Job summary
We are looking for a Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner to join the Richmond Integrated Recovery Hub (IRH). The Richmond IRH provides secondary mental health care for adults experiencing moderate to severe mental health difficulties.
We are preparing to implement the trust's community transformation plans in line with the Community Mental Health Framework, to improve access and provision for clients with severe mental health difficulties. In doing so, we will be strengthening relationships with primary care and developing new links with the voluntary sector.
This is an exciting opportunity for an MHWP graduate to deliver a set of wellbeing-focused, psychologically-informed interventions, aligned to cognitive-behavioural principles, based on the best evidence available, that address problems often experienced by people with severe mental health problems.
Career Progression pathways and development opportunities:
We are a teaching Trust so will support your continued professional growth throughout your career with us.
We are only accepting applications from candidates with an existing qualification of "A graduate certificate (Level 6) or postgraduate certificate (Level 7) delivering the national curriculum for Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners (Adult Specialist Mental Health)"
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will be committed to MDT working and to advancing trauma informed care across the trust. You will work alongside service users, families, carers and multi-disciplinary team members to co-ordinate care, supporting collaborative decision-making about care and treatment. You will deliver a set of wellbeing-focused psychologically-informed interventions, aligned to cognitive-behavioural principles, based on the best evidence available, that address problems often experienced by people with severe mental health problems.
Flexible working:
As one of the few Trusts in London we are proud to offer flexible and agile working as part of our new ways of working, and we are happy to talk flexible working at the interview stage.
The Trust is committed to supporting flexible working, including a blended approach of on-site and home working.
About us
We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.
We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good' - we aspire to be 'outstanding'.
This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services, including Tolworth Hospital, as we invest a further £120m to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027.
We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together.We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.
We offer flexible working, career development and a variety ofbenefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.
Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. Carry out relevant risk assessments and risk management with the multi-disciplinary team
2. Engage calmly and with sensitivity and empathy to support service users in highly distressing or emotional circumstances.
3. Engage with and gather information from service users, relatives and patient records to develop a formulation.
4. To work in collaboration with the individual service user and their family and carers as appropriate to develop care plans that are focused on strengths and are outcome based.
5. To attend multi-disciplinary reviews and act as a care co-ordinator, for a caseload of service users in order to support and monitor progress during the course of multi-disciplinary interventions.
6. To set collaborative goals for intervention with service users
7. To be responsive to service users needs and choices; and uphold their right to be treated with dignity and respect.
8. To include carers and families in line with the service users wishes.
9. To liaise with other health and care providers, including third sector agencies and primary care, to ensure continuity of care for service users.
10. 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.
11. To develop collaborative plans for relapse prevention
12. To deal with endings appropriately and safely with service users, families and carers.
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. Carry out relevant risk assessments and risk management with the multi-disciplinary team
2. Engage calmly and with sensitivity and empathy to support service users in highly distressing or emotional circumstances.
3. Engage with and gather information from service users, relatives and patient records to develop a formulation.
4. To work in collaboration with the individual service user and their family and carers as appropriate to develop care plans that are focused on strengths and are outcome based.
5. To attend multi-disciplinary reviews and act as a care co-ordinator, for a caseload of service users in order to support and monitor progress during the course of multi-disciplinary interventions.
6. To set collaborative goals for intervention with service users
7. To be responsive to service users needs and choices; and uphold their right to be treated with dignity and respect.
8. To include carers and families in line with the service users wishes.
9. To liaise with other health and care providers, including third sector agencies and primary care, to ensure continuity of care for service users.
10. 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.
11. To develop collaborative plans for relapse prevention
12. To deal with endings appropriately and safely with service users, families and carers.
Person Specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential
- A graduate certificate (Level 6) or postgraduate certificate (Level 7) delivering the national curriculum for Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners (Adult Specialist Mental Health)
Desirable
- Any training relevant to the service user group
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with people with mental health needs gained through a graduate certificate or postgraduate certificate training with significant supervised practice
- Experience running groups/activities
- Experience working as part of a team
- Experience of being supervised
- Experience of analysing and communicating complex information verbally and in writing
Desirable
- Lived experience of mental health issues/difficulties
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Able to establish and maintain empathic, supportive relationships with people in significant distress or who are cognitively impaired, their families and carers
- Able to receive, understand and communicate confidential client information of a sensitive and often complex nature, including discussing care with family members within boundaries of confidentiality
- Able to communicate in a sensitive and reassuring manner, with empathy, and where appropriate reassurance
- Commitment to team working and ability to work successfully in a team
- Able to make good use of clinical supervision in a group and/or individual format
Desirable
- Demonstrates a knowledge of the issues surrounding work and the impact it can have on mental health
Person Specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential
- A graduate certificate (Level 6) or postgraduate certificate (Level 7) delivering the national curriculum for Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners (Adult Specialist Mental Health)
Desirable
- Any training relevant to the service user group
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with people with mental health needs gained through a graduate certificate or postgraduate certificate training with significant supervised practice
- Experience running groups/activities
- Experience working as part of a team
- Experience of being supervised
- Experience of analysing and communicating complex information verbally and in writing
Desirable
- Lived experience of mental health issues/difficulties
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Able to establish and maintain empathic, supportive relationships with people in significant distress or who are cognitively impaired, their families and carers
- Able to receive, understand and communicate confidential client information of a sensitive and often complex nature, including discussing care with family members within boundaries of confidentiality
- Able to communicate in a sensitive and reassuring manner, with empathy, and where appropriate reassurance
- Commitment to team working and ability to work successfully in a team
- Able to make good use of clinical supervision in a group and/or individual format
Desirable
- Demonstrates a knowledge of the issues surrounding work and the impact it can have on mental health
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
