Job summary
CREST (community rehabilitation and enhanced support team) are expanding. We are now looking for a Healthy Living Advisor to enable people to improve their mental and physical health and reduce health inequalities. The role will involve working directly with service users and supporting the multidisciplinary team (MDT) to assess, plan and deliver healthy living interventions.
The CREST approach focuses on providing different ways of working with individuals who have spent long periods of time in hospital, to improve outcomes for this service user group. We strive to think creatively, and we are committed to continuous improvement, adapting to the needs of the population.
We are a psychologically informed service which benefits from a diverse MDT to work to support individuals with severe and enduring mental illness (SMI) and/or complex emotional needs (CEN) via two individual pathways.
This role is a great opportunity for someone with a passion to positively impact the health outcomes for people with complex presentations.
Our commitment to you if successful is that you will be offered strong support structures including reflective practice and clinical supervision, be supported to develop new skills, access psychologically informed training and opportunities to be part of evaluation and development of the service.
Main duties of the job
CREST support individuals within complex rehabilitation to address barriers to discharge, assess their rehabilitation needs and identify how these could be successfully supported in a least restrictive environment. The varied needs of the service users within CREST's caseload and their long history of support within inpatient environments mean that CREST need to take an innovative approach to support to ensure successful outcomes.
The post holder will work closely alongside the existing and developing MDT within the service. In addition to being part of a supportive and dedicated team, there is also a strong focus on co-production and multi-agency working, with many of the caseload being supported by private hospital providers, supported living and a range of statutory and non-statutory organisations.
If successful, you will focus on assessing, planning, and delivering healthy living interventions to service users as part of the CREST offer to enable people to improve their mental and physical health and reduce health inequalities. This will include physical activity, healthy eating advice, first line weight management advice (under the supervision of a dietitian), sexual health and smoking cessation.
You must be demonstrate the principles of recovery and work with service users in a way that promotes therapeutic optimism and hope.
You will attend and participate in a number of MDT forums aimed at supporting the people we work with and supporting the team.
About us
The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.We also have an incredible bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank.
Applicants should be aware that for any individual who requires a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only. This is an essential requirement of the role, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you are unable to meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.
Job description
Job responsibilities
CREST is a 7-day service, operating Monday-Friday 8am-8pm and 9am-5pm on weekends, to offer a more flexible approach. This role will predominantly be a 9-5 role, although some flexibility will be required to meet the needs of the service users.
Travel will be required across the West Yorkshire Area. There will also be some travel to out of area hospitals outside of the West Yorkshire Footprint as part of assessment and engagement.
If successful, you will deliver interventions through advice and information for service users and staff, training and development of staff, health promotion and physical interventions working directly with service users, in hospital and in the community.
You must be a persuasive advocate for physical healthcare and healthy lifestyles; Communicating healthy living messages effectively to a range of service user/staff groups at an appropriate level and pace using relevant aids and skills.
You must have a good knowledge of health promotion theory and practice and be experienced or interested in working in a mental health setting, with a focus on rehab and recovery.
You will need to identify the barriers to people accessing community resources around their physical health and wellbeing, taking a creative approach to deliver interventions.
You must be willing to engage in further development and training appropriate to this role and the service need.
CREST was established as part of the complex rehabilitation project with the aim to support repatriation from locked rehabilitation placements and a strong focus on empowering service users and carers in being actively involved their recovery journey.
The Complex Rehabilitation project is part of the West Yorkshire Integrated Care System (WYICS) Programme for Mental Health and Learning Disability. Consultation with service users, carers, commissioners and mental health providers has highlighted the service user experience and challenges for people placed within mental health complex (locked) rehabilitation placements from West Yorkshire. Many people have experienced long lengths of stay in locked hospital placements, are disconnected from a community. Service users have shared very powerful experiences with us, describing a community model as not just about keeping me safe its about building a life worth living.In order to meet the aims identified as part of the consultation project CREST has been working on developing a clinical model which supports individuals on their pathway from locked rehabilitation. This psychologically informed model focusses on placing the service user and their loved ones at the heart of what we do, assessing the need and identifying interventions that are needed to support and empower individuals on their recovery journey.
If working in an innovative recovery focused team is something that you like the sound of and youd like additional information then please do get in contact to find out more about the role and CREST.
We recognise the importance of ensuring that our services are reflective of the communities we serve and champion diversity and inclusion. As part of a wider strategy to improve healthcare career opportunities for all, we would particularly welcome applicants from Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds. We are committed to implementing the NHS Workforce Race Equality Standards and welcome staff members from all racial backgrounds who commit to these standards.
Informal enquiries are encouraged.
Job description
Job responsibilities
CREST is a 7-day service, operating Monday-Friday 8am-8pm and 9am-5pm on weekends, to offer a more flexible approach. This role will predominantly be a 9-5 role, although some flexibility will be required to meet the needs of the service users.
Travel will be required across the West Yorkshire Area. There will also be some travel to out of area hospitals outside of the West Yorkshire Footprint as part of assessment and engagement.
If successful, you will deliver interventions through advice and information for service users and staff, training and development of staff, health promotion and physical interventions working directly with service users, in hospital and in the community.
You must be a persuasive advocate for physical healthcare and healthy lifestyles; Communicating healthy living messages effectively to a range of service user/staff groups at an appropriate level and pace using relevant aids and skills.
You must have a good knowledge of health promotion theory and practice and be experienced or interested in working in a mental health setting, with a focus on rehab and recovery.
You will need to identify the barriers to people accessing community resources around their physical health and wellbeing, taking a creative approach to deliver interventions.
You must be willing to engage in further development and training appropriate to this role and the service need.
CREST was established as part of the complex rehabilitation project with the aim to support repatriation from locked rehabilitation placements and a strong focus on empowering service users and carers in being actively involved their recovery journey.
The Complex Rehabilitation project is part of the West Yorkshire Integrated Care System (WYICS) Programme for Mental Health and Learning Disability. Consultation with service users, carers, commissioners and mental health providers has highlighted the service user experience and challenges for people placed within mental health complex (locked) rehabilitation placements from West Yorkshire. Many people have experienced long lengths of stay in locked hospital placements, are disconnected from a community. Service users have shared very powerful experiences with us, describing a community model as not just about keeping me safe its about building a life worth living.In order to meet the aims identified as part of the consultation project CREST has been working on developing a clinical model which supports individuals on their pathway from locked rehabilitation. This psychologically informed model focusses on placing the service user and their loved ones at the heart of what we do, assessing the need and identifying interventions that are needed to support and empower individuals on their recovery journey.
If working in an innovative recovery focused team is something that you like the sound of and youd like additional information then please do get in contact to find out more about the role and CREST.
We recognise the importance of ensuring that our services are reflective of the communities we serve and champion diversity and inclusion. As part of a wider strategy to improve healthcare career opportunities for all, we would particularly welcome applicants from Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds. We are committed to implementing the NHS Workforce Race Equality Standards and welcome staff members from all racial backgrounds who commit to these standards.
Informal enquiries are encouraged.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience or interest in working in mental health settings.
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ level 3 OR equivalent in an area relevant to the service (e.g. nutrition, occupational therapy, health promotion, health psychology) or equivalent relevant experience in a health and social care setting
Knowledge / Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of health promotion theory and practice.
- Car Driver
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience or interest in working in mental health settings.
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ level 3 OR equivalent in an area relevant to the service (e.g. nutrition, occupational therapy, health promotion, health psychology) or equivalent relevant experience in a health and social care setting
Knowledge / Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of health promotion theory and practice.
- Car Driver
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.
