Primary Care Mental Health Wellbeing Support Worker

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please note to apply for this role you must have the right to work in the UK. CNTW NHS Foundation Trust will not provide sponsorship for this role.

The Primary Care Mental health service offers Mental health assessment and short-term interventions to patients presenting with Mental health needs in Primary care. The service works closely with other organisations across the community 3rd sector, Access and Community services.Access and record keeping in Primary care patient records systems ie EMIS

Wellness and Recovery training to include personalised care/ WRAPs and coaching models.The post holder will need to have attended training and/or understand Mental health needs and patient wellbeing ie. Learning disabilities, weight management, diabetes.Have attended training or have equivalent knowledge of Graded exposure support and Behavioural activation and activity scheduling interventions.Experience of working in a multi-agency environment and awareness of community services.Experience of working with individuals with Mental health needsAbility to contribute to service development and promote the role of the PCMHP service.

Experience of or willingness to attend training and contribute to support patients with;-Low grade anxiety management / psychoeducation (Workbooks etc..] and Physical health promotion / the benefits of exerciseBehavioural activation and activity scheduling interventions, GradedexposureAbility to work with and support patients with principles of self-managementStaff will attend a range of statutory and mandatory training applicable to all staff in the Trust and Primary care .Over and above this the service offers specific in-house foundation/awareness level training on:Ability to manage and prioritise a caseloadJoint working with other professionals and effective communicationAssessment of a persons mental health presentation including Mental State Examination (MSE)Understanding of psychological interventions and how to delver them

Please find attached job description for full details.

Advertising date : 16th March 2023

Closing date : 31st March 2023

We welcome your application.

Person Specification

required at application stage

Essential

• Experience of working with service users with complex health needs Person centred care Experience of working in Mental Health/Learning Disabilities health setting Planned approaches to tasks that arise in work or study by applying specialist knowledge and using expert source of information Evaluates outcomes in terms of planned approach used Insight into role and responsibilities of post Safeguarding Carer needs

Desirable

• Completion of training in psychological intervention and/or counselling skills

essential

Essential

• GSCE maths and English at C or above/ equivalent adult learning qualification Level 3 qualification (e.g. A-level, NVQ3) in Care or Level 2 qualification (e.g. GCSE, NVQ2) in care and will be expected to undertake the relevant level 3 qualification on appointment to post Experience of working with service users with complex health needs Hold or work towards Assessor Award

Role specific

Essential

• Excellent organisational and time management skills including ability to manage conflicting demands and work under pressure Ability to foster good working relationships Embraces diversity and open to change Motivated and trustworthy Demonstrates respect dignity and integrity Evidence of working within a team environment Ability to be Self-reflective Ability to organise and prioritise workload Ability to accept delegation and work without direct supervision Commitment to further development and training Demonstrate commitment to the Trust's vision and values

skills

Essential

• Good interpersonal and communication Time Management Leadership skills

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

CNTW NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Various GP practices

Sunderland

NE37 2SQ

Employer's website

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