Senior Mental Health Practitioner

jobs24.co.uk; Newport; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits to join a dynamic community rehabilitation team as a senior mental health practitioner. This role involves coordinating care for individuals with severe mental health conditions, utilizing evidence-based interventions to enhance their quality of life. You will engage with clients, families, and various stakeholders while contributing to clinical governance and service quality. The position offers a supportive environment with opportunities for professional development and training. If you are passionate about mental health and committed to making a difference, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in community mental health settings with a focus on rehabilitation.
• Ability to conduct complex assessments and develop personalized care plans.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate care for individuals with severe mental illness and provide evidence-based interventions.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders for effective care planning.

Skills

Mental Health Practice

Client Engagement

Motivational Interviewing

Family Intervention

Bio-Psycho-Social Assessment

Education

Relevant Degree in Mental Health

Professional Qualification in Mental Health

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the North Devon Community rehabilitation team as a band 6 senior mental health practitioner. The team, which has a base in the North Devon wellbeing hub, is a small, dynamic and developing service. The service is focused on people with severe and enduring mental illness, with diagnoses such as schizophrenia, schizo-affective disorder, and bipolar disorder.

The successful applicant will have a defined caseload and will care coordinate these individuals, offering intensive, evidence-based, and recovery-focused interventions. The post holder will be required to carry out training specific to their role including Family Intervention training and Motivational Interviewing, using their subsequent knowledge and skills to improve the quality of life and therapeutic outcomes for those in their care. The post holder will undertake and continuously re-evaluate complex bio-psycho-social assessments and develop a working formulation which will lead to the development of personalized care packages in line with evidence-based practice. We are looking for an experienced mental health practitioner who has worked in a community setting previously and who will have the skills to motivate and engage clients within a community setting. The successful applicant will provide a range of rehabilitation interventions with a client-centered focus as well as support and specialized interventions for families and carers.

The community team operates in close liaison with the inpatient team on Ocean View ward, which is the 8-bedded inpatient rehabilitation ward for people with complex psychosis, some of whom will also be under the community team. The ward and community team offer a cohesive recovery-based service, which includes joint working, collaborative care planning, and risk assessment. The successful applicant will contribute to the team's engagement with a wide range of stakeholders including staff, service users, their carers, and other statutory and voluntary sector agencies.

The post holder will also contribute to clinical governance arrangements to ensure the quality of the service provided; this will include ensuring performance targets are met to provide high-quality care. This includes involvement in the development of local systems and processes that ensure the implementation of Trust policies.

Clinical and managerial supervision will be provided as well as the support of an experienced and highly skilled multidisciplinary team, and there will be further future training opportunities on offer.

We not only recruit based on qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess & demonstrate the behaviors which underpin our Trust's core values. These include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving the lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile, making time for people, challenging ourselves & others, & being open to new ideas.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part-time & flexible working applications will be considered & supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health conditions, neurodiversity, or learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader.

About Devon Partnership Trust

We provide mental health, learning disability, and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organization, and through our partnerships, to deliver high-quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.

We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families & carers in everything we do.