Band 5 Mental Health And Wellbeing Practitioner

12 hours ago

WestonsuperMare, United Kingdom Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Nhs Trust Full time

Job summary To work alongside service users, families, carers and multi-disciplinary team members to co-ordinate care, supporting collaborative decision-making about care and treatment.To deliver a set of wellbeing-focused psychologically informed interventions, aligned to cognitive-behavioural principles, based on the best evidence available, that address problems often experienced by people with severe mental health problems.
Main duties of the job To work in collaboration with the individual service user and their family and carers as appropriate to develop care plans that are focused on strengths and are outcome based.
To deliver specified wellbeing-focused psychologically-informed interventions, in line with best available evidence, under close supervision from a clinical psychologist or CBT therapist including: -Behavioural activation and graded exposure.Teaching problem-solving skills.Improving sleep.Recognising and managing self-help for bulimia and binge-eating.Building confidence.Medication support.
To be responsive to service users' needs and choices; and uphold their right to be treated with dignity and respect.
To include carers and families in line with the service user's wishes.
About us We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust):a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.We provide services from a range of locations to approximately million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing.
The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees.
We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.
At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community.
We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
Job description Job responsibilities Education: A graduate certificate (Level 6) or postgraduate certificate (Level 7) delivering the national curriculum for Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners (Adult Specialist Mental Health).
Experience and Knowledge: Experience of working with people with mental health needs gained through a graduate certificate or postgraduate certificate training with significant supervised practice.
Experience running groups/activities.
Experience working as part of a team.
Experience of being supervised.
Experience of analysing and communicating complex information verbally and in writing.
Lived experience of mental health issues/difficulties.
Skills: Communication/Relationship skills Able to establish and maintain empathic, supportive relationships with people in significant distress or who are cognitively impaired, their families and carers.
Able to receive, understand and communicate confidential client information of a sensitive and often complex nature, including discussing care with family members within boundaries of confidentiality.
Able to communicate in a sensitive and reassuring manner, with empathy, and where appropriate reassurance.
Able to make good use of clinical supervision in a group and/or individual format.
Liaise with other teams and services including external agencies as required for the wellbeing of service users.
Analytical & Judgement skills Able to assist in assessment and observation activities related to individuals health and wellbeing, arriving at judgments about how to respond within the care plan.
Able to contribute to risk assessment drawing on complex and multiple sources of information, under clinical supervision.
Able to analyse and synthesise multiple sources of information to contribute to the teams understanding and formulation of service users difficulties and development of a multi-disciplinary care plan.
Planning & Organisational skills Able to assist in planning and delivering psychologically-informed interventions to meet peoples health and wellbeing needs.
Able to prioritise workload according to peoples changing needs and the priorities of the team.
People Management/Leadership/Resources Able to assist in maintaining own and others health safety and security.
Monitor and maintain physical and/ or financial resources for a work area.
IT skills To be able to use basic computer skills to collect, collate and report on clients progress on a daily basis.
Physical skills Keyboard use.
Fit to undertake any duties related to the role including physical interventions for the management of violence and aggression.
Abilities Mental Effort Able to plan and deliver interventions with a variety of service users presenting with mental health difficulties, their families and carers and the clinical team, on a daily basis.
Able to concentrate on specific activities for up to an hour at a time.
Able to deal with conflicting demands in an unpredictable work pattern.
Able to work flexibly and adapt to each person as appropriate to their needs in a variety of settings.
Emotional Effort Able to deal directly with distressing or emotional circumstances when they arise.
Person Specification Qualifications Essential Qualified MHWP Experience Essential Post qualifying experience

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