We are delighted to be able to offer this opportunity for a qualified Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner to join the Psychological Therapies for Severe Mental Health Problems (PT-SMHP) service in Mid Essex. This role is based in Braintree but involves significant remote working and is intended to start as soon as possible.To apply you must be a qualified mental health wellbeing practitioner with an interest in working in the field of mental health, and a desire to promote recovery for all.

This role involves providing the following psychological interventions and working as part of a wider multi-disciplinary team in the Mid Essex area to promote good mental health and recovery from severe mental health problems.o Behavioural activation and graded exposure using the 'GOALS' programmeo Problem-solvingo Improving sleepo Recognising and managing emotionso Guided self-help for bulimia and binge-eatingo Confidence buildingo Support with managing medicinesYou will spend at least 20 hours a week seeing service users, either in a clinic, in their own homes, or via video link or telephone. You will also develop relationships across the adult mental health care system, building up a valuable and detailed understanding of related services so that you can co-ordinate care.

You will need to be able to attend Trust sites as required.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will:

• Hold a graduate certificate (Level 6) or postgraduate certificate (Level 7) delivering the national curriculum for Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners (Adult Specialist Mental Health)
• Carry out relevant risk assessments and risk management with the multi-disciplinary team
• Engage with and gather information from service users, relatives, and patient records to develop a formulation
• 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
• Plan and deliver interventions in line with best practice.

In return, we can offer you:

• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service) plus bank holidays (pro rata where applicable)
• One of the UK's best pension schemes
• Special Leave for family and personal reasons
• NHS Car Lease Scheme (for substantive staff)
• Eye Care Vouchers
• Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Discounts

About us

We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from theCare Quality Commission

Our family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Essex, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To deliver specified wellbeing-focused psychologically informed interventions, in line with best available evidence, under close supervision from an applied psychologist or CBT therapist including:

• Behavioural activation and graded exposure
• Teaching problem-solving skills
• Improving sleep
• Recognising and managing emotions
• Guided 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 users wishes.

Carry out relevant risk assessments and risk management with the multi-disciplinary team

Engage calmly and with sensitivity and empathy to support service users in highly distressing or emotional circumstances.

Engage with and gather information from service users, relatives, and patient records to develop a formulation.

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 plan and deliver PT-SMHP interventions, in line with best practice.

To attend multi-disciplinary reviews and act as named worker, for a caseload of service users to support and monitor progress during multi-disciplinary interventions.

To set collaborative goals for intervention with service users

To liaise with other health and care providers, including third sector agencies and primary care, to ensure continuity of care for service users.

To communicate information concerning the assessment, formulation, and care plans of service users in a skilled and sensitive manner to promote effective multi-disciplinary working and therapeutic outcomes for clients.

To develop collaborative plans for relapse prevention

To deal with endings appropriately and safely with service users, families, and carers.

For a more detailed Job Description and Person Specification please read the attached before applying.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree level or equivalent 2:2 preferably in Psychology, Education or similar or able to demonstrate the ability to work at that level.
• Completed a graduate certificate (Level 6) or postgraduate certificate (Level 7) in Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner training (Adult Specialist Mental Health).

Desirable

• Evidence of successful postgraduate study or publication

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Essential

• 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

Desirable

• Lived experience of mental health issues / difficulties
• Knowledge of thenational NHS transformatio n agenda, includingthe psychological therapies for severe mental problems and NHS Talking Therapies programmes

Analytical and Judgement skills

Essential

• Able to assist in assessment and observation activities related to individual's health and wellbeing, arriving at judgements about how to respond within the care plan.
• Able to contribute to risk assessment drawing on complexand multiple sources of information, under clinical supervision
• Able to contribute to risk assessment drawing on complexand multiple sources of information, under clinical supervision

Planning and Organisational Skills

Essential

• Able to assist in planning and delivering psychologically informed interventions to meet people's health care wellbeing needs
• Able to prioritise workload according to changing needs and priorities of the team

People Management / Leadership / Resources

Essential

• Able to assist in maintaining own and others' health, safetyand security
• Monitor and maintain physicaland / or financial resources fora work area

IT

Essential

• Able to use basic computerskills to collect, collate and report on client's daily progress

Employer details

Employer name

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Tekhnicon House, Springwood Drive, Braintree, CM7 2YN

Springwood Drive

Braintree

CM7 2YN

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367-PLAN-7835