Psychological Interventions Facilitator

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Are you looking to develop a career in mental health care? Need clinical experience to compliment your recent health and social care studies? Looking for a change in career? Cannot commit to formal studies but want to gain new skills for a career in health and social care? The Psychological Interventions Facilitator (PIF) role might be for you.

The Early Intervention in Psychosis team (EIP) Team are looking for three PIF's to work in our teams in the West (Lincoln & Gainsborough), East (Skegness, Louth & Boston) and South (Stamford, Grantham, Sleaford and Spalding).

Our vision as a team is to work flexibly and creatively with the individuals we see to be able to achieve their goals, and incite self-reliance and independence, whilst supporting to help build their lives.

As a PIF you will receive vocational training in wellbeing interventions and deliver these to a caseload of people under the supervision of registered EIP staff. The posts are ideal for anyone wishing to develop clinical experience ahead of applying for roles such as the Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioner (MHWP) and Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners (PWP).

Main duties of the job

The Psychological Intervention Facilitator (PIF) role aims to deliver defined wellbeing-focused psychologically-informed interventions, aligned to cognitive-behavioural principles. Increasing the psychological mindedness of the workforce this role will be located in various teams across the adult community mental health and older people and frailty services.

The post-holder will engage in a trust led vocational training programme for the delivery of specified wellbeing interventions and deliver these interventions to patients on their caseload under the close supervision of a nominated psychological practitioner in their team. Attendance at weekly case management supervision and fortnightly clinical skills is an essential part of the role.

About us

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,800 staff, and serving a population of over 766,000, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England, in an area heralded as a fantastic place to live and work. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!

We are also leading the way in transforming care, with multi-million-pound transformation of patient environments and radical redesign of community services.

This is the time to join and help redesign our services of the future. We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Date posted

25 May 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,147 to £27,596 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

274-9098-AC

Job locations

Saxon Court

Lincoln

LN1 1FS

Job description

Job responsibilities

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 be a named professional for a caseload of service users supporting and monitoring their progress in treatment.

To set collaborative goals for intervention with service users

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

Behavioural activation

Graded exposure

Teaching problem-solving skills

Improving sleep

Recognising and managing emotions

Guided self-help for bulimia and binge-eating

Building confidence

Medication support

Relapse Prevention

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.

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 in order 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.

To form professional relationships with service users and communicate with them in a way that respects their views, autonomy and culture.

To monitor and record progression, highlight concerns and report any perceived changes in service users wellbeing to the team

To provide relevant information, written and oral, for records and reviews relating to service users progress under supervision from a suitably qualified member of the team.

Report regularly and in detail to the clinical skills supervisor and case management supervisor.

Make good use of clinical skills and case management supervision to discuss casework, make plans for action, reflect on and implement best practice in care planning and interventions.

To adhere to the employers expectations of professional behaviour and all relevant policies and procedures.

To respect the individuality, values, cultural and religious diversity of clients and contribute to the provision of a service sensitive to these needs and that actively addresses inequity of access and outcome across protected characteristics.

Attend and fulfil all of the requirements of the training element of the post, including practical, academic and practice-based assessments

Apply the learning from the training programme in practice

Receive supervision from educational provider in relation to course work to meet the required standards

Prepare and present clinical information for all service users on their caseload to case management supervision within the service on an agreed and scheduled basis,

Prepare and present clinical information for all service users receiving interventions in clinical skills supervision

Respond to and implement suggestions by supervisors in clinical practice

Participate in clinical governance and quality improvement programs as directed by the line manager.

To review service user progress using a range of tools, including outcome measures

To contribute to a healthy and safe working environment by adhering to health and safety regulations and the employers policies.

As part of a team, incorporate up-to-date evidence-based methods into the intervention programme as directed by the clinical skills supervisor