Mental Health Practitioner

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.

At any one time, around 23,000 people in Norfolk and Suffolk are receiving care and attention from the Trust. We believe in whole life care - seeing people in the context of their whole lives, understanding the importance of good physical health, friends, family, spirituality, culture, home, work, education and a sense of purpose and achievement to experience good mental health.

Nearly 3,200 full and part-time practitioners care for our service users in hospitals, in the community and in their own homes, whilst an additional 900+ staff provide non-clinical support, including cleaning, delivering supplies, ward administration, information technology, human resources and financial services.

We are committed to delivering quality driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we’d love you to join us

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JOB DESCRIPTION/PERSON SPECIFICATION

YOUR APPLICATION

**Job overview**:
The Community Team Manager for the At-Risk Mental State Team; Norfolk and Waveney would like to tell you about an exciting addition to this new service which has opened career opportunities within the King’s Lynn, Norwich North, Great Yarmouth and Norwich South Teams.

In expanding our team, we would value your expertise. We are looking for Nursing degree or Equivalent professionals, with a relevant mental health background to support care co-ordination, to hold a caseload and to plan the care and support for these individuals.

**Main duties of the job**:

- Willingness to support new team development, allowing for flexibility in the development stages. Be adaptable to service demands and developments as under the direction of the Community Team Manager.
- To manage a caseload and act as care coordinator for people who are experiencing at-risk mental states. To undertake the planning, assessments, formulation, risk assessment/s, care planning and delivery of direct patient care with appropriate supervision.
- To support the prevention or delayment of a first episode of psychosis, by supporting people in all aspects of their lives. This includes ensuring physical health assessments take place, wellbeing support offered, support around social functioning, employment/education, as well as supporting those who support.
- To support and carry out assessments. Willingness to complete CAARMS training and to regularly utilise the CAARMS screening process in supporting the assessment, and formulation of needs.
- To build therapeutic alliance and supporting therapeutic relationships.
- To support the development of continuous service improvement through co production and collaboratively working with individuals with lived experience and their carer/s.
- To maintain high standards of clinical work in compliance with NICE guidelines for at-risk mental state teams and the care quality commission.
- To support the specific quality standards for ARMS.
- Liaising with other health and social care and education professionals to ensure joined up care

**Working for our organisation**:
The At-Risk Mental State (ARMS) team is a newly formed team. We are driven by our organisational values, however, have come together to set our team values, and are looking for people who show compassion, respect, encouragement, and gratitude.

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other.

Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established nursing networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

**Benefits**

Benefits included with this role are:

- NHS pension
- a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
- career progression
- starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
- staff physio service
- gym membership
- NHS discounts and many more.

**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**:

- Thee post holder will work supportively and collaboratively with the Clinical Team Manager.
- The post holder will undertake the care coordination of a defined caseload.
- Carry out assessment, formulation, care planning and delivery of direct patient care with appropriate supervision, ensuring continuity of practice and working within a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency environment.
- To implement risk screening and risk management, Including the developmen