455 North London NHS Foundation Trust

Assistant Practitioner Intensive Mental Health Day Service

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Job summary

We have a recent and exciting opportunity to appoint Assistant Practitioners in the Camden Mental Health Intensive Day Service at the Greenwood Centre in Kentish Town

We are looking for enthusiastic, committed individuals who enjoy working with service users with a broad range of mental health needs to support crisis reduction in the community.

The Intensive Day support service isbased at the Greenwood Centre in Kentish Town, further integrates health and social care support services. This will provide flexible support for people with a serious mental illness ranging from urgent support needs to provision of longer term reablement and recovery support.

The full service will have three elements that offer different levels of support (timeframes may be flexed depending on an individual's needs):

  • 'Intensive Day Support', providing up to 8-weeks high level, support.
  • 'Reablement Day Support',
  • 'Recovery Day Support'

The Intensive part of this service is focused on supporting people rebuild structure and routine, develop interests, reconnect with community services and activities and codevelop wellbeing and self-management plans.

- We offer a wide range of activities from music and art therapy to exercise and budgeting, from psychology groups to gardening and, so much more.

- As part of the wider Day Support Service, our service users have access to many other creative and wellbeing activities, provided by experienced staff.

Main duties of the job

Successful applicants will likely need experience in a mental health setting within the NHS or other relevant organisation

Excellent verbal and written communication skills are an expected pre-requisite as is the capacity to utilise all forms of electronic communication. The Trust uses electronic record-keeping throughout all its services and we are working towards becoming a paper-free organisation.

Please refer to JD for further information or speak to the recruiting manager

About us

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.Our Five-Year Strategy:

1. We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.

2. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all

3. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.

4. We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.

Why NLFT?

We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.

We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.

NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme

Excellent internal staff network

The postholder will be aligned with our Values.

In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.

Details

Date posted

17 December 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£31,944 to £34,937 a year per annum inclusive of HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

455-CANDI-1187

Job locations

Greenwood Centre

37 Greenwood Place

London

NW5 1LB


Job description

Job responsibilities

There are a lot of training and professional development opportunities within the Trust. These include Quality Improvement and courses in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.

All applications for this post need to be made online with reference to the Person Specification. Please apply at the end of the advert and register with this site as directed. Any application that does not meet the requirements of the Person Specification will not be shortlisted for interview. All short listed applicants will be contacted by email and are advised to check their email accounts regularly. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of your application being submitted then it is likely you have not been shortlisted.

Job description

Job responsibilities

There are a lot of training and professional development opportunities within the Trust. These include Quality Improvement and courses in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.

All applications for this post need to be made online with reference to the Person Specification. Please apply at the end of the advert and register with this site as directed. Any application that does not meet the requirements of the Person Specification will not be shortlisted for interview. All short listed applicants will be contacted by email and are advised to check their email accounts regularly. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of your application being submitted then it is likely you have not been shortlisted.

Person Specification

Mental Health Experience in NHS

Essential

  • eg. Worked in Ward or Crisis Team, MHCAS

Desirable

  • other Mental Health Experience with complex service users

Skill

Essential

  • EXPERIENCE OF WORKING WITH GROUPS OR INDIVIDUALS USING LOW LEVEL PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVENTIONS

Desirable

  • cbt, dbt specific skills

Risk Assessment

Essential

  • Demonstrate good understanding of risk

Knowledge

Essential

  • Good understanding of Mental Health Diagnosis and Mental Health Act

Team Work

Essential

  • Evidence of good Team Work and Lone Working
Person Specification

Mental Health Experience in NHS

Essential

  • eg. Worked in Ward or Crisis Team, MHCAS

Desirable

  • other Mental Health Experience with complex service users

Skill

Essential

  • EXPERIENCE OF WORKING WITH GROUPS OR INDIVIDUALS USING LOW LEVEL PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVENTIONS

Desirable

  • cbt, dbt specific skills

Risk Assessment

Essential

  • Demonstrate good understanding of risk

Knowledge

Essential

  • Good understanding of Mental Health Diagnosis and Mental Health Act

Team Work

Essential

  • Evidence of good Team Work and Lone Working

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.

Employer details

Employer name

455 North London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Greenwood Centre

37 Greenwood Place

London

NW5 1LB


Employer's website

https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

455 North London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Greenwood Centre

37 Greenwood Place

London

NW5 1LB


Employer's website

https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Operational Service Manager Camden Crisis Services

Alice Murphy

alice.murphy20@nhs.net

07973713946

Details

Date posted

17 December 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£31,944 to £34,937 a year per annum inclusive of HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

455-CANDI-1187

Job locations

Greenwood Centre

37 Greenwood Place

London

NW5 1LB


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