Assistant Practitioner

1 week ago

Norwich, United Kingdom Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust Full time

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join a new team and growing service, which aims to help young people at risk of developing psychosis who are experiencing an at-risk mental state. The Therapeutic Interventions for Distressing unusual Experiences Service (TIDES) is a brand-new team working therapeutically with young people across Norfolk & Waveney. We are seeking an Assistant Practitioner to join the existing team on a full or part time basis. The base will be Norwich and would be expected to work flexibly between bases in Norwich, Great Yarmouth, Kings Lynn, and home.

We are a supported team currently made up of clinical psychology, systemic family therapy, trainee cognitive behavioural therapists and mental health practitioners which are from a variety of professional backgrounds. Our team will be offering young people evidence-based interventions such as psychoeducational work, individual CBT and family therapeutic work aimed at helping our young people and their families to cope with their unusual experiences. TIDES practitioners work with small manageable caseloads and hold an integrated approach to the care we provide.

When you join us, you can expect a thorough induction and ongoing support.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will have recognised, extensive and substantively proven holistic approach to service user care with significant mental health needs. This approach, depending on the service, will be determined by the needs of the individual meeting physical health needs, shopping, social integration, maintaining and improving their home environment.

Assistant Practitioners will work alongside service users, facilitating their development of daily living/social skills. To maximise their potential and opportunities to participate in work/ training / education / social activities.

The Assistant practitioner will be able to demonstrate their enhanced knowledge and extensive experience of mental health to help support other members of the team in a designated clinical environment.

The post holder will develop a wide knowledge base of community resources, including offering social, educational, work and voluntary opportunities. The Assistant Practitioner will be expected to take part in on going assessments of service users with the Multi-disciplinary team,assess, plan, deliver and evaluate service users' needs in conjunction with a registered professional and deliver care within the sphere of the Care Programme Approach, including the importance ofworking with carers.

Assistant Practitioners will hold and manage an identified caseload where appropriate and ensure that ongoing reviews of risk assessments are completed, recognising and responding to any changes.

About us

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. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

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 professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will be expected to drive to various locations as we do cover a large geographical area which is both Suffolk and Norfolk.

We work 365 days a year so will be expected to work some weekends and bank holidays.

Please find attached our Job Description for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY

Some of the benefits you can expect:

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 NHS discounts and many more.

Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.

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Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

Understanding of Mental Health difficulties Understanding of risk assessments

Qualifications

Essential

Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care/mental health or apprenticeship in H&SC/mental health L5 Care certificate or relevant equivalent.

Experience

Essential

Working with Service Users with mental health needs Working within Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) Working knowledge and understanding of CPA process.

Skills & Other

Essential

Able to travel independently Understanding of Mental Health issues Ability to problem solve

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