Job summary
Burnley Community Mental Health Team are seeking to appoint a Band 5 Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner. This post provides the opportunity for a forward thinking and experienced individual to develop and implement safe, sound and supportive services that embrace the provision of holistic care. With a strong emphasis on multidisciplinary working and the principles laid out in the Recovery Model, you will need to be an innovative thinker and be able to form effective relationships.
You must be a registered mental health and well being practitioner, with excellent leadership and clinical skills. You will also need to have a working knowledge of the care programme approach, risk assessment and management, and the ability to explore issues relating to the impact of health and social needs on mental health and well-being.
Main duties of the job
To work alongside service users, families, carers and multi-disciplinary team members to co-ordinate care as a key worker, supporting collaborative decision-making about care and treatment.
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.
About us
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.
The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.
Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role.
Person Specification
Education/qualifications
Essential
- oRegistered as a Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner on a professional register recognised for this role by NHS England.
- oA 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
- oAble 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.
- oAble to establish and maintain empathic, supportive relationships with people in significant distress or who are cognitively impaired, their families and carers
- oAble 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.
- oAbility to work successfully in a team
- oAble to prioritise workload according to peoples' changing needs and the priorities of the team
Experience
Essential
- oExperience of working with people with mental health needs gained through a graduate certificate or postgraduate certificate training with significant supervised practice.
- oExperience running groups/activities
- oExperience working as part of a team
- oExperience of being supervised
- oExperience of analysing and communicating complex information verbally and in writing
Personal
Essential
- oAble to concentrate on specific activities for up to an hour at a time.
- oAble to deal with conflicting demands in an unpredictable work pattern.
- oAble to communicate in a sensitive and reassuring manner, with empathy, and where appropriate reassurance
- oAble to make good use of clinical supervision in a group and/or individual format
- oLiaise with other teams and services including external agencies as required for the wellbeing of service users.
Other
Essential
- oAble to assist in maintaining own and others health safety and security
- oAble to work in a variety of adult community mental health settings which may often include unpleasant working conditions such as verbal aggression or high levels of distress.
- oDemonstrate support for the values and beliefs of the Trust working in a trauma informed way, promoting social inclusion and challenging stigma.
Person Specification
Education/qualifications
Essential
- oRegistered as a Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner on a professional register recognised for this role by NHS England.
- oA 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
- oAble 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.
- oAble to establish and maintain empathic, supportive relationships with people in significant distress or who are cognitively impaired, their families and carers
- oAble 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.
- oAbility to work successfully in a team
- oAble to prioritise workload according to peoples' changing needs and the priorities of the team
Experience
Essential
- oExperience of working with people with mental health needs gained through a graduate certificate or postgraduate certificate training with significant supervised practice.
- oExperience running groups/activities
- oExperience working as part of a team
- oExperience of being supervised
- oExperience of analysing and communicating complex information verbally and in writing
Personal
Essential
- oAble to concentrate on specific activities for up to an hour at a time.
- oAble to deal with conflicting demands in an unpredictable work pattern.
- oAble to communicate in a sensitive and reassuring manner, with empathy, and where appropriate reassurance
- oAble to make good use of clinical supervision in a group and/or individual format
- oLiaise with other teams and services including external agencies as required for the wellbeing of service users.
Other
Essential
- oAble to assist in maintaining own and others health safety and security
- oAble to work in a variety of adult community mental health settings which may often include unpleasant working conditions such as verbal aggression or high levels of distress.
- oDemonstrate support for the values and beliefs of the Trust working in a trauma informed way, promoting social inclusion and challenging stigma.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
