Job description

Job responsibilities

Please note that you are required to hold a valid NMC/ Social Work England/HCPC registration to apply for this role and be able to evidence required skills.

As part of this role, you will be required to travel across wide geographical area and have access to a car, with valid driving licence and business insurance.

For full details of the role, please see attached the job description and person specification. If you do have any further questions regarding the role, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Person Specification

Education

Essential

• First Level Professional Nursing/AHP/Social Work/Therapy Qualification in Mental Health, Social Work, Nursing, AHP or equivalent
• Demonstrable knowledge and continuous post qualified experience/professional development
• Conforms to Professional governing body requirement

Desirable

• Recognised appropriate qualification in mentoring/assessing/supporting students
• Qualification in providing Supervision
• Professional specific additional qualification eg. NMP, Sensory Integration, AMHP
• Psychological intervention/Professional Qualification eg. MI, CBT, DBT, CAT, SFT, PBS

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of extensive post registration experience working with those who experience complex mental health needs in a community setting
• Experience of making decisions autonomously whilst working with people and families in the community
• Experience of managing, planning, coordinating and managing care for those with mental health and/or neurodevelopmental needs
• Experience of multi-disciplinary/multi-agency working
• Experience of assessing and managing risks including risk within complex frameworks such as CPA/Safeguarding Children Frameworks
• Experience of effectively managing mental health related issues/referrals/need for advice, face to face or virtually, including telephone at times of high demand and in relation to highly stressful/emotive situations
• Experience and ability to carry out clinical audit

Desirable

• Experience in CAMHS
• Experience of working with people who may have neurodevelopmental needs such as Autism, ADHD or Learning Disability
• Experience of working in a crisis/intensive support model
• Experience of presenting and education other services at local and/or national level

Experience

Essential

• Knowledge of Child Social Care and Mental Health Legislation
• Knowledge of relevant NICE guidance
• Knowledge of relevant professional Code of Conduct
• Understanding the principles of the Care Programme Approach and Community Care Act
• Demonstrate understanding of the Equality and Anti-discriminatory practice
• Knowledge of the Statutory, independant and third sector provision for young people
• Skilled in the assessment and formulation of clinical risk and developing and communicating appropriate risk management plans
• Knowledge and experience of holistic assessment of need and understanding of appropriate intervention and MDT approach
• Ability to complete and interpret clinical outcome measures
• A range of skills and knowledge to deliver evidence based interventions
• Knowledge of Childrens Act, Mental Capacity Act, Mental Health Act and DOL's
• Range of interpersonal skills and maintaining good working relationships
• Ability to support and supervise the performance and practice of less experienced and support level staff

Desirable

• Experience of working in a long working framework

Experience

Essential

• Ability to work flexibly as part of a rota to meet the extended remit of the service (9am-10pm)
• Ability to work to agreed Quality Standards
• Accurate and timely recording and using electronic records
• Skills in conflict resolution
• Ability to use own initiative to enable contribution to a multi-disciplinary team approach
• Skills and knowledge to determine when and how to mobilise appropriate professionals in the event of a health, social or mental health emergency
• Leadership Skills
• Ability to deliver difficult messages in a sensitive manner
• Exemplary personal standards of conduct and behaviour
• Passion for working with CYP experiencing mental health difficulties

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Block 6

St Michaels Court

Lichfield

WS13 6EE

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.mpft.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information relating to this vacancy please refer to the attached job description and job specification

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Person Specification

Skills

Essential

• Skills of assessing, planning and evaluating care, for people with mental health and dementia related difficulties, utilising the principles of Recovery
• Knowledge of the physical health needs and monitoring requirements for older people receiving community mental health and/or dementia services
• Knowledge of Mental Health Act and the Mental Capacity Act

Qualifications and Training

Essential

• Registered Mental Health Nurse on NMC Register.
• Post-registration experience, evidence of formal courses and training at diploma/degree level.
• Registered Mentor

Desirable

• Qualification in psychological interventions such as DBT, SCM, CBT, EMDR, MBT, relevant to a client group with complex mental health needs

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of extensive post registration experience with working with adults experiencing functional mental health illnesses
• Experience of working with people who have difficulty in engaging with services and have complex co-morbidity needs
• Experience of working in community setting and making decisions autonomously
• Experience of integrating care delivery across multi-disciplinary /multi agency teams
• Experience of leading/contributing to care planning processes

Desirable

• Qualified as NMP or extensive social work experience working with client group (AMHP)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

North shropshire CMHS

71 Salop Road

Oswestry

SY11 2NQ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.mpft.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Key Duties/Responsibilities

1. CLINICAL

• Accept referrals via agreed protocols within the service

• Assess clients for suitability for psychological interventions
• Make decisions on suitability of new referrals, adhering to the departments referral protocols, and refer unsuitable clients on to the relevant service or back to the referral agent as necessary.

