EIP Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; North Kesteven; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health service provider in the United Kingdom is seeking a Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioner to support individuals in achieving their goals and promoting self-reliance. The role involves managing a caseload, delivering wellbeing interventions, and collaborating with a multi-disciplinary team to develop care plans. Ideal candidates will have experience in mental health settings and strong communication skills. The position offers flexible working options and a supportive environment focused on staff well-being.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Training and promotion opportunities

Diversity support and active staff networks

Qualifications

• Experience in mental health or related field is beneficial.
• Ability to manage a caseload and deliver wellbeing interventions.
• Knowledge of psychological interventions related to mental health.

Responsibilities

• Carry out relevant risk assessments with the multi-disciplinary team.
• Engage with service users in distressing circumstances.
• Develop care plans focused on strengths and outcomes.
• Attend multi-disciplinary reviews as a care co-ordinator.
• Set collaborative intervention goals with service users.
• Deliver evidence-based wellbeing-focused interventions.

Skills

Risk assessment

Empathy and sensitivity

Problem-solving skills

Communication

Team collaboration

Job description

The Early Intervention in Psychosis team (EIP) Team are looking for a Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioner to work in our team in the South (Covering Spalding, Grantham, Stamford and Sleaford).

Our vision as a team is to work flexibly and creatively with the individuals we see to be able to achieve their goals, and incite self‑reliance and independence, whilst supporting to help build their lives.

As a Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioner you will deliver manage a caseload and deliver wellbeing interventions.

Main Duties of the Job

• Carry out relevant risk assessments and risk management with the multi‑disciplinary team
• Engage calmly and with sensitivity and empathy to support service users in highly distressing or emotional circumstances.
• Engage with and gather information from service users, relatives and patient records to develop a formulation.
• To work in collaboration with the individual service user and their family and carers as appropriate to develop care plans that are focused on strengths and are outcome based.
• To attend multi‑disciplinary reviews and act as a care co‑ordinator, for a caseload of service users in order to support and monitor progress during the course of multi‑disciplinary interventions.
• To set collaborative goals for intervention with service users
• To deliver specified wellbeing‑focused psychologically‑informed interventions, in line with best available evidence, under close supervision from a clinical psychologist or CBT therapist including:

Interventions

• Behavioural activation and graded exposure
• Teaching problem‑solving skills
• Improving sleep
• Recognising and managing emotions
• Guided self‑help for bulimia and binge‑eating
• Building confidence
• Medication support

• To be responsive to service users' needs and choices; and uphold their right to be treated with dignity and respect.
• B7 Team Manager / Case Management Supervisor Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner Multi Disciplinary Team Colleagues
• To include carers and families in line with the service user's wishes

About the Trust

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well‑led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Whether you're taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that's friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life. Visitbeinlincolnshire.comto find out more.