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Mental Health Practitioner

Integrated Mental Health Team - Integrated Co-occurring Needs (ICoN) Pathway

1x post, base: Park House, Cannock.

1x post, base: Cherry Orchard, Tamworth

Travel across the South Staffs region will be necessary.

Are you an experienced Mental Health Practitionerwho share our passion for the delivery and development of integrated mental health and substance use treatment? Could you be a driving force in challenging the stigma and shortfalls of traditional models of care around mental health and addiction and help service providers make a real difference to the lives of some of the most vulnerable and marginalised within our community?

We are seeking passionate and creative Practitioners to take up this great opportunity to join our local mental health and drug and alcohol treatment providers in developing a truly integrated approach to assessment, formulation, care planning and intervention. Working with the Integrated Co-occurring Needs Pathway (ICoN) from within the local integrated mental health team, the successful candidate will be in the ideal place to influence systems as well as deliver high quality care and will be provided with a varied and highly satisfying role with flexibility to grow in line with their skills, interests and development needs.

Main duties of the job

• Working with the Integrated Co-occurring Needs Pathway (ICoN) from within an identified adult community mental health pathway, providing evidence based assessment & psychosocial interventions with clients experiencing significant mental health problems or activity directly related to this.
• Liaison and link working between the locality community mental health team and local drug and alcohol treatment providers.
• Operating as keyworker for a defined, complex client caseload delivering interventions in accordance with NICE guidance.
• Engaging with a wide spectrum of agencies, statutory and voluntary to enhance client care and minimise social exclusion and to promote, by example high standards of care and positive values.
• Delivering a high quality clinical service to service users,and giving consideration to the needs of the carer/family.
• Clinical and caseload supervision of other team members where identified.

About us

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by

• Supporting your career development and progression
• Excellent NHS Pension scheme
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to �2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccinations every year
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to �250 (if the criteria is met)

And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.

Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications

Job description

Job responsibilities

Check out the videos below showcasing why you should grow your career here with us at MPFT:

Why Work for Mental Health Services at MPFT - YouTube

Development and Progression Within Mental Health Services at MPFT - YouTube

What is it like to be a Mental Health Nurse in a community setting at MPFT? - YouTube

The Integrated Co-occurring Needs Pathway (ICoN) is a partnership between mental health and substance use treatment providers across South Staffordshire (MPFT and Staffordshire County Council). Since going live at the beginning of 2023, ICoN has gained national recognition and was cited by Dame Carol Black as a case study for collaborative working in her First Annual Report following publication of the governments drug strategy.

As well as providing intensive biopsychosocial interventions, including specialist psychological therapies to individuals with complex, co-occurring needs (i.e. mental health, substance use, housing, offending, physical health etc.), ICoNs ultimate aim is to enhance existing service provision and strengthen integrated working to prevent individuals from falling in the gap that has traditionally existed between mental health and substance use services. Driven by passion, creativity and psychological formulation, ICoN encourages an inclusive, holistic and strengths-based way to approach co-occurring needs and nurture multi-agency relationships to promote a clients recovery.

As well as holding the service user at the heart of what they do, ICoN genuinely values staff wellbeing and appreciation and encourages innovation and creativity to support the development of not only the immediate team and exciting partnership pathway, but also the regional and national changes that ICoN could influence and lead to. The professional development opportunities that have already been supported include training in Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT), Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Intensive Short-Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP). ICoN is also keen to develop opportunities for research and publication to promote wider systemic development and for teaching and training to support the national development of the psychology workforce in addictions and co-occurring needs.

For further information on the Job Description, main duties and responsibilities and Person Specification to ensure you have the relevant skills for this post, please also refer to the attached documents. If you require additional detail or would like to discuss the role further then please contact those listed.

Dr Nina Vass (Consultant Clinical Psychologist, (Clinical Lead ICoN), Matthew Harvey (Neighbourhood Lead Tamworth) or Rob Smith (Neighbourhood Lead Cannock) on 0300 303 3428.

The usual hours of work are Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm, however, we welcome all enquiries.

Whilst allocated to the respective integrated mental health team locality (i.e. Cannock or Tamworth) the ability to travel across the region as required will be necessary.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• A recorded/registered qualification in one of the following: Mental Health Nursing, Social Work, Occupational Therapy, Psychological Therapy
• Post qualification experience, such as evidence of formal courses and training relevant to people with complex mental health needs related to emotional instability
• Current registration/accreditation with appropriate body with current practising certificate.

Desirable

• Qualification in psychological interventions such as DBT, SCM, CBT, EMDR, MBT, CAT relevant to a client group with complex mental health needs
• Leadership & development qualification
• Mentor, supervision, or coaching qualification
• Non-Medical Prescriber

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of extensive post registration experience of working with adults experiencing mental health related difficulties
• Experience of working with people who present with complex mental health difficulties, high risk challenging and chaotic behaviour and complex needs relating to trauma
• Experience of assessing, planning, co-ordinating and managing people with mental health problems in a community setting.

Desirable

• Experience of working within a structured therapeutic model individually and in group settings
• Experience of facilitating psycho-educational and/or skills based groups
• Experience of working with people with substance use difficulties and other co-occurring needs (e.g. physical health, housing, offending)

Employer details

Employer name

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Cannock/Tamworth

Cannock/Tamworth

WS11 1JN

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