Mental Health Practitioner

3 weeks ago

York, York City, United Kingdom Rethink Mental Illness Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Mental Health Practitioner to join our Integrated Care Team in a prison setting. As a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner, you will play a vital role in providing high-quality mental health support to individuals in custody.

Key Responsibilities
  • Assess and support individuals with mental health problems in the self-management of their recovery.
  • Provide low-intensity interventions, psycho-educational interventions, and guided self-help, drawing from CBT theories and techniques.
  • Implement and support a range of evidence-based interventions utilising a self-management model of mental health care.
  • Attend multi-disciplinary meetings relating to referrals or clients in treatment.
  • Work closely with other members of the team to ensure appropriate step-up and step-down arrangements are in place to maintain a stepped care approach.
  • Ensure that client confidentiality is protected at all times.
  • Record and evaluate outcome measures as part of the ongoing therapy process.
  • Ensure the accurate entry of clinical data onto agreed systems, maintaining the highest standards of clinical record keeping.
  • Work in partnership with other disciplines and to maintain links with statutory and non-statutory agencies as appropriate, in relation to continuing care on release from prison.
Person Specification
  • Essential:
    • Successfully completed academic course of study in line with the IAPT Low Intensity National Programme and qualified as a PWP, Post Grad Diploma in Psychological Therapies.
    • Post-qualification experience in offering and delivering the full range of evidence-based IAPT low-intensity interventions at Step 2.
    • Evidence of working within a stepped care service with people who have experienced a mental health problem delivering and demonstrating recovery outcomes.
    • Knowledge of assessment procedures, screening, referral, record-keeping, and evidence-based brief psychological interventions.
    • Demonstrates an understanding use of evidence-based psychological therapies and how it relates to this post.
    • Ability to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients and practice in a non-discriminatory manner, respecting the beliefs and cultural practices of individuals and groups.
    • Operates at all times from an inclusive values base which promotes recovery and recognises and respects diversity.
    • Experience of using clinical outcome measures to inform practice.
    • Confident communicator with excellent verbal and written skills.
    • Good working knowledge of standard IT packages including Microsoft Word, Excel, and use of database/information systems.
    • Ability to use clinical supervision and personal development positively and be self-reflective in own personal and professional development.
  • Desirable:
    • Experience working in a prison environment or experience of working with offenders.
    • Ability to prioritise workload demands and positively respond to unforeseen challenges.
    • Ability to deal with stressful and difficult situations in a calm manner.
    • Ability to utilise continued professional development, in collaboration with supervisor and line manager to ensure work remains at the highest possible standard.

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