Job overview
The GMMH rehabilitation service have an exciting secondment opportunity for a dynamic and innovative mental health practitioner to be part of the Home Engagement and Rehabilition Team. The service is establishing a strong reputation for providing bespoke, intensive and individualised care to service users living with enduring mental health problems to enable them to live their lives to their full potential.
The successful candidate will play a central role within the MDT to ensure high quality, recovery focussed care is delivered to our service users in the community.
The role involves co-ordination of a small caseload of service users for whom the post holder will lead on the assessment, collaborative care planning and provision of interventions to encourage self management, optimise functioning and promote choice and inclusion as part of care.
The service covers a large geographical area including all of Manchester and Salford, therefore there is an expectation that the postholder will travel across the footprint.
You will require a good understanding of the principles of mental health rehabilitation and an awareness of the delivery of community mental health care.
The team has extended hours, offering our service users enhanced support from 8am - 8pm Monday - Sunday and the post holder will need to be prepared to work on a rota basis across these times.
Full induction and training will be given as part of the role.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for the co-ordination of a small caseload of service users. This will involve working creatively within a multi disciplinary team to support service users to identify their own goals and co-ordinate timely and appropriate interventions to help them to achieve these. This includes respecting individuality, values, culture and religious diversity of service users and colleagues and thus contributing to the provision of a service sensitive to these needs.
The post holder will maintain a recovery focus and will demonstrate skill and sensitivity in the assessment of vulnerable service users with higher level of needs.
The post holder will also be responsible for the organisation and supervision of recovery workers within the team. They will also be confident in responding to crises where necessary, delegating tasks to colleagues as appropriate. The post holder will play a key role in the development of the service, by assisting the leadership team in day-to-day operations, organising, leading, teaching, supervising and supporting junior colleagues.
Working for our organisation
Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 160 locations.
We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.
Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.
Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.
Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
See attached detailed job description and person specification
We actively encourage potential applicants to make contact to hear more about the team and our values.
Staff benefits
1. Pay Enhancements – 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
2. 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
3. Excellent pension
4. Cycle to work scheme
5. Salary sacrifice car scheme
6. Wellbeing programme
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
7. Relevant professional qualification
8. Appropriate professional registration
Desirable criteria
9. Relevant post registration training / qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
10. Experience of working in a rehab setting OR a community mental health setting
11. Experience of working with people with complex needs and co-morbidities
12. Experience of conducting assessments identifying health and social care needs.
Desirable criteria
13. Experience of working across both inpatient AND community settings
14. Experience of delivering line management and clinical supervision
15. Evidence of acting as educator for students
16. Experience of funding application/social care/CCG
17. Experience of leading safeguarding enquires
Knowledge
Essential criteria
18. Knowledge and understanding of recovery model, appropriate therapeutic approaches and engagement strategies
19. Knowledge and understanding of Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act & Care Act
20. Working knowledge and understanding of CPA
Desirable criteria
21. Working knowledge and understanding of DOLS
22. Understanding current national policy, initiatives, and principles of rehabilitation
Skills
Essential criteria
23. Be able to manage a caseload and work autonomously within the team
24. Evidence of good time management and organisational skills
25. Ability to assess, plan and evaluate care
The Trust mandates all post holders who require a DBS for their role to subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration throughout your employment with GMMH.
Applicants are encouraged to apply for posts at Greater Manchester Mental Health who have direct experience of mental health, learning disability or drug and alcohol services either as a service user or a carer.
The Trust is also committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We are aspiring to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities that we serve, and we are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under-represented groups, for example BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities. If you would like to have an informal chat about the recruitment process for this role or would value some additional support, we’d love to hear from you.
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Sponsorship
We are proud to be an approved sponsor for the Skilled Worker visa. Applications from individuals who require sponsorship will be considered alongside all other applications. Please be aware that not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible roles and salary requirements on the UK Government’s website – click .
If you are offered a role with us and you require sponsorship, we will check your eligibility in line with the information on the above website. Your offer of employment could be withdrawn if the role is not eligible for sponsorship, and you are not otherwise able to evidence your right to work in the UK.
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Do you have experience outside the NHS?
We want to attract and retain people with diverse skills and experience, to deliver inclusive healthcare services to our communities.
We will consider relevant experience outside the NHS to calculate your salary on appointment.