Mental Health and Wellbeing Coach

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide individual support for people within primary care to explore ways of improving mental health and well being

Support people to utilise self-help and to aid individual goal planning and measurement of recovery using standardised tools available on the clinical system as clinically relevant

Support people to make informed choices about their health and wellbeing, which includes improve the levels of physical activity, promote a healthier diet, and improve mental wellbeing

Support access to wider community activities and support as part of an individual plan

Effectively signpost and support access to appropriate services

Support primary care and mental health colleagues to address the wider determinates of health and deliver individual package of support and education

Facilitate collective action, support and advice to people within local communities in order to reduce health inequalities whilst responding to identified health needs through one to one support

Utilise social prescribing to develop individual recovery and support planning, including working with the team directly across the PCN network

Participate in multi disciplinary working with other community health professionals

Promote effective and efficient working practices across the team to achieve measurable outcomes

Develop and maintain effective relationships with Primary Care Specialist Mental Health Practitioners, Talking Therapies leads, local communities primary care, secondary mental health service, VCSE sector, social prescribers etc

Ensure performance information is collected accurately and timely to enable accurate and valid reports to be produced

To actively support the primary care mental health network in fulfilling all contractual requirements of service delivery

Safely and effectively manage own caseload under supervision of Primary Care Specialist Mental Health Practitioners and Primary Care Mental Health operations Manager

MONITORING and EVALUATION

1. To participate in the formal evaluation of the role as applicable

2. To be responsible for relevant data collection on work activities, inputting data onto the patient recorded database as required

3. To be responsible and accountable to a supervisor from primary care

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

1. To maintain high standard of care in all areas of practice in accordance

2. Maintain and develop a level of professional knowledge, skills and expertise that ensure the highest standards of practice and is responsive to changing care needs

3. Act at all times according to professional standards, maintaining own knowledge and skill

LEADERSHIP

1. Maintain effective functioning of the service by working effectively in leadership tasks as required

2. Contribute to the development of procedure and accepting delegated tasks

3. Supply the necessary information of activity outcomes and other KPI data as agreed with the Service manager and Team Manager

4. Possess a level of IT skills appropriate to the needs of the post

5. Develop leadership skills to support the wider multi-professional team

6. To work within competencies, autonomy and capacity and seek guidance and support appropriately

7. Exercise professional judgement and leadership to effectively promote safety in the presence of complexity and unpredictability

8. Demonstrate effective teamworking, leadership, resilience and determination, managing situations that are unfamiliar complex or unpredictable and ensuring these are appropriately escalated

GENERAL This job description describes responsibilities, as they are currently required. However, the job description may be reviewed during management supervision and PDRs and amended with agreement. This job description is not restrictive or definitive in any way and should be regarded only as a guideline to normal duties

Person Specification

skills and attributes

Essential

• Demonstrate effective communication skills, written, verbal, non-verbal
• Ability to work on own initiative without direct supervision, understanding where clinical input is needed
• Ability to work effectively without direct supervision
• Able organise own workload and respond to delegation
• Understanding of team dynamics and to be able to effectively work within a team based setting
• IT Literate - Use of word processing software, use of electronic patient records and use of email and video conferencing
• Ability to identify risk and manage appropriately within scope of practice

Qualifications

Essential

• Education to GCSE Level or Equivalent - minimum of 5 A-E qualifications which much include Maths and English
• Achieved NVQ Level 3 Health and Social Care or equivalent
• Post qualifications or further study training to diploma level or NVQ level 4 in Mental Health and or WLMHT Assistant Practitioner Course
• Evidence of consistent pattern of learning from Education, training and experience

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience of working within mental health services in either primary or secondary care in a support worker role
• To be knowledgeable understanding about the factors that cause impact on mental health problems and associated interventions.
• Knowledge and experience of working within a multidisciplinary team
• Able to demonstrate a genuine interest in working with the service user group.

Desirable

• Experience of facilitating or co-facilitating groupwork
• Demonstrate basic knowledge understanding of, a - Awareness of the Mental Health Act and its use in practice or b - equivalent Health or Social Care legislation appropriate to service area

Other Requirements

Essential

• Commitment to client centred non discriminatory practice
• Willingness to work flexibly to meet service demands
• Willingness to develop skills and knowledge and to complete competency package
• Access to transport and the ability to travel within the required geographical area

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Primary Care Sheffield

Address

Primary Care Sheffield Ltd

28 Kenwood Park Road

Sheffield

S7 1NF

Employer's website

http://www.primarycaresheffield.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)