Job summary
Join Our Early Intervention in Psychosis Team - Make a Difference from Day One
Are you a qualified Social Worker, Occupational Therapist, or Mental Health Nurse with a passion for mental health care? We're looking for compassionate professionals to join our Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) Service - PATH (Psychosis: Prevention, Assessment and Treatment in Hertfordshire).
We are based in Stevenage and the caseload work will be in the Waltham Cross and surrounding areas. This is a rewarding opportunity to support people experiencing psychosis for the first time, delivering personalised and recovery-focused care.
You'll hold a caseload and work closely with the wider MDT,helping you build strong relationships and develop your leadership and delegation skills.
We welcome applications for full-time, part-time or job-share roles and are committed to flexible working that supports work-life balance.
What we offer:
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A values-driven, innovative EIP service
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Collaborative mini team working
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Flexible working options
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Training in Family Interventions
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Opportunities to grow your leadership and clinical skills
To find out more about our team, visit:? PATH & ARMS Team
For an informal chat or to arrange a visit, please contact Sonia Baker on Sonia.Baker1@nhs.netWe look forward to hearing from you!
Main duties of the job
You will be:
- an active member of a skilled multi-disciplinary team
- working together with your colleagues to provide our PATH service in our East and South East Hertfordshire team
- covering a designated locality for casework - not the whole county
- travelling less and working out in the community, both in people's homes and our local hub buildings
- training as a family intervention therapist and offering specialist support to people who are experiencing a first episode of psychosis and their family and friend carers
- assessing and supporting people's health and social care needs
You will be passionate in the delivery of recovery based and collaborative approaches to care planning, working flexibly and creatively with people in order to achieve their individual goals.
Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?
About us
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.
Our family of over 4000 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.
The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Our Trust values are:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!
Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like to work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can?
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will work as a member of the multi-disciplinary Community Team and will be responsible for the clinical and operational day to day service delivery, providing a high quality social care service to adults of all ages having First Episode Psychosis (FEP). The core functions are to provide assessment, care planning and care co- ordination, including care programme approach, within a framework of recovery which embraces each individuals right to choice and control.
You may be responsible for supervision, development and teaching of junior staff and/or students as delegated by the team manager.
Come and find out more about what we do and consider joining our team. Wed love you to come and work with us!
Heres what our staff say about working in the team:
"I love my job, I see service users over their journey from when they first become unwell to being able to re-start living a rewarding life"
"It's a specialist team, lots of opportunities for career development, it's a very supportive team and we work together as a mini team to look after a case load."
Heres what well offer you in terms of learning and development:
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will work as a member of the multi-disciplinary Community Team and will be responsible for the clinical and operational day to day service delivery, providing a high quality social care service to adults of all ages having First Episode Psychosis (FEP). The core functions are to provide assessment, care planning and care co- ordination, including care programme approach, within a framework of recovery which embraces each individuals right to choice and control.
You may be responsible for supervision, development and teaching of junior staff and/or students as delegated by the team manager.
Come and find out more about what we do and consider joining our team. Wed love you to come and work with us!
Heres what our staff say about working in the team:
"I love my job, I see service users over their journey from when they first become unwell to being able to re-start living a rewarding life"
"It's a specialist team, lots of opportunities for career development, it's a very supportive team and we work together as a mini team to look after a case load."
Heres what well offer you in terms of learning and development:
Person Specification
Education/Training
Essential
- Education to degree level or Academic qualifications equivalent (Diploma/Degree in in Mental Health Nursing /Social Work / Occupational Therapy)
- Registration with NMC/ HCPC
Desirable
- Advance Training in mental health
- Approved Mental Health Professional/Best Interest Assessment training
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- postregistration experience including solid Band 5 experience
- Experience of working in acute mental health inpatient/day care services
- Experience of working in situations of crisis and emotionally demanding environments
- Experience and knowledge of safeguarding process; dealing with family breakdown; serious mental ill health and risk of selfharm.
- Experience of partnership working with service users and carers, demonstrating dignity and respect
Desirable
- Experience of teaching and training
Communication skills
Essential
- Excellent ability to communicate with a wide range of stakeholders including service users and carers, other professional colleagues, members of other organisations and local communities, verbally and in writing
- Experience of using electronic recording systems and ability to produce accurate, appropriate and timely reports.
Physical Skills
Essential
- Own transportation to travel to various locations
Person Specification
Education/Training
Essential
- Education to degree level or Academic qualifications equivalent (Diploma/Degree in in Mental Health Nursing /Social Work / Occupational Therapy)
- Registration with NMC/ HCPC
Desirable
- Advance Training in mental health
- Approved Mental Health Professional/Best Interest Assessment training
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- postregistration experience including solid Band 5 experience
- Experience of working in acute mental health inpatient/day care services
- Experience of working in situations of crisis and emotionally demanding environments
- Experience and knowledge of safeguarding process; dealing with family breakdown; serious mental ill health and risk of selfharm.
- Experience of partnership working with service users and carers, demonstrating dignity and respect
Desirable
- Experience of teaching and training
Communication skills
Essential
- Excellent ability to communicate with a wide range of stakeholders including service users and carers, other professional colleagues, members of other organisations and local communities, verbally and in writing
- Experience of using electronic recording systems and ability to produce accurate, appropriate and timely reports.
Physical Skills
Essential
- Own transportation to travel to various locations
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).
