Band 6 Specialist Practitioner - HMP Eastwood Park Falfield

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust; Wotton-under-Edge; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the United Kingdom is seeking a qualified professional to conduct comprehensive mental health assessments and develop treatment programs. Responsibilities include serving as a care coordinator and delivering therapeutic interventions tailored to service users' needs. Candidates should possess a diploma or degree in a relevant field, with significant post-qualification experience preferred.

Qualifications

• Substantial post qualification experience in frontline services.
• 2 years experience of acute mental health is desirable.
• Experience in a wide range of settings is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive mental health assessments for service users in crisis.
• Develop, deliver, and review comprehensive treatment programs.
• Act as care coordinator for service users as appropriate.

Skills

Therapeutic interventions

Risk assessment

Excellent communication

Education

Diploma level/Degree in relevant Health/Social Care Profession

Current registration with NMC or HCPC

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

1. In a wide range of situations and locations to undertake the full range of activities required to deliver comprehensive mental health assessment, in an emergency for service users, who may be distressed and in crisis. This will include:

• a. The use of standardised assessment tools i.e. Cluster Allocation Support Tool (CAST), KGV
• b. Recovery Star
• c. History, strengths and aspirations
• d. Mental state
• e. Impact of culture and diversity
• f. Functional needs
• g. The needs of family and carer
• h. Evaluation of risk
• i. Physical health
• j. Complicating factors
• k. Identifying and ensuring specialist involvement where required
• l. The interventions and treatments required to enable positive change
• m. Social Care
• n. Safeguarding and public protection
• o. Capacity under the Mental Capacity Act

2. To be responsible for developing delivering and reviewing comprehensive and complex treatment programmes using appropriate frameworks in line with evidence–based practice, including strategies to manage risk for service users with complex needs and carers, bringing in other resources as required.

3. To act as care coordinator for service users as appropriate, also providing defined interventions to individuals on other workers caseloads.

4. To plan, deliver and evaluate defined, specialist therapeutic interventions as indicated in the assessment process, in line with personal recovery plans, including to service users who maybe on other caseloads. This might include:

• a. Individual or group therapeutic intervention
• b. Psychological treatments such as CBT, DBT approaches, family interventions
• c. psychosocial interventions
• d. Motivational and coping enhancement strategies
• e. Medication management
• f. Interventions under the Mental Health Act

5. To deliver a range of defined activities/interventions to improve the carer’s ability to support the service user and to enable them in their relationship with the service user.

6. To develop and maintain good partnership working with other services throughout all treatment episodes, including regular liaison within Primary Health Care Team, inpatient and intensive services, day services, voluntary sector and with nominated carers/advocates.

7. In collaboration with service users and carers, to be responsible for facilitating the development of comprehensive crisis plans, rapid access plans, advance statements etc., involving other agencies such as primary care etc. where appropriate.

8. To personally build and lead others to build, hope inspiring relationships with service users, which acknowledge the personal journey of each person, and focus on strengths and aspirations to allow the creation of meaningful personal recovery plans.

Note: This description reflects the core responsibilities as published in the job advert.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Diploma level/Degree in relevant Health/Social Care Profession

Desirable criteria

• 2 years experience of acute mental health

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Current registration with NMC or HCPC

Experience

Essential criteria

• Substantial post qualification experience in front line

Desirable criteria

• Experience in a wide range of settings

Skills

Essential criteria

• Is able to deliver from a range of possible key therapeutic interventions

Skills

Essential criteria

• Excellent risk assessment and risk management skills

Skills

Essential criteria

• Excellent communication skills

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Knowledge of relevant legal framework MHA MCA