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Band 5 Community M H Recovery Coordinator - Psychotic Pathway

Employer
Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Location
Warminster
Salary
£28,407 to £34,581 a year
Closing date
8 Aug 2024
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Profession
Other Health Profession
Grade
Band 5
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
THIS IS A DEVELOPMENT POST. YOU WILL BE INITIALLY EMPLOYED AS BAND 5, WITH A VIEW TO PROGRESSION TO A BAND 6 POSITION IF DEFINED PROGRESSION CRITERIA ARE MET.

THIS POST IS AVAILABLE TO ALL APPLICANTS WHO CAN DEMONSTRATE RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION, EDUCATION TO DEGREE LEVEL OR ABILITY TO DEMONSTRATE EQUIVALENT LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE

Successful candidates will work within the psychotic pathway at West Wiltshire CMHT. They will hold and manage a caseload of people aged 18+ with psychotic illnesses. They will work with service users towards identified recovery goals, providing evidence based interventions under supervision of senior staff.

There are opportunities for career development and we encourage and support our team to develop their knowledge, skills and experience.

The team works Monday to Friday with the core hours of 9-5 and covers a large geographical area.

Main duties of the job

West Wiltshire CMHT have a vacant post for a band 5 Recovery Practitioner in the psychotic pathway.

This is an exciting development opportunity to gain experience working with adults experiencing psychotic illnesses, with a view to this post developing to a band 6 role if defined progression criteria is met.

We are looking for dedicated and passionate individuals to join our supportive team. We have a multi-disciplinary approach and service users benefit from the mix of skills, experiences and backgrounds that this offers.

You must be professionally registered and have experience of the CPA process.

Knowledge of the trust computer systems would be an advantage although training would be given for the right candidate. You must have excellent communication skills and be able to manage a complex case load.

About us

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust):a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.

We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B& NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.

Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To contribute to the full range of activities required to deliver ongoing comprehensive mental health assessment for service users with severe and enduring mental health needs living in the community and in a range of settings.

This may include:

a. The use of standardised assessment tools such as Cluster Allocation Support Tool (CAST), KGV.

b. Recovery Star.

c. History, strengths and aspirations.

d. Mental state.

e. Impact of culture and diversity.

f. Functional needs.

g. The needs of family and carer.

h. Evaluation of risk.

i. Physical health.

j. Complicating factors.

k. The interventions and treatments required to enable positive change.

l. Social Care needs.

m. Safeguarding and public protection.

To contribute to planning, delivering and reviewing treatment programmes using appropriate frameworks in line with evidence-based practice, including strategies to manage risk for service users with complex needs and carers, bringing in other resources as required.

To act as care coordinator for identified service users, also providing defined interventions to individuals on other workers caseloads.

To contribute to the planning, delivery and evaluation of defined, therapeutic interventions as identified, in line with personal recovery plans, including to service users who maybe on other caseloads.

This might include:

a. Individual or group therapeutic intervention.

b. Psychological treatments such as CBT, DBT approaches , family interventions.

c. Psychosocial interventions.

d. Motivational and coping enhancement strategies.

e. Medication management.

f. Interventions under the Mental Health Act.

To deliver a range of activities/defined interventions to improve the friends/relatives/carers (carers) ability to support the service user and to enable them in their relationship with the service user.

To develop and maintain good partnership working with other services is maintained throughout all treatment episodes, including regular liaison within Primary Health Care Team, inpatient services, day services, voluntary sector and with nominated carers/advocates.

In collaboration with service users and carers, to be responsible for facilitating the development of comprehensive crisis plans, rapid access plans, advance statements etc, involving other agencies such as primary care etc where appropriate.

To personally build, hope inspiring relationships with service users, which acknowledge the personal journey of each person, and focus on strengths and aspirations to allow the creation of meaningful personal recovery plans.

To be responsible for maintaining own workload, on a day to day basis, ensuring that time is prioritised effectively, making full use of electronic resources such as diaries/scheduling.

To be responsible for the protection of individuals from abuse and harm in line with local safeguarding policies and procedures, by contributing with others to the plans to protect people at risk, ensuring the appropriate sharing of information.

To facilitate access for service users and carers to appropriate community services and interventions outside secondary mental health services and across the complete recovery pathway.

Personally working collaboratively and sensitively with individuals with a range of mental health needs to develop skills to manage their own health, in accordance with their personal recovery plan, by actively promoting and using approaches which are affirming, build on strengths, identify past positive experience and success, and use small steps to move towards the persons goal.

To maintain the single health and social care record, ensuring both paper and electronic records are kept up to date in accordance with professional and organisational standards.

Report and record within agreed timeframes, all activity relating to information reporting and performance requirements.

To proactively participate in management, workload and clinical supervision in accordance with trust policy, taking personal responsibility for making appropriate arrangements.

To provide mentoring/ training for others in relevant practice areas, according to professional requirements, taking a collaborative approach to practice development and evidence-based care. Specifically this means providing a safe and effective learning environment for the mentoring and supervising of students , participating in their learning objectives and assessments.

Demonstrate responsibility for developing own practice in line with professional qualifications and for contributing to the development of others, by making use of effective feedback, supervision, coaching and appraisal, and by providing appropriate information to help others.

To adhere to professional codes of conduct ensuring required skills and competencies required are maintained.

To participate in local arrangements in order to ensure consistent care to service users across the local geography.

To show willingness to support practices which foster and maintain team working.

Person Specification

Qualification

Essential

  • Diploma level/Degree in relevant health/social care profession, eg RMN, OT, Social Worker. For qualified staff,
  • Current relevant registration with the NMC or HCPC or Social Work England


Desirable

  • Experience working with service users with a serious mental illness


Skills

Essential

  • UK driving licence with access to a car and have business insurance


Experience

Essential

  • Demonstrates a good understanding of recovery principles and the role of secondary mental health services in the delivery of care.


Employer details

Employer name

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Shearwater Lodge

1 The Avenue

Warminster

BA12 9AA

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342-WTS177-0724

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