Job summary
We are delighted to be recruiting a Trainee Mental health Wellbeing Practitioner (TMHWP). This is a training role within adult community mental health services. The post-holder will be based in the Cambridge Adult Locality Team (CALT) whilst undertaking a programme of training for this role. Progression into a permanent contract is subject to the successful completion of all elements of the training. Upon meeting this criteria, the role will progress to a band 5 qualified MHWP position. The course duration is 12 months.
This new work-based training role will increase diversity in our adult mental health workforce and provides an opportunity to deliver patient facing care whilst developing a career in the NHS. During your training phase , you will be undertaking a University programme with the University of Essex while working as part of the CALT team to develop the clinical skills and competencies essential to the role.
CALT provides high quality care to people aged 17 and above, who are experiencing severe mental health difficulties. The service operates friendly and well established multi-disciplinary teams with a wide range of professionals contributing to the excellent care of the people that we support.
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Main duties of the job
You will work as part of a team of a multi-disciplinary team in the adult locality teams across the South of Cambridgeshire. The team place an emphasis on providing formulation-driven evidence-based interventions.
The role will include two key functions:
To work alongside service users, families, carers and multi-disciplinary team members to co-ordinate care, supporting collaborative decision-making about care and treatment. The care co-ordinator function of the role will be a requirement of the qualified position.
To deliver a set of wellbeing-focused psychologically informed interventions, aligned to cognitive-behavioural principles, based on the best evidence available, that address problems often experienced by people with severe mental health problems.
The post-holder will attend all elements of the programme of study and progress successfully through assessments of practice competence. During the remainder of the week, the post-holder will work as a trainee in the service, under supervision of their supervisors. They will work within the limits of their experience and assessed competence for their stage of training.
Please note for this role you will be required to travel independently around the county meeting strict time deadlines.
About us
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision & values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people & members of our ethnic minorities & LGBTQ+ communities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.
- Carry out relevant risk assessments and risk management with the multi-disciplinary team
- Engage calmly and with sensitivity and empathy to support service users in highly distressing or emotional circumstances.
- Engage with and gather information from service users, relatives and patient records to develop a formulation.
- To work in collaboration with the individual service user and their family and carers as appropriate to develop care plans that are focused on strengths and are outcome based.
- To work alongside service users, families, carers and multi-disciplinary team members to support the co-ordination of care, supporting collaborative decision-making about care and treatment. There will be a care co-ordinator function to the role on qualification.
- To set collaborative goals for intervention with service users
- To deliver specified wellbeing-focused psychologically-informed interventions, in line with best available evidence, under close supervision from a clinical psychologist or CBT therapist including:
- Behavioural activation and graded exposure
- Teaching problem-solving skills
- Improving sleep
- Recognising and managing emotions
- Guided self-help for bulimia and binge-eating
- Building confidence
- Medication support
- To be responsive to service users needs and choices; and uphold their right to be treated with dignity and respect.
- To include carers and families in line with the service users wishes.
- To liaise with other health and care providers, including third sector agencies and primary care, to ensure continuity of care for service users.
- To communicate information concerning the assessment, formulation and care plans of service users in a skilled and sensitive manner in order to promote effective multi-disciplinary working and therapeutic outcomes for clients.
- To develop collaborative plans for relapse prevention
- To deal with endings appropriately and safely with service users, families and carers.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.
- Carry out relevant risk assessments and risk management with the multi-disciplinary team
- Engage calmly and with sensitivity and empathy to support service users in highly distressing or emotional circumstances.
- Engage with and gather information from service users, relatives and patient records to develop a formulation.
- To work in collaboration with the individual service user and their family and carers as appropriate to develop care plans that are focused on strengths and are outcome based.
- To work alongside service users, families, carers and multi-disciplinary team members to support the co-ordination of care, supporting collaborative decision-making about care and treatment. There will be a care co-ordinator function to the role on qualification.
- To set collaborative goals for intervention with service users
- To deliver specified wellbeing-focused psychologically-informed interventions, in line with best available evidence, under close supervision from a clinical psychologist or CBT therapist including:
- Behavioural activation and graded exposure
- Teaching problem-solving skills
- Improving sleep
- Recognising and managing emotions
- Guided self-help for bulimia and binge-eating
- Building confidence
- Medication support
- To be responsive to service users needs and choices; and uphold their right to be treated with dignity and respect.
- To include carers and families in line with the service users wishes.
- To liaise with other health and care providers, including third sector agencies and primary care, to ensure continuity of care for service users.
- To communicate information concerning the assessment, formulation and care plans of service users in a skilled and sensitive manner in order to promote effective multi-disciplinary working and therapeutic outcomes for clients.
