service users, is central to who we are. Here at MPFT, we are proud of the comprehensive wellbeing and lifestyle support offer available, in addition to in-house training and coaching support. Our services are robustly governed, evidence-based, inclusive, and designed and provided in conjunction with service users. We are committed to providing the best service we can, and if you share our values, we want you on our team.

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