Community Mental Health Practitioner

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Hastings & Rother Assessment & Treatment Service

Job overview

Are you an experienced Mental Health Nurse/Occupational Therapist/Social Worker with a clear understanding of how coordination of care can contribute to an individual's recovery?

As a Community Mental Health Practitioner in our service you will be supporting service users with severe and enduring mental health problems and their carers. You will hold a caseload and input to the duty function of the team with other responsibilities dependent on your professional qualification. To be successful you will need to be able to work cohesively with other services both within our Trust and with partner agencies. Caring, compassionate and a good communicator, you will have a commitment to improving the lives of our service users through creative, evidence-based practice

This post offers a Golden Hello, or a Relocation package up to a maximum of £2000. (pro rata applies and subject to terms and conditions. Please see attached Protocol document).

We have a monthly academic afternoon as well as a comprehensive package of supervision, appraisal and reflective practice.

Hastings & Rother Assessment and Treatment Service is a multi-disciplinary service for adults with complex mental health problems. Our work is challenging, but we receive regular positive feedback from our service users and carers.

Main duties of the job

To be a successful in this post you will be:

A Registered Mental Health Nurse/OT/Social Worker
Able to manage a case load
A skilled communicator
Compassionate and recovery focused
Excellent at documentation and highly organised
Keen to embrace new ways of working and enthusiastic about improving clinical practice

It would also be advantageous if you have:

Experience working with adults with severe mental illness
Experience working in a community team

Our office is right in the thick of Hastings' vibrant and quirky culture and benefits from amazing sea views, with the promenade right across the road. Hastings still maintains its working fishing beach, as well as the old town, castle, pier and the area has some of the most affordable accommodation in the South East.

Working here

Quotes from Hastings & Rother ATS staff:

"The team is friendly and there is a lot of support for new starters"

"There are always people around to give you support"

Hours are flexible between 22.5 and 37.5 per week with the opportunity to work up to 50% of hours at home.

Parking costs are paid.

About us

Hastings events

February: Fat Tuesday https://hastingsfattuesday.co.uk/

May: Jack in the Green https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_in_the_Green

July: Hastings Fringe Festival https://www.hastingsfringecomedyfestival.com/

August: Hastings Carnival week https://www.oldtowncarnivalweek.co.uk/events/

Hastings Pride https://hastingspride.org.uk/

September: https://www.visit1066country.com/whats-on/hastings-seafood-and-wine-festival-p582171

October: Hastings week https://www.hastingsweek.com/

November: https://www.visit1066country.com/whats-on/hastings-herring-fair-p907581

What you can expect in return

As a mental health trust Sussex Partnership places a huge focus on the wellbeing of their staff, their reward packages reflect the immensely important work their staff do.

If you are looking for the opportunity to work within a busy but rewarding Assessment and Treatment service in a seaside town like no other, then we would love to hear from you.

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.

Date posted

07 March 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£33,706 to £40,588 a year pa / pro rata for part time

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

354-AE-20780

Job locations

Cavendish House

Breeds Place

Hastings

TN34 3AA

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further details / informal visits contact:

Name

Joy Mashawa, Service Manager

Telephone number

0300 304 0244

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further details / informal visits contact:

Name

Joy Mashawa, Service Manager

Telephone number

0300 304 0244

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Practitioner with current registration (mental health/ Adult/ Social Work/ OT) appropriate to the role
Evidence of continuous professional development

Desirable

Completion of Mentorship Course/ ENB equivalent

Knowledge/ Experience

Essential

Significant post qualifying experience (minimum two years) in relevant care group
Experience of working alongside people with psychosis and complex health and social care problems in the designated care group
Experience of providing a range of clinical interventions to people in the designated care group with a variety of health problems
Experience of working consultatively with professionals
Experience of conducting clinical assessments including risk assessments
Experience of partnership working with in CPA process
Understanding of clinical governance

Desirable

Experience of supervision staff

Skills

Essential

Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Ability to communicate in a clear and unambiguous way
Excellent negotiation and conflict resolution skills
Ability to develop professional relationship with others
Ability to develop therapeutic relationships

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Practitioner with current registration (mental health/ Adult/ Social Work/ OT) appropriate to the role
Evidence of continuous professional development

Desirable

Completion of Mentorship Course/ ENB equivalent

Knowledge/ Experience

Essential

Significant post qualifying experience (minimum two years) in relevant care group
Experience of working alongside people with psychosis and complex health and social care problems in the designated care group
Experience of providing a range of clinical interventions to people in the designated care group with a variety of health problems
Experience of working consultatively with professionals
Experience of conducting clinical assessments including risk assessments
Experience of partnership working with in CPA process
Understanding of clinical governance

Desirable

Experience of supervision staff

Skills

Essential

Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Ability to communicate in a clear and unambiguous way
Excellent negotiation and conflict resolution skills
Ability to develop professional relationship with others
Ability to develop therapeutic relationships

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).