Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join an high performing and experienced mental health team. The North Islington Core Team are based near Holloway Road in Islington and provide mental health care and support to over 400 service users in Islington. The Team works with people with psychosis living in North Islington.
We are looking to recruit anAssistant Practitioner who shares our passion to strive towards excellence in people's mental health and social care and who affiliates with our Trust's culture pillars where staff and service users feel safe, valued and are empowered.
As anassistant practitioner you will be responsible for supporting the team to deliver a range of health and/or social care interventions. You will have a caseload of patients and will take a lead on supporting carers, which will include carrying out an assessment under the Care Act. You will be supported by a multidisciplinary team.
We are a busy and dynamic service and caseloads are reflective of this. This requires you to have good organisational skills and an ability to work flexibly as part of the team. The role involves visiting patients at home and in the community.
You'll be able to demonstrate experience in working with adults' mental health care and have good communication and interpersonal skills. You should have some understanding of the wider health and social care system. Being computer literate is a must and you have to be able to use Word, Excel and other relevant IT systems.
Main duties of the job
Organisational Position Working as a member of a multidisciplinary Mental Health Team the post holder will be responsible for providing individual assessment, identified clinical interventions and direct care to service users with mental health problems under supervision of registered professionals. They will be responsible for a small defined caseload while also coworking with registered professionals and they will support to formulate appropriate care and treatment plans. The post holder will be expected to carry out other duties assigned by their supervisor or Team Manager, which are appropriate to the competences and experience of the post holder
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:
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We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
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With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
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We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
Why NLFT?
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 basi
Job description
Job responsibilities
We are looking to recruit an Assistant Practitioner who shares our passion to strive towards excellence in peoples mental health and social care and who affiliates with our Trusts culture pillars where staff and service users feel safe, valued and are empowered.
As an assistant practitioner you will be responsible for supporting the team to deliver a range of health and/or social care interventions. You will have a small caseload of patients who require low-level or preventative interventions. You will be supported by a multidisciplinary team.
We are a busy and dynamic service and caseloads are reflective of this. This requires you to have good organisational skills and an ability to work flexibly as part of the team. The role involves visiting patients at home and you therefore must be able to get around Islington using Public Transport and/or walking/cycling.
Youll be able to demonstrate experience in working with adults mental health care and have good communication and interpersonal skills. You should have some understanding of the wider health and social care system. Being computer literate is a must and you have to be able to use Word, Excel and other relevant IT systems.
Please also refer to Job description document attached.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We are looking to recruit an Assistant Practitioner who shares our passion to strive towards excellence in peoples mental health and social care and who affiliates with our Trusts culture pillars where staff and service users feel safe, valued and are empowered.
As an assistant practitioner you will be responsible for supporting the team to deliver a range of health and/or social care interventions. You will have a small caseload of patients who require low-level or preventative interventions. You will be supported by a multidisciplinary team.
We are a busy and dynamic service and caseloads are reflective of this. This requires you to have good organisational skills and an ability to work flexibly as part of the team. The role involves visiting patients at home and you therefore must be able to get around Islington using Public Transport and/or walking/cycling.
Youll be able to demonstrate experience in working with adults mental health care and have good communication and interpersonal skills. You should have some understanding of the wider health and social care system. Being computer literate is a must and you have to be able to use Word, Excel and other relevant IT systems.
Please also refer to Job description document attached.
Person Specification
Education/Qualification
Essential
- Diploma in Mental Health Practice or NVQ level 3 in Mental Health with post qualification evidences of further study / additional training to diploma level or NVQ 4 in Mental Health or equivalent level experience. or Evidence of extensive and current paid experience of working with service users who have severe and enduring mental disorder/illness.
- Educated to GCSE level or equivalent (with a minimum of 5 A - E qualifications - which must include Maths and English).
Desirable
- To have experience of or if appropriate to service needs be willing to undertake training in de-escalation or breakaway techniques.
Experience/Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of caring for people with severe and enduring mental illness and or dementia
- Previous experience of working in a Health or Social Care setting in a paid or voluntary position
- Demonstrate an understanding of the key sections of the Mental Capacity Act (2005) and Care Act (2014) and its use in practice.
- Demonstrate a sound understanding of the needs and difficulties of older people and their family carers.
- To demonstrate an understanding and/or practical experience of delivering practical support to older adults with mental illness and/or dementia in the community.
- Knowledge of the comorbidities that maybe present as a result of older age and increasing frailty.
Skills/Abilities
Essential
- Excellent verbal and written communication skill.
- Able to work on own initiative.
- Able to work as part of a team
- Motivated and enthusiastic about working with older people with mental illness and/or dementia.
- Competent using computers and keyboards for entering personally generated data, writing and responding to emails, being able to create and manage spreadsheets and date reports, conducting web searches etc.
Person Specification
Education/Qualification
Essential
- Diploma in Mental Health Practice or NVQ level 3 in Mental Health with post qualification evidences of further study / additional training to diploma level or NVQ 4 in Mental Health or equivalent level experience. or Evidence of extensive and current paid experience of working with service users who have severe and enduring mental disorder/illness.
- Educated to GCSE level or equivalent (with a minimum of 5 A - E qualifications - which must include Maths and English).
Desirable
- To have experience of or if appropriate to service needs be willing to undertake training in de-escalation or breakaway techniques.
Experience/Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of caring for people with severe and enduring mental illness and or dementia
- Previous experience of working in a Health or Social Care setting in a paid or voluntary position
- Demonstrate an understanding of the key sections of the Mental Capacity Act (2005) and Care Act (2014) and its use in practice.
- Demonstrate a sound understanding of the needs and difficulties of older people and their family carers.
- To demonstrate an understanding and/or practical experience of delivering practical support to older adults with mental illness and/or dementia in the community.
- Knowledge of the comorbidities that maybe present as a result of older age and increasing frailty.
Skills/Abilities
Essential
- Excellent verbal and written communication skill.
- Able to work on own initiative.
- Able to work as part of a team
- Motivated and enthusiastic about working with older people with mental illness and/or dementia.
- Competent using computers and keyboards for entering personally generated data, writing and responding to emails, being able to create and manage spreadsheets and date reports, conducting web searches etc.
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).
