Job summary
An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced Mental Health Practitioner to join our Mental Health Liaison Practitioner Service in the Worthing Assessment and Treatment Service. You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and provide specialist assessment and short term interventions to patients to promote their recovery and you will have the opportunity to work closely with local practices, IAPT services, Recovery College and other providers in the local area.
This post offers an incentive or relocation package up to the maximum of £8000 (pro rata applies and subject to terms and conditions)
To protect the health and safety of our staff/workers, patients, and those attending our sites, we encourage our workforce to get fully vaccinated against COVID
Main duties of the job
You must be enthusiastic, self-motivated, flexible and able to work autonomously and we will support you by providing supervision and training including a comprehensive induction, access to complex case formulation and courses to support your continuous professional development.
Working in our team includes:
- Working autonomously as a Lead Practitioner to a defined caseload of clients. This will include offering specific interventions to people diagnosed with depression and anxiety and other conditions.
- You will provide assessment and treatment to our service users providing psycho-educational interventions that are time limited.
- Liaison with primary care workers and GP's, providing outcome of Assessment plans as well as detailed risk assessments
- You will be an active member of our MDT
About us
What you will receive from us:
- Regular Line Management and Professional supervision
- Access to a wide range of Training and CPD opportunities including;
- The opportunity to participate in a range QI work and service innovations
- Varied leadership development opportunities
We encourage flexible working. We know that a positive work/ life balance brings about huge health-related benefits, which has a positive impact on the care we provide. Please speak to us about flexible working, for example, home-working, part time hours, flexible start/ finish times or anything else. If it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Working as an MHLP includes:
- Working autonomously to a defined caseload of clients diagnosed with mild to moderate mental health problems. This will include offering specific interventions such as psycho-education, CBT informed sessions and short term recovery focused interventions
- You will complete initial assessments and work closely with our referrals coordinators, GP's and other agencies.
- Your interventions will be a pre-defined offer of 6-8 sessions.
- You are welcome to co-facilitate groups if you have an interest in this area.
To work closely with other practitioners, local day services, local education establishments employment agencies and third sector servicesTo provide information to patients, and their carers, about their care and options available to them.To ensure that the service is equitable and accessible to clients and carers.Quality and auditTo ensure that assessment and interventions are provided to agreed standards.To keep GPs and primary care teams well informed on outcomes of interventions and therapies provided to their patients.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Working as an MHLP includes:
- Working autonomously to a defined caseload of clients diagnosed with mild to moderate mental health problems. This will include offering specific interventions such as psycho-education, CBT informed sessions and short term recovery focused interventions
- You will complete initial assessments and work closely with our referrals coordinators, GP's and other agencies.
- Your interventions will be a pre-defined offer of 6-8 sessions.
- You are welcome to co-facilitate groups if you have an interest in this area.
To work closely with other practitioners, local day services, local education establishments employment agencies and third sector servicesTo provide information to patients, and their carers, about their care and options available to them.To ensure that the service is equitable and accessible to clients and carers.Quality and auditTo ensure that assessment and interventions are provided to agreed standards.To keep GPs and primary care teams well informed on outcomes of interventions and therapies provided to their patients.
Person Specification
Qualifications/Education
Essential
- oRegistered Mental Health qualification or equivalent
- oUp to date Registration
- oPost Basic Courses / relevant Study Days
- oEvidence of CPD
Experience
Essential
- oThree years' post-qualifying experience of clinical work with people with a range of mental health problems
- oExperience of partnership working within and across various different statutory and non- statutory teams and agencies
- oExperience of successfully managing a caseload and prioritising clinical work.
- oExperience of providing a range of clinical interventions to people with a variety of mental health problems.
- o Experience of working consultatively with professionals
- oExperienced in conducting clinical assessments, including risk assessments
Person Specification
Qualifications/Education
Essential
- oRegistered Mental Health qualification or equivalent
- oUp to date Registration
- oPost Basic Courses / relevant Study Days
- oEvidence of CPD
Experience
Essential
- oThree years' post-qualifying experience of clinical work with people with a range of mental health problems
- oExperience of partnership working within and across various different statutory and non- statutory teams and agencies
- oExperience of successfully managing a caseload and prioritising clinical work.
- oExperience of providing a range of clinical interventions to people with a variety of mental health problems.
- o Experience of working consultatively with professionals
- oExperienced in conducting clinical assessments, including risk assessments
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
