Mental Health Practitioner

4 weeks ago


Rochdale, Rochdale, United Kingdom Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust Full time
Job Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled Mental Health Practitioner to join our Stockport Early Intervention Team as a Care Coordinator. The successful candidate will work with individuals experiencing first episode psychosis, providing a defined caseload of care coordination and mental health keyworker services.

The team is a multi-disciplinary setting with staff from various professions, including mental health nurses, social workers, CBT therapists, and support workers. The team has a dedicated Consultant Psychiatrist, Advanced Practitioner, a Psychology lead, and full admin support.

Main Duties of the Job

The successful candidate will be responsible for managing a caseload of individuals with complex mental health needs, providing care coordination and mental health keyworker services. This will involve working with individuals to meet their identified needs using outcome measures, a recovery approach, and facilitating discharge from secondary mental health services or referral as appropriate.

The post holder will also contribute to duty and clinic work and participate in team development issues.

Working for Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust

We are proud to provide high-quality mental health and learning disability services across five boroughs of Greater Manchester. Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities, and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services.

We are committed to equality and diversity and welcome applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.

Person Specification
  • Current registration with the appropriate regulatory body (e.g. NMC, HCPC)
  • Degree or equivalent in Mental Health Nursing, Occupational Therapy, or Social Work
Desirable Criteria
  • Mentorship, Practice Teacher, or Educator
  • AMHP
Experience
  • Substantial experience of relevant post-registration practice
  • Experience of managing a caseload
  • Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team setting
  • Experience of working with people with a range of severe and complex mental health problems
Knowledge
  • Good working knowledge of therapeutic assessment techniques and interventions in the management of behavior of individuals with complex mental health needs
  • Knowledge of a range of screening and assessment tools and interventions utilized to support individuals with severe and complex mental health problems
  • Comprehensive understanding of Safeguarding adults procedures and practice
  • Comprehensive understanding of the Mental Capacity Act, Mental Health Act, and Care Act
  • Comprehensive understanding of roles and responsibilities under the Care Programme Approach
  • Understanding of key national and local policies and drivers in relation to adult mental health services
Skills and Abilities
  • Ability to undertake the care coordinator role
  • Evidence of ability to provide specialist mental health assessment and risk assessment/management and be accountable for decision making
  • Excellent written and interpersonal communication skills
  • Ability to manage own emotions and deal with others in highly stressful situations
  • Ability to engage with and provide therapeutic interventions for this client group and carers
  • Ability to prepare, record, and complete relevant care records and reports to a professional standard
  • Evidence of ability to manage a diverse and complex caseload, prioritize own time, and work under pressure
  • Ability to co-ordinate and delegate the work of junior staff
  • Ability to value diversity and respond constructively to discriminatory behavior
  • I.T. Skills
Work-Related Circumstances
  • Use of a car or access to a means of mobility to travel across the Trust footprint in line with service needs
  • Willingness to carry out all duties and responsibilities of the post in accordance with the Trust's Equal Opportunities and Equality and Diversity policies
  • Appointments to regulated and controlled activities require an enhanced DBS disclosure


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