• Formulate, implement and evaluate therapy programmes for clients.

• Use highly developed communication skills in working with people to understand their personal and often very sensitive difficulties

• To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment and treatment of clients in line with the service.

• Educate and involve family members and others in treatment as necessary, conveying CBT and other psychological formulations with sensitivity in easily understood language.

• Adhere to an agreed activity contract relating to the number of client contacts offered, and clinical sessions carried out per week in order to minimise waiting times and ensure treatment delivery remains accessible and convenient.

• Attend multi-disciplinary meetings relating to referrals or clients in treatment, where appropriate.

Complete all requirements relating to data collection within the service.

• Keep coherent records of all clinical activity in line with service protocols

• Work closely with other members of the team ensuring appropriate step-up and step-down arrangements are in place to maintain a stepped care approach.

• Assess and integrate issues surrounding work and employment into the overall therapy process

• Carry out clinical audits of service performance, including service user surveys and evaluations, and help to collate and disseminate the results for feedback.

• Liaise with other health and social care staff from a range of agencies in the care provided clients.

• Provide specialist advice and consultation to other professionals / individuals / groups / committees across Mental Health Trusts, Primary Care Trusts and other voluntary agencies regarding service matters related to the practice and delivery of specific agreed therapeutic modalities and service provision.

2. TRAINING AND SUPERVISION

• Attend and fulfil all the requirements of BABCP approved supervision training.
• Contribute to the teaching and training of mental health professionals and other staff working in the service.

• After completion of supervision training, supervise staff in the service.

3. PROFESSIONAL

• Ensure the maintenance of standards of practice according to the employer and any regulating, professional and accrediting bodies (e.g. BPS, UKCP, BABCP), and keep up to date on new recommendations/guidelines set by the Department of Health (e.g. NHS plan, National Service Framework, National Institute for Clinical Excellence).

• Ensure that client confidentiality is protected at all times.

• Be aware of, and keep up to date with advances in the spheres of CBT and other psychological therapies.

• Ensure clear professional objectives are identified, discussed and reviewed with senior therapists on a regular basis as part of continuing professional development (CPD).

• Attend clinical/managerial supervision on a regular basis as agreed with Manager.

• Participate in individual performance review and respond to agreed objectives.

• Keep up to date all records in relation to CPD and ensure personal development plan maintains up to date specialist knowledge of latest theoretical and service delivery models/developments.

• Attend relevant conferences / workshops in line with identified professional objectives.

• Participate in service improvement by highlighting issues and implementing changes in practice.

4. ADVISORY / LIAISON

• Provide an advisory service on matters related to the practice and delivery of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to individuals/groups/committees across the Mental Health Trust, Primary Care Trust and other voluntary agencies.

• Promote and maintain links with Primary Care and Secondary Care Staff to help co-ordinate the provision of an effective Psychological Therapies Service.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Professional qualification in health or social care (or postgraduate training and qualifications in another sector to enable equivalent levels of responsibility with the client group in that setting)
• Post-graduate diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (or an equivalent course)
• BABCP Accredited OR Equivalent

Desirable

• Further training in trauma or EMDR; Leadership or management qualification

Experience

Essential

• Extensive post-qualification experience delivering CBT for trauma and complex presentations
• Demonstrated clinical leadership or team management experience
• Significant experience working as a psychological therapy practitioner and demonstrating the competences as required.
• Demonstrable experience of working in mental health services
• Significant experience in providing CBT

Desirable

• Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency health setting

Skills

Essential

• Committed to compassionate, trauma-informed care; Promotes equality, diversity, and inclusion; Reflective, resilient, and adaptable

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust

Address

Lancaster Building

Newcastle Under Lyme

ST5 1RH

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.combined.nhs.uk/working-together/join-our-team/ (Opens in a new tab)