- To develop collaborative plans for relapse prevention
- To deal with endings appropriately and safely with service users, families and carers.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Bachelors degree at a minimum of 2:2 in any subject for entry into Postgraduate route or evidence of ability to study successfully at academic level 5 for entry to the graduate Certificate route
- Five GCSEs (or equivalent) at Grade C or Grade 4 or above (or equivalent) including English
- Eligibility to work in the UK
Desirable
- Undergraduate Degree in Psychology accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS) conferring Graduate Basis for Chartership (GBC), or Bachelors degree plus master degree, or PGDip in Psychology accredited by the BPS as conferring GBC (minimum 2:2)
Experience
Essential
- Experience of work interacting with the public
- Experience working as part of a team
- Experience of analysing and communicating complex information verbally and in writing
- Knowledge of mental health difficulties
Desirable
- Lived experience of mental health issues/difficulties
- Experience of working in an adult mental health setting / with an adult mental health population
- Experience of delivering psychologically informed interventions
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Able to establish and maintain empathic, supportive relationships with people in significant distress or who are cognitively impaired, their families and carers
- Able to receive, understand and communicate confidential client information of a sensitive and often complex nature, including discussing care with family members within boundaries of confidentiality.
- Able to make good use of clinical supervision in a group and/or individual format.
- Liaise with other teams and services including external agencies as required for the wellbeing of service users
- Able to assist in assessment and observation activities related to individual's health and wellbeing, arriving at judgments about how to respond within the care plan
- Able to contribute to risk assessment drawing on complex and multiple sources of information, under clinical supervision
- Able to analyse and synthesise multiple sources of information to contribute to the team's understanding and formulation of service users' difficulties and development of a multi-disciplinary care plan
- Able to prioritise and organise workload according to peoples' changing needs and the priorities of the team
- To be able to use basic computer skills to collect, collate and report on client's progress on a daily basis.
- Able to utilise a variety of IT programmes (including MS teams, word, excel).
Desirable
- Experience of using clinical record systems
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Able to concentrate on specific activities for up to an hour at a time.
- Able to deal with conflicting demands in an unpredictable work pattern
- Able to work flexibly and adapt to each person as appropriate to their needs in a variety of settings.
- Able to deal directly with distressing or emotional circumstances when they arise.
- Commitment to team working and ability to work successfully in a team
Other
Essential
- Able to travel independently across the geographical footprint of the trust
Desirable
- Demonstrate support for the values and beliefs of the Trust working in a trauma informed way, promoting social inclusion and challenging stigma.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Bachelors degree at a minimum of 2:2 in any subject for entry into Postgraduate route or evidence of ability to study successfully at academic level 5 for entry to the graduate Certificate route
- Five GCSEs (or equivalent) at Grade C or Grade 4 or above (or equivalent) including English
- Eligibility to work in the UK
Desirable
- Undergraduate Degree in Psychology accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS) conferring Graduate Basis for Chartership (GBC), or Bachelors degree plus master degree, or PGDip in Psychology accredited by the BPS as conferring GBC (minimum 2:2)
Experience
Essential
- Experience of work interacting with the public
- Experience working as part of a team
- Experience of analysing and communicating complex information verbally and in writing
- Knowledge of mental health difficulties
Desirable
- Lived experience of mental health issues/difficulties
- Experience of working in an adult mental health setting / with an adult mental health population
- Experience of delivering psychologically informed interventions
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Able to establish and maintain empathic, supportive relationships with people in significant distress or who are cognitively impaired, their families and carers
- Able to receive, understand and communicate confidential client information of a sensitive and often complex nature, including discussing care with family members within boundaries of confidentiality.
- Able to make good use of clinical supervision in a group and/or individual format.
- Liaise with other teams and services including external agencies as required for the wellbeing of service users
- Able to assist in assessment and observation activities related to individual's health and wellbeing, arriving at judgments about how to respond within the care plan
- Able to contribute to risk assessment drawing on complex and multiple sources of information, under clinical supervision
- Able to analyse and synthesise multiple sources of information to contribute to the team's understanding and formulation of service users' difficulties and development of a multi-disciplinary care plan
- Able to prioritise and organise workload according to peoples' changing needs and the priorities of the team
- To be able to use basic computer skills to collect, collate and report on client's progress on a daily basis.
- Able to utilise a variety of IT programmes (including MS teams, word, excel).
Desirable
- Experience of using clinical record systems
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Able to concentrate on specific activities for up to an hour at a time.
- Able to deal with conflicting demands in an unpredictable work pattern
- Able to work flexibly and adapt to each person as appropriate to their needs in a variety of settings.
- Able to deal directly with distressing or emotional circumstances when they arise.
- Commitment to team working and ability to work successfully in a team
Other
Essential
- Able to travel independently across the geographical footprint of the trust
Desirable
- Demonstrate support for the values and beliefs of the Trust working in a trauma informed way, promoting social inclusion and challenging stigma.
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).
