To support the NY& Y Community Mental Health Transformation and improve the care of people with complex emotional needs, we have a challenging yet exciting and dynamic part time position for a Band 7 Clinical Specialistto work within theVale of York and Selby 'place'.

The post holder will be clinically supervised by the Personality and Relational Specialist Clinicians. We require someone with drive and compassion to work predominantly in a co-working capacity to increase access to psychologically informed care across local community systems within a new integrated 'place-based' service delivery model. This will involve supporting the development and implementation of high-quality evidence-based interventions and support for people with complex emotional needs, who present with severe and multiple disadvantages, including substance misuse.

It is an essential requirement of this post to have demonstrable experience of working with people with complex emotional needs and knowledge of Trauma Informed Care and Structured Clinical Management (SCM). It would be desirable to be trained in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Mentalization Based Therapy (MBT), Motivational Interviewing (MI) or Multi-systemic Therapy (MST).

Main duties of the job

To promote psychologically informed care across systems for people presenting with complex emotional needs, supporting services to increase access to high quality specialist interventions. Post holder will deliver & support local mental health teams, hospital staff, voluntary, community & social enterprise providers and PCN's in the provision of interventions, including supervision, case consultation and liaison. This post will increase the resilience of the 'place-based' system and improve the care and support of people who lead chaotic lives, presenting with multiple challenges to several services.

You will co-work with other providers to enable early intervention and least restrictive practice, embedding care within the person's community. You will develop & deliver group interventions to system partners and provide supervision/consultation to secondary care staff delivering Structured Clinical Management to service users.

You will provide support to the local 'place' and develop and strengthen links across the whole system. You will offer consultation and support the assessment and engagement of individuals who present with substance misuse, high risk behaviours, and experience difficulties emotionally and interpersonally. You will increase the community's knowledge and skills by providing training across services, including VCSE.

You will promote positive attitudes towards service users with complex needs, to maintain responsive and non-stigmatising services.

About us

We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.

From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care --our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.

We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.

We're committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.

We won't rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.

**Please read the supplementary Role & Remit attachment for these new positions and the Job Description**

This posts have been created to support our services across North Yorkshire and York to deliver the vision and objectives of the Community Mental Health Transformation Programme.

System Responsibilities as part of the Community Mental Health Transformation Programme:

• Increase the resilience of others to work effectively with this client group through provision of education and training to improve knowledge and understanding
• To develop and enhance relationships within the local mental health system, including with Peer Support Workers, First Contact Mental Health Practitioners, GPs and other Practice-based staff, Secondary Healthcare Providers, Service users, Local Authority staff and Voluntary and Third Sector organisations. Connecting colleagues and service users to enhance care.
• Deliver training in working with relational complexity, SCM awareness, Knowledge and Understanding Framework (KUF), Trauma Informed Care and the management of risk to wider teams, PCNs and external agencies (e.g. housing providers)
• To provide focussed indirect support to people presenting with highly complex needs in a leadership role through the FOCUS and High Intensity User Group (HIUG) networks helping them receive the most appropriate care that they need with in the community they live.
• We require individuals capable of working across the interface of social, community, mental and physical health services, providing liaison and support to acute hospital liaison services in the Acute Hospital to target those that present with alcohol or substance misuse issues and relational difficulties.
• Co-working alongside other agencies to identify practical barriers to engagement with services, whilst providing psychoeducation or stabilisation and grounding for individuals to allow them to access or engage the most appropriate services to support their needs.
• We require individuals who can contribute to increasing awareness on a local level including, citizens, agencies, and communities, of the presentation and prevalence of emotional dysregulation, risk to self and others and complexities such as co-morbid substance misuse issues in local populations using this insight and intelligence to inform future investment decisions as part of community mental health transformation and the NHS Long-Term Plan.
• We would encourage people interested in providing proactive outreach for people struggling to engage with support and services, identifying and proactively engaging with vulnerable and hard to reach groups, including offering home visits where necessary and linking with peer support workers and VSCE (voluntary community and social enterprise) partners (such as North Yorkshire Horizons and Changing Lives) to increase opportunities for engagement.
• We hope to recruit individuals with an ability to provide specialist advice to, or obtain advice for, community-based partners on appropriate interventions and on-going person-centred care and management.
• We want to work with people who are able to develop and deliver early intervention support, including consultation, psychoeducation, self-help materials and links to service user groups within the wider community system, including the delivery of appropriate SCM/problem solving psychoeducational/intervention groups with VCSE services (Horizons, Changing Lives etc)
• We are looking for people who are motivated to embrace and promote positive working environments/relationships within MDT settings across the wider community system, assisting with the design, development and delivery of local opportunities for closer partnership working (including Wellbeing/Social Hubs), ensuring continuity of care and a robust place-based approach to the physical health management and psychological wellbeing for people over the age of 18 who present with complex emotional needs and additional complexities at a local population level.
• We are looking for people who can be flexible able to work within a variety of environments and settings. Your daily work will be largely undertaken within community settings, including primary care, emerging community hubs and Community Mental Health Teams, with access to robust clinical supervision from the Personality & Relational clinicians and support structures as defined by NHSE and the CCGs.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Experience

Essential

• Registration with relevant professional body. (e.g. NMC, GMC, HCPC, Social Work-England)
• For nursing professions - Recognised Practice Supervisor and /or Practice Assessor, clinical educator or equivalent and
• Trained in providing clinical supervision
• For other professions - evidence of training in clinical supervision of other staff and able to demonstrate competence in this area of practice in clinical supervision of other staff and/or students/ trainees.
• All professions - Postgraduate diploma (or above) in a subject relevant to the area of practice.
• Within the first year of being in post hold a recognised advanced clinical qualification or Masters level credits e.g., Intermediate Systemic Family Therapy/Post Grad diploma in CBT/British Isles Dialectical Behaviour Therapy /NMP e.g. dysphagia, posture, autism assessment, rebound, social prescribing, sensory processing, Approved Mental Health Professional, Practice Educator (level 3 Independent Prescriber) * Note any other advanced qualification/masters credits not listed here as an example, must be clearly evidenced and listed as advanced qualification or masters credits - within the individuals application form
• And have Equivalent clinical experience to that of a Post Grad Diploma/master's level such as working as a band 6 (or above) in relevant clinical area with significant experience (see below under experience), together with evidence of relevant CPD
• Substantial clinical experience of working in relevant specialist area in collaboration with service users, families and relevant others or transferable experience of similar settings and willing to gain knowledge within first 12 months.
• Experience of assessing and managing risk (harm to self, others and safeguarding)
• Substantial experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
• Involvement in quality improvement activities

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• Extensive knowledge of current issues relating to health needs of patients in the field of practice, regionally and nationally
• Experience of application of relevant legislation (i.e., Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act, Safeguarding) in practice.
• Extensive knowledge of patients who display high risk behaviours.
• Demonstrate understanding of inter-agency relationships
• Excellent written communication skills which are clearly demonstrated
• Demonstrable leadership qualities eg role modelling of vales and behaviour, active listening, use of evidence base and implementation of standards, ability to make complex judgements synthesising information appropriately, including signposting.
• Working collaboratively with service users their families and carers
• Understanding of psychological models of care and treatment (depending on specialist area)

Desirable

• Psychological intervention/counselling

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Ability to travel independently in accordance with Trust policies and service need.
• Ability to work as part of a collective leadership team understanding own and other's roles, engaging within your professional group and wider service
• Self-aware and committed to continual professional and personal development. Able to accept and respond positively to feedback from supervision.

Employer details

Employer name

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Huntington House

York

YO32 9XW

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346-NYM-055-24