Telecoach

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Telecoach / Psychologist Therapist/Mental Health Nurse/Occupational Therapist/ Social Worker

Our First Response service offers 24/7 support to people of all ages living in Bradford, Airedale, Wharfedale or Craven to ensure that access to high-quality mental health care can be achieved by people suffering with a mental health Crisis in line with Core 24 Guidance.

Accessed through a single phone number people can ring for help from psychological / mental health trained staff, who can identify their needs and intervene or signpost as required to ensure that they can access the right support in a timely way from an appropriate service.

Closing Date: 27th December 2023

Interview Date: On or around 10th January 2024

Note: First Response will aim to stick with dates above however in unusual circumstances these dates can change.

Main duties of the job

Tele coaches provide brief clinical risk and UK mental health Triage, formulations and brief psychological interventions for people presenting in mental health crisis.

Working via telephone, Tele coaches are experts in validating, de-escalating crisis and coaching people in distress tolerance and emotional regulation strategies.

Using a range of brief psychological interventions, Tele coaches empower patients, carers and families to manage distress and crisis effectively.

About us

Everything we do is underpinned by our core values: -

We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference

We Listen - We understand people's views and respond to their individual needs

We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners

We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :

Increase mileage rates for > 3500

A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages

A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities

Plus many more.

We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.

BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.

Date posted

04 December 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£28,407 to £34,581 a year Per Annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

453-23-5840848

Job locations

Lynfield Mount Hospital

Heights lane

Bradford

BD9 6DP

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please read the attached Job description and the person specification for further details about this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please read the attached Job description and the person specification for further details about this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Psychology (BPS registered
Or Occupational Therapy (HPC)
r Registered Mental Nursing Certificate (RMN) Current Registration on part 3 or part 13 of NMC register
Social Worker
Qualified Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP)

Desirable

Experience in Telephone Triage or Mental Health assessment
Experience working with clients with moderate to severe mental health difficulties

Experience

Essential

Experience in relevant area of mental health practice
Application of evidenced based psychological therapies relevant to the clinical service.

Desirable

Acute Mental health experience
Involvement in innovative clinical practice.
Experience on telephone or face to face assessments.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Psychology (BPS registered
Or Occupational Therapy (HPC)
r Registered Mental Nursing Certificate (RMN) Current Registration on part 3 or part 13 of NMC register
Social Worker
Qualified Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP)

Desirable

Experience in Telephone Triage or Mental Health assessment
Experience working with clients with moderate to severe mental health difficulties

Experience

Essential

Experience in relevant area of mental health practice
Application of evidenced based psychological therapies relevant to the clinical service.

Desirable

Acute Mental health experience
Involvement in innovative clinical practice.
Experience on telephone or face to face assessments.

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.