Adult Community MH Team Senior Practitioner

Job description

Job responsibilities

At Bath & North East Somerset Council we have one overriding purpose – to improve people’s lives.

This post attracts a welcome payment of 5% of the starting salary for the grade to enable individuals to join our permanent workforce. This is payable upon successful completion of your probationary period and is subject to eligibility criteria.

Do you want to join an innovative and enthusiastic integrated mental health team?

Do you want to join a team that is committed to providing high quality ?

services to support older adults experiencing both complex mental health needs, and adults living with dementia?

Do you want to work in a team that practices from a person centred and strengths-based approach?

Are you passionate about the role and value that social work and social care has in an integrated mental health team, and wanting to work in a role where your leadership skills, and passion to develop the social work role are utilised?

About the Team

If you do, an opportunity has arisen to become a Senior Social Work Practitioner working within the recently transformed Older Adult Community Mental Health Team. Alongside transformation relating to the implementation of the Community Mental Health Framework, Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES) has created a specialist Mental Health Pathway for Older Adults experiencing mental ill health, and those experiencing complex neurodegenerative disorders, where the impact upon the well-being and ability to live safely independently is significant. The B&NES Older Adult Community Mental Health Team is a dynamic team, working with people with complex needs and presentations. There is a strong multi-disciplinary working environment with positive collaborative relationships. You would be working alongside Senior Practitioners employed by the Mental Health NHS Trust to achieve the best outcomes for people with mental health needs and complex dementia presentations in the area.

About the Role

You will lead and foster a commitment to the recovery and strengths-based model of support and underpinned by a rights-based approach. One of the values of the team is to deliver flexible and creative support drawing on solution focussed interventions, involving the community and the third sector and thus ensuring that an individual develops the skills they need as they go forward with their recovery, and ensuring that individuals are supported to maintain independence and their well being is supported in the community and in placement.

Both the team and B&NES Council are committed to providing continued professional development through supervision, opportunities to develop skills and gain experience, and training opportunities.

The post is based in Bath and North East Somerset, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is a beautiful city, surrounded by amazing countryside locations, and offering an impressive variety of arts, culture and sports. Easily commutable from surrounding areas, including rail links to Bristol and beyond, there is staff parking available as well as access to pool cars, charge points for electric cares, and lock up facilities for those cycling to work.

If you are interested in this post and require more details after reading the job description or just to chat through the role and what’s involved, please contact Kimberley Bennett, AWP Team Manager on 01225 731631 or Kimberley.Bennett@nhs.net

Interview date: TBC

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No Agencies Please.

*Please note, BANES Council operates a policy of prior consideration for roles for any individual on the Council’s at-risk register (redeployee). This means should a redeployee express an interest in this role, providing they meet the essential criteria for the role they will be considered ahead of external applicants.

Why Bath & North East Somerset Council?

We offer a wide range of benefits, to ensure that you are paid fairly for your work, have the flexibility to enjoy a great work/life balance, and have the support you need. Go to https://jobsandcareers.bathnes.gov.uk/why-work-us/our-benefits

At Bath & North East Somerset Council we have one overriding purpose – to improve peoples live. Find out more about our values at https://jobsandcareers.bathnes.gov.uk/why-work-us/our-values

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us. Find out more on our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at https://beta.bathnes.gov.uk/equality-and-diversity

We are a Disability Confident Employer – find out more at https://shorturl.at/ajrsW

Please note that this role is subject to an Enhanced/Basic DBS Check.

Safeguarding Statement: The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable groups and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of this commitment anyone working in a post with children or vulnerable groups will be expected to undertake an Enhanced DBS check with/without barred list checks.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Knowledge and understanding of legislation and guidance relating to Adult Social Care, Safeguarding, and Mental Health Legislation.
• Demonstrates significant experience as a Case Manager of complex cases, and interventions consistent with relevant legal frameworks.
• Experience of providing management and clinical supervision, in a health / social care environment, and experience in managing performance of others.
• Clear record of ongoing continuing professional development, and able to demonstrate broad mental health experience.
• Demonstrates significant experience in providing effective caseload management, and providing specialist intervention with individuals with the most complex needs.
• -Membership of relevant professional body i.e. HCPC / SWE / NMC
• -Driving Licence- Essential to travel to service users homes, council and partner offices as required, alternative travel will be considered as part of equality requirements

Desirable

• The post holder will be directly managed by the AWP OACMHT Team Manager, and will work collaboratively across both health and social care services, with accountability to both AWP and BaNES.
• Promote and sustain good multi-professional and multi-agency working as part of a service to engage across the community to promote the needs of adults, their families and carers.
• Oversight and clinical leadership of specific treatment pathways within specialist MH services.
• Working in partnership with both TM and health and social care senior practitioners promoting good practice and quality assurance, ensuring excellent clinical standards across the OA CMHT.

Experience

Essential

• Knowledge and understanding of legislation and guidance relating to Adult Social Care, Safeguarding, and Mental Health Legislation.
• Demonstrates significant experience as a Case Manager of complex cases, and interventions consistent with relevant legal frameworks.
• Experience of providing management and clinical supervision, in a health / social care environment, and experience in managing performance of others.
• Clear record of ongoing continuing professional development, and able to demonstrate broad mental health experience.
• Demonstrates significant experience in providing effective caseload management, and providing specialist intervention with individuals with the most complex needs.
• -Membership of relevant professional body i.e. HCPC / SWE / NMC

Desirable

• The post holder will be directly managed by the AWP OACMHT Team Manager, and will work collaboratively across both health and social care services, with accountability to both AWP and BaNES.
• Promote and sustain good multi-professional and multi-agency working as part of a service to engage across the community to promote the needs of adults, their families and carers.
• Oversight and clinical leadership of specific treatment pathways within specialist MH services.
• Working in partnership with both TM and health and social care senior practitioners promoting good practice and quality assurance, ensuring excellent clinical standards across the OA CMHT.

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

Bath & North East Somerset Council

Address

The Hollies

Midsomer Norton

Bath and North East Somerset

BA3 2DT

Employer's website

https://beta.bathnes.gov.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)