Lived Experience Practitioner - Trauma Informed Group Support

Job responsibilities

Main duties:

• To attend the DTC group, team meetings and/or staff group supervision on a weekly basis.

• To help create and maintain a therapeutic community culture in the service.

• To assist and facilitate the healthy management of group dynamic.

• To work with other staff and group members to help to develop and maintain the Therapeutic Community Group structure and culture.

• To bring lived experience of personality difficulties to help bridge communication and engagement between the staff delivery team and group members.

• To act as a role model within the group and maintain ground rules.

• To help when group struggles or problems arise, working with the feelings these difficulties can evoke and use lived experience to understand feedback and its impact.

Training

Attend and fulfil all mandatory trainings.

Use iaptus to input and retrieve information appropriate to the care of individuals on caseload and to develop a basic competency in the use of it to an acceptable standard.

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Professional practice

Ensure the maintenance of standards of practice according to the employer and any regulating, professional and accrediting bodies (e.g. BACP, UKCP, BPS), 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 patient confidentiality is protected at all times, in line with Northpoint and GP practice policies.

Attend case and line management supervision on a regular basis as agreed with the Pilot Lead.

Ensure clear professional objectives are identified, discussed and reviewed with the Pilot Lead, on a regular basis as part of continuing professional development.

Keep up to date all records in relation to CPD and ensure your 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.

Attend team meetings.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of providing consultation to staff groups
• Previous experience working as a Lived Experience Practitioner/or equivalent for minimum of two years
• Experience of planning services for service users with complex trauma in collaboration with staff and service users
• Experience of providing consultation as part of a team to staff teams and clients
• Experience of working independently to support clients to engage with services
• Experience as expert by lived experience roles Experience

Desirable

• Relevant experience in Primary or Secondary Care mental health services
• Experience in a therapeutic community as group member and successful completion of group
• Experience of working within a Third Sector organisation
• Experience of iaptus or similar IT system for outcome and case management recording
• Experience of partnership working

Knowledge

Essential

• Have knowledge and understanding of therapeutic approaches used with the client group including person-centred, attachment based, strength based and motivational approaches
• Have knowledge of working with and responding to disclosure of abuse
• Understand the role of self in therapeutic settings and services and utilising this knowledge to assist service users
• Understand the importance of the therapeutic relationship
• Have knowledge to assist people where a relationship rupture has occurred to work this through and develop an understanding of the other

Desirable

• An understanding of the principles underlying the Stepped Care model of mental health treatment
• Knowledge of existing services within the area

Other Requirements

Essential

• High level of enthusiasm and motivation
• Ability to work independently and within a team and foster good working relationships
• Ability to work under pressure
• Regard for others and respect for individual rights of autonomy and confidentiality

Desirable

• Experience of working with diverse communities and within a multicultural setting

Qualifications

Essential

• A relevant qualification at NVQ Level 3 (e.g. NVQ Level 3 in Mental Health and Social Care) or equivalent (psychology graduate) and/or significant experience in mental health support work

Desirable

• Group Analysis foundation course
• Intentional Peer Support course or equivalent

Skills and Competencies

Essential

• Ability to develop and sustain meaningful relationships with clients
• Ability to organise self, meet deadlines and work on own initiative within set parameters
• Ability to be self-reflective, whilst working with clients, and in own personal and professional development, and to use supervision positively and effectively
• Ability to work with complex mental health issues
• Creative, flexible and imaginative approach to working with people with mental health problems
• Computer-literate
• High standards in written communication, including ability to write clear records and letters to referrers
• Ability to manage risk collaboratively with clients and staff (with individuals and in groups)
• Demonstrate the capacity to work well with other colleagues in a variety of settings
• Be able to demonstrate resilience when dealing with emotionally challenging situations and seek support whenever necessary
• Ability to bring own life experience to assist others with their therapeutic journey way of coping
• To use psychoanalytically informed skills to work with people, groups, and team

Desirable

• Ability to deliver support in community languages
• Ability to employ psychological formulation

Training

Essential

• Able to attend supervision training, and other training as the post develops
• Good record of Continuing Professional Development and willingness to continue this