Job summary
A vacancy exists within the Walsall Family Safeguarding Service which is a multi-disciplinaryteam working alongside children's social workers. The role will be offering assessment and treatment for parents with mental health needs. The team consists of, social workers, mental health workers, substance misuse workers, domestic abuse practitioners, and clinical psychology. Family Safeguarding is an innovative model which is in the final stages of evaluation in the Walsall Borough.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an experienced mental health practitioner who has the appropriate qualifications and experience to join our team. The post will consist of advising colleagues, assessing and intervening with parents who have a wide range of mental health issues. The role will involve group work and home visits.
There will also be opportunities for consultation and training. In line with the Family Safeguarding Model the post holder will also attend monthly family safeguarding Multi-Disciplinary Team supervision meetings to review progress with the families.
About us
Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides specialist mental health, learning disability, and community healthcare services for the population of the Black Country. Across the whole of the region we provide:
- Adult and older adult mental health services
- Specialist learning disability services
- CAMHS
Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was formed on 1 April 2020, after NHS England and NHS Improvement approved the merger of Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust.
Combining resources, strategies and talented workforce enables us to deliver a wider variety of outstanding services that are based on best practice and are continually improving.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be part of a team who work with the parents of families under the Family Safeguarding Model, which was launched in Walsall in September 2020. This fresh approach allows practitioners to focus on the whole family andmakes it easier for parents to access all the support they need from within one team, to help them deal with the complex issues of domestic abuse, mental health and drug/alcohol abuse that harm their lives and those of their children. You will be part of a multi-disciplinary team and will work directly with the parent providing help and support to create lasting change. In your role you will demonstrate your ability to support and provide a level of containment to some of the most complex of clients and may assist in opening pathways to secondary care where required.
The model requires the use of Motivational Interviewing to harness motivation to change and make it easier to access help. By using motivational practice to enable many more parents to accept help, Family Safeguarding provides specially designed individual and group work programs to change abusive behaviours, improve parental mental health and reduce harmful substance misuse.There will be an expectation that group work is facilitated and undertaken with those parents who are assessed as appropriate participants.
The post holder will also expect to undertake regular face to face and home visits to those they are working directly with or in alternative settings where deemed to be appropriate. This may be jointly with social work colleagues and others.
You will come together as a multi-disciplinary team on a monthly basis for Group Supervision, this will allow you to reflect, analyse, and develop plans, and you will specifically provide progress updates in respect of the adult client you will be working with.
Post holders will work closely with the Clinical Psychologist to contribute to the service approaches and interventions in a service wide manner.
Team members will actively participate in and support the development of new ways of working which will strengthen and support the co-ordination of a whole systems approach for response to identified client need. Members will also be involved in regular service evaluation, audit and research initiatives.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be part of a team who work with the parents of families under the Family Safeguarding Model, which was launched in Walsall in September 2020. This fresh approach allows practitioners to focus on the whole family andmakes it easier for parents to access all the support they need from within one team, to help them deal with the complex issues of domestic abuse, mental health and drug/alcohol abuse that harm their lives and those of their children. You will be part of a multi-disciplinary team and will work directly with the parent providing help and support to create lasting change. In your role you will demonstrate your ability to support and provide a level of containment to some of the most complex of clients and may assist in opening pathways to secondary care where required.
The model requires the use of Motivational Interviewing to harness motivation to change and make it easier to access help. By using motivational practice to enable many more parents to accept help, Family Safeguarding provides specially designed individual and group work programs to change abusive behaviours, improve parental mental health and reduce harmful substance misuse.There will be an expectation that group work is facilitated and undertaken with those parents who are assessed as appropriate participants.
The post holder will also expect to undertake regular face to face and home visits to those they are working directly with or in alternative settings where deemed to be appropriate. This may be jointly with social work colleagues and others.
You will come together as a multi-disciplinary team on a monthly basis for Group Supervision, this will allow you to reflect, analyse, and develop plans, and you will specifically provide progress updates in respect of the adult client you will be working with.
Post holders will work closely with the Clinical Psychologist to contribute to the service approaches and interventions in a service wide manner.
Team members will actively participate in and support the development of new ways of working which will strengthen and support the co-ordination of a whole systems approach for response to identified client need. Members will also be involved in regular service evaluation, audit and research initiatives.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post graduate qualification in recognised area of mental health interventions
- Experience of delivering evidence based mental health interventions
Desirable
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post graduate qualification in recognised area of mental health interventions
- Experience of delivering evidence based mental health interventions
Desirable
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
