Job summary
Are you a passionate and driven Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner (MHWP) ready to make a difference in a flexible role? An exciting opportunity has arisen as part of the East Berkshire Mental Health Integrated Community Services (MHICS) Transformation programme.
The post holder will be a qualified Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner and will work alongside service users, families, carers, and work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to co-ordinate care, supporting collaborative decision-making about care and treatment within one of the East Berkshire (Bracknell, Windsor, Ascot, Maidenhead (WAM), or Slough) MHICS Teams.
Working as part of the MHICS Teams across East Berkshire, you will work with people experiencing a range of Significant Mental illnesses (SMIs) and emotional challenges. This can range from people with lower-level mental health support needs to people with complex lifestyles often coexisting with emotional and mental wellbeing challenges.
The post holder will work under case management supervision from a suitably qualified professional, and work under close clinical skills supervision from a HCPC registered clinical/counselling psychologist or BABCP accredited cognitive behavioural therapist, to provide high quality collaborative care planning as a member of the multi-disciplinary team.
Your primary base will be confirmed later.
Main duties of the job
- 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 deliver specified wellbeing-focused psychologically informed interventions, in line with best available evidence, under close supervision from a clinical/counselling psychologist or CBT therapist.
- 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 user's 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 to promote effective multi-disciplinary working and therapeutic outcomes for clients.
- To collaboratively co-produce safety plans with service user
- To develop collaborative plans for relapse prevention
- To deal with endings appropriately and safely with service users, families, and carers
About us
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust isa specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire.
We value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer. We work hard to create an inclusive environment where you'll be supported by friendly and professional colleagues to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare:
- Caring for and about you is our top priority.
- Committed to providing good quality, safe services. Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions.
We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.
Benefits of working for us include:
- Flexible working options to support work-life balance.
- 27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell.
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Excellent learning and career development opportunities
- 'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme
- Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
- Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
- Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, and armed forces community to support equality.
- Generous maternity, paternity, adoption, and special leave.
- Free parking across Trust sites
Job description
Job responsibilities
- A Graduate (Level 6) or Postgraduate (Level 7) Certificates -National Curriculum for Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners (Adult Specialist Mental Health)
- Experience of working with people with mental health needs gained through a Graduate or Postgraduate training.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, tailored for a variety of audiences to optimise peoples understanding.
- A high standard of letter, report writing, including the ability to collect, collate and report on clients progress.
- Excellent IT skills - clinical systems, Microsoft office packages etc
- Ability to deal with conflicting demands, manage own time and the ability to work under pressure often in challenging situations.
- Prioritise workload according to peoples changing needs and the priorities of the team.
- Experience in running groups.
- A drivers licence and use of a car for work purposes.
- Able to assist in assessment and observation activities related to individuals health and wellbeing matters.
If youre someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, join us and lets be outstanding together.
For all enquiries about the roles, please call: Dr Jane Brooks-Mob:07870 484373 or email: Jane.Brooks@berkshire.nhs.uk and or Dr Colette SelmerTel:0118 904 6800 or email: Colette.Selmer@berkshire.nhs.uk.
We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- A Graduate (Level 6) or Postgraduate (Level 7) Certificates -National Curriculum for Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners (Adult Specialist Mental Health)
- Experience of working with people with mental health needs gained through a Graduate or Postgraduate training.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, tailored for a variety of audiences to optimise peoples understanding.
- A high standard of letter, report writing, including the ability to collect, collate and report on clients progress.
- Excellent IT skills - clinical systems, Microsoft office packages etc
- Ability to deal with conflicting demands, manage own time and the ability to work under pressure often in challenging situations.
- Prioritise workload according to peoples changing needs and the priorities of the team.
- Experience in running groups.
- A drivers licence and use of a car for work purposes.
- Able to assist in assessment and observation activities related to individuals health and wellbeing matters.
If youre someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, join us and lets be outstanding together.
For all enquiries about the roles, please call: Dr Jane Brooks-Mob:07870 484373 or email: Jane.Brooks@berkshire.nhs.uk and or Dr Colette SelmerTel:0118 904 6800 or email: Colette.Selmer@berkshire.nhs.uk.
We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications/Training
Essential
- A graduate certificate (Level 6) OR Postgraduate certificate (Level 7) delivering the national curriculum for Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners (Adult Specialist Mental Health)
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with people with mental health needs gained through a graduate certificate or postgraduate certificate training with significant supervised practice
- Experience of running groups/activities
- Experience of working as part of a team
- Experience of being supervised
Desirable
- Lived experience of mental health issues/difficulties
Knowledge, skills, and abilities
Essential
- 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
- Ability to manage caseload and undertake comprehensive risk assessments drawing on complex and multiple sources of information, jointly with supervisor
- 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 assist in planning and delivering psychologically informed interventions to meet people's health and wellbeing needs
- Able to assist in maintaining own and others health safety and security
- Monitor and maintain physical and/ or financial resources for a work area
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, tailored to a variety of audiences, making reasonable adjustments where appropriate in order to optimise peoples understanding
- Computer literate and skills to collect, collate and report on clients progress - including knowledge of Microsoft Office including high standard of letter and report writing
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Able to work in a variety of adult community mental health settings which may often include unpleasant working conditions such as verbal aggression or high levels of distress.
- Able to work flexibly and travel independently between locations to fulfil the requirements of the position
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications/Training
Essential
- A graduate certificate (Level 6) OR Postgraduate certificate (Level 7) delivering the national curriculum for Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners (Adult Specialist Mental Health)
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with people with mental health needs gained through a graduate certificate or postgraduate certificate training with significant supervised practice
- Experience of running groups/activities
- Experience of working as part of a team
- Experience of being supervised
Desirable
- Lived experience of mental health issues/difficulties
Knowledge, skills, and abilities
Essential
- 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
- Ability to manage caseload and undertake comprehensive risk assessments drawing on complex and multiple sources of information, jointly with supervisor
- 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 assist in planning and delivering psychologically informed interventions to meet people's health and wellbeing needs
- Able to assist in maintaining own and others health safety and security
- Monitor and maintain physical and/ or financial resources for a work area
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, tailored to a variety of audiences, making reasonable adjustments where appropriate in order to optimise peoples understanding
- Computer literate and skills to collect, collate and report on clients progress - including knowledge of Microsoft Office including high standard of letter and report writing
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Able to work in a variety of adult community mental health settings which may often include unpleasant working conditions such as verbal aggression or high levels of distress.
- Able to work flexibly and travel independently between locations to fulfil the requirements of the position
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).
