Living Well Practitioner

2 weeks ago

Rochdale, United Kingdom Pennine Care NHS FT Full time

Job summary

The Mental Health Living Well Service are recruiting additional staff to complement their current offer. There are 6 services across Rochdale, Heywood and Middleton providing assessment, triage, short term interventions and support to individuals struggling with their mental health.

You will be working alongside a team of varying professions including:

Senior mental health practitioners (PCNs) Associate Psychological Practitioners (APPS) Consultant Psychiatrist Adult Care Substance Misuse Services Wellbeing Coordinators Peer support workers/Lived experience practitioners Rough Sleeper/ dual diagnosis services Social Prescribers Criminal Justice

The role involves undertaking comprehensive assessments and providing expert advice, education and support to individuals. You will provide guidance in risk management and help signpost and refer on to relevant services where required. You will be expected to provide short term interventions and work in collaboration with community based services to aid recovery. You will have the support of the MDT and the consultant psychiatrist to formulate robust management plans.

The service covers 7 days a week, inc bank holidays however we perceive the working week will mainly be Monday- Friday with some flexibility to offer support to individuals outside of these hours. The service is committed to providing a supportive working environment therefore flexi working applications are considered.

Main duties of the job

The post will involve being based within one of the 6 sectors in HMR, you will be part of a wider MDT who come together to support individuals in their times of need, you will be working independently and alongside colleagues as part of the network. The post will involve triaging referrals within the huddles and assessing the appropriateness for mental health support, and signposting to other services if not appropriate. This post will be responsible for the assessment and formulation of presenting mental health problems experienced by individuals at a secondary care level. You will be responsible for delivering brief psychological based interventions for people experiencing common mental health problems. You will be providing short term support to individuals to support with strengths based support, help with strategies for anxiety management and living with low mood, making community connections, trauma informed care, practical support amongst a wide range of other interventions. Implement recovery pathways This post involves liaison with other roles and services within the community.

About us

Living Well offers early support to individuals who need mental health support, we aim to support individuals in their local areas with the right person who can meet their needs.

The service receives routine and urgent referrals into mental health services, the team use a huddle approach where each referral is discussed and together a individualised plan is made that would best meet their needs. We aim to ensure there is a true multi agency approach to the support we offer, we strive to provide excellent care using a strengths based approach and encourage engaging with community based/ voluntary based offers in local areas.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification to support your application for this post. Please refer to the essential criteria in the person specification which will highlight the skills, knowledge and experience you will need to demonstrate in your application, by way of example, to give yourself the best opportunity to be shortlisted.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Experience

Essential

RMN/RNMH/Social Worker equivalent Evidence of ongoing CPD Experience of working with individuals who present to mental health services in crisis and have symptoms of mental health illness Proven experience of working with clients with complex needs Experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams

Desirable

Degree - or working towards completion Formal teaching qualification. Further training in brief psychosocial interventions Completion of Preparation for Mentorship/Practice Teacher/Fieldwork Educator qualification or willingness to complete Primary care mental health work experience Experienced in the use of outcome measures such as CORE, PHQ9 and GAD7 Experience of working with a psychological model of care Experience of triaging referrals Experience of providing supervision to junior staff

Knowledge

Essential

Understanding of current mental health legislation, Safe Guarding and Child Protection Legislation Awareness of NICE Guidance in the treatment of mental health problems and knowledge of treatments and interventions appropriate for individuals with mental health needs Understanding of confidentiality and data protection issues Knowledge of psychosocial assessment and risk assessment/management processes Comprehensive understanding of deliberate self-harm and appropriate management strategies

Skills and Abilities

Essential

Comprehensive mental health and risk assessment skills Ability to contribute to the development of effective packages of care and risk management plans Ability to deliver a range of evidence based interventions Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal Comprehensive Skills Ability to form productive working relationships with service users, carers and multi-disciplinary staff Good organisational and prioritisation skills.

Desirable

Skills in planning, delivery and evaluation of training Skills in the area of audit or research

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