Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Trafford Older Adult Community Mental Health Team in a sought after role as the Senior Practitioner for Complex Emotional and Relational Needs.
The role will involve supporting a small caseload of Older Adults who may have Complex Emotional and Relational Needs, as well as providing input to the team to support the wider team caseload, supporting group work in the community (for example, Structured Clinical Management groups) and supporting the wider leadership of the team.
The Practitioner will work in a busy and dynamic team, working alongside other professions, including Doctors, Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Social Workers, Psychologists, Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners, Support Workers and Administrators. The Practitioner will work closely with Psychology and Therapy colleagues, as we as a team, and Trust, expand our non-pharmacological offer to the client group.
Main duties of the job
1. Providing Clinical Leadership, Supervision and Support to all staff in the team to ensure the support of people who may present with complex emotional and relational needs.
2. Act as a Care Co-ordinator for a small caseload of highly complex cases who mat present with complex emotional and relational needs.
3. Carry out and develop detailed assessments and formulations in the wider team or service for people who present with complex emotional and relational needs.
4. Contribute to the development of and provide therapeutic intervention using Structured Clinical Management (SCM) and via other relevant clinical pathways, to service users who present with complex emotional and relational needs and be prepared to engage with any relevant additional training which supports the role.
5. Provide specific training to the wider team/services on the area of complex emotional and relational needs, trauma, emotional regulation and interpersonal difficulty and other areas as appropriate.
6. Contribute to, deliver and facilitate the SCM group intervention for service users who present with complex emotional and relational needs.
7. Collaborate and liaise with other specialist clinicians working with complex emotional and relational needs across the district (both secondary and primary care) in developing services that deliver optimum evidence-based care for people.
Working for our organisation
Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 122 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
Please see Job Description and Person Specification
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
8. Registered Mental Health Nurse, Psychological Therapist, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist or similar professional qualification
9. Post graduate experience or post qualification education relation to Complex Emotional and Relational Needs
10. Either qualified in, or willing to train in the delivery of therapeutic interventions such as SCM/MBT
Desirable criteria
11. Additional qualifications in psychological interventions eg. DBT skills, SCM, MBT
12. Accredited status as an SCM and/or MBT practitioner
Experience
Essential criteria
13. Post registration experience of working in multi-disciplinary in CMHT/Older adult setting or other relevant clinical settings and liaising with colleagues across services.
14. Demonstrable post-qualification experience of working with complex mental health difficulties, including problems associated with complex emotional and relational needs, and severe depression, anxiety, co-morbid substance misuse and trauma.
15. Demonstrable experience of providing clinical supervision and support to others with respect to their clinical work.
16. Demonstrable experience of managing risk and developing plans to support individuals and systems to do so.
Desirable criteria
17. Experience of participating in audit, service evaluation and research.
18. Experience of participating in the delivery of group interventions or providing group supervision / reflection
19. Ability to demonstrate further specialist clinical experience and development.
20. Experience of developing clinical pathways and services
21. Experience of providing training to colleagues and others
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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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.