Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity within the Durham area working with older adults for a Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioner.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work under close case management supervision from an HCPC registered applied psychologist to provide specified psychologically-informed wellbeing-focused interventions, with a level of autonomy in community working.
About us
We are the Mental Health and Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York & Selby.
We are committed to co-creating safe and personalised care that improves the lives of people by involving them as equal partners. The most important way we will get there is by living our values, all of the time.
Psychological Professions staff will be expected to display the Trust values at all times, working as part of the collective team with shared accountability and responsibility for ensuring the safety and effectiveness of patient care is delivered in a patient centred manner. They will also contribute to ensuring the culture of our services is built upon the Trust Values and the trust's strategy - Our Journey To change (OJTC).
We're also committed to co-creating a great experience for our colleagues- find out more about why you should come and work for us here Why choose TEWV? - Tees Esk and Wear Valley NHS Foundation Trust
We are committed to developing a team that is fully representative of the communities that we serve, and especially welcome applications from individuals with protected characteristics that are currently under-represented in our workforce.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The role of the Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioner is to:
Develop and practice psychologically informed interventions under supervision, working directly with adults in the community.
Support collaborative care planning, alongside other members of the multi-disciplinary team.
Work closely alongside a team of mental health professionals to deliver a set of brief wellbeing-focused psychologically informed interventions:
Behavioural Activation and Graded Exposure using the GOALS programme
Problem-solving
Improving sleep
Recognising and managing emotions
Guided self-help for bulimia and binge-eating
Confidence building
Support with medicines management
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 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.
To set collaborative goals for intervention with service users.
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The role of the Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioner is to:
Develop and practice psychologically informed interventions under supervision, working directly with adults in the community.
Support collaborative care planning, alongside other members of the multi-disciplinary team.
Work closely alongside a team of mental health professionals to deliver a set of brief wellbeing-focused psychologically informed interventions:
Behavioural Activation and Graded Exposure using the GOALS programme
Problem-solving
Improving sleep
Recognising and managing emotions
Guided self-help for bulimia and binge-eating
Confidence building
Support with medicines management
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 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.
To set collaborative goals for intervention with service users.
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.
Person Specification
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)
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge and experience of working with people with mental health needs gained through a graduate certificate or postgraduate certificate training with significant supervised practice
Knowledge/Skills/Experience
Essential
- 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
- 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
- Able to communicate in a sensitive and reassuring manner, with empathy, and where appropriate reassurance
- Liaise with other teams and services including external agencies as required for the wellbeing of service users
- Able to assist in assessment and observation activities related to individual's health and wellbeing, arriving at judgments about how to respond within the care plan
- Able to contribute to risk assessment drawing on complex and multiple sources of information, under clinical supervision
- Able to analyse and synthesise multiple sources of information to contribute to the team's understanding and formulation of service users' difficulties and development of a multidisciplinary care plan
- Able to assist in planning and delivering psychologically informed interventions to meet people's health and wellbeing needs
- Able to prioritise workload according to peoples' changing needs and the priorities of the team
- Able to assist in maintaining own and others health safety and security
- To be able to use basic computer skills to collect, collate and report on client's progress on a daily basis
- Able to plan and deliver interventions with a variety of service users presenting with mental health difficulties, their families and carers and the clinical team, on a daily basis
- Experience of considering the impact of public health within an individual's care
- Experience in discussing and responding to issues related to cultural diversity, intersectionality and inclusivity, including working with vulnerable groups (e.g. those for whom English is not their first language)
- Experience of managing multiple demands/ working in challenging environments
- Awareness of systemic barriers to accessing psychological services/healthcare for minoritised communities
- Awareness of the relationship between social, economic and environmental factors and mental health
Desirable
- Lived experience of mental health issues/difficulties
Person Specification
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)
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge and experience of working with people with mental health needs gained through a graduate certificate or postgraduate certificate training with significant supervised practice
Knowledge/Skills/Experience
Essential
- 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
- 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
- Able to communicate in a sensitive and reassuring manner, with empathy, and where appropriate reassurance
- Liaise with other teams and services including external agencies as required for the wellbeing of service users
- Able to assist in assessment and observation activities related to individual's health and wellbeing, arriving at judgments about how to respond within the care plan
- Able to contribute to risk assessment drawing on complex and multiple sources of information, under clinical supervision
- Able to analyse and synthesise multiple sources of information to contribute to the team's understanding and formulation of service users' difficulties and development of a multidisciplinary care plan
- Able to assist in planning and delivering psychologically informed interventions to meet people's health and wellbeing needs
- Able to prioritise workload according to peoples' changing needs and the priorities of the team
- Able to assist in maintaining own and others health safety and security
- To be able to use basic computer skills to collect, collate and report on client's progress on a daily basis
- Able to plan and deliver interventions with a variety of service users presenting with mental health difficulties, their families and carers and the clinical team, on a daily basis
- Experience of considering the impact of public health within an individual's care
- Experience in discussing and responding to issues related to cultural diversity, intersectionality and inclusivity, including working with vulnerable groups (e.g. those for whom English is not their first language)
- Experience of managing multiple demands/ working in challenging environments
- Awareness of systemic barriers to accessing psychological services/healthcare for minoritised communities
- Awareness of the relationship between social, economic and environmental factors and mental health
Desirable
- Lived experience of mental health issues/difficulties
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Bowes Lyon Unit, Lanchester Road Hospital and Derwent Clinic
Durham and Shotley Bridge
DH1 5RD
Employer's website
https://www.tewv.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
