Overview
The post-holder will work collaboratively with service users, their families and carers, and a multi-disciplinary team to provide assessment, care planning and coordination of care. They will support collaborative decision-making about care and treatment and deliver wellbeing-focused psychologically informed interventions, aligned to cognitive-behavioural principles, based on the best available evidence. All work is carried out under supervision from a clinical/counselling psychologist or CBT therapist where identified in personalised care planning and support.
Responsibilities
* Hold a graduate certificate (Level 6) or postgraduate certificate (Level 7) delivering the national curriculum for Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners (Adult Specialist Mental Health).
* Work closely with colleagues in a multi-disciplinary team to deliver interventions for service users.
* Carry out relevant risk assessments and risk management with the multi-disciplinary team.
* Engage with and gather information from service users, relatives, and patient records to develop a formulation.
* Collaborate with the individual service user and their family and carers, as appropriate, to develop care plans that are strengths-based and outcome-focused.
* Deliver specified wellbeing-focused psychologically informed interventions, in line with best available evidence, under close supervision from a clinical psychologist or CBT therapist, including:
o Behavioural activation and graded exposure
o Teaching problem-solving skills
o Improving sleep
o Recognising and managing emotions
o Guided self-help for bulimia and binge-eating
o Building confidence
o Medication support
* Be responsive to service users’ needs and choices and uphold their right to be treated with dignity and respect; include carers and families in line with the service user’s wishes.
* Attend multi-disciplinary reviews and act as named worker for a caseload of service users to support and monitor progress during multi-disciplinary interventions.
* Set collaborative goals for intervention with service users and liaise with other health and care providers, including third sector agencies and primary care, to ensure continuity of care.
* Communicate information concerning assessment, formulation and care plans in a skilled and sensitive manner to promote effective multi-disciplinary working and therapeutic outcomes.
* Develop collaborative plans for relapse prevention and manage endings appropriately and safely with service users, families and carers.
Qualifications
* Graduate certificate (Level 6) or postgraduate certificate (Level 7) delivering the national curriculum for Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners (Adult Specialist Mental Health).
* Experience of working with people with mental health needs gained through graduate certificate or postgraduate certificate training with significant supervised practice.
* Experience running groups/activities.
* Experience working as part of a team and being supervised.
* Experience of analysing and communicating complex information verbally and in writing.
Desirable criteria
* Lived experience of mental health issues/difficulties.
* Able to establish and maintain empathic, supportive relationships with people in distress or who are cognitively impaired, their families and carers.
* Able to receive, understand and communicate confidential client information sensitively; discuss care with family within confidentiality boundaries.
* Able to communicate in a sensitive, reassuring and empathetic manner and to make use of clinical supervision in group and/or individual formats.
* Liaise with other teams and services, including external agencies, as required for service users’ wellbeing.
* UK visa eligibility: Check if you need a UK visa – GOV.UK; appropriate UK professional registration is required.
The Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust is an outstanding provider of mental health and learning disability services, with a values-driven culture focused on Welcoming, Kind, Positive, Respectful and Professional behavior.
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