Job summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated member of staff with RMN, Social Work or Occupational Therapy qualifications to join our team to join us at the beginning of their career.
You will have the opportunity to work alongside experienced practitioners of many disciplines and benefit from collaborative working and supportive colleagues. We very much aim to promote professional development and the successful candidate will have the opportunity to focus on particular interests to allow progression through the AFC bands.
We will be welcoming and working closely with Mental Health Integrated Care Services (MHICS) in West Berkshire in the coming months. This will change the landscape of mental health provision in West Berks and allow us to ensure our client group has the right care at the right time.
We are driven to ever improving the service we offer to our client group, which is people over 18 with severe and enduring mental health problems. As the face of mental health has changed significantly since Covid-19, we are finding that as a team we are having to adapt ways of working to become more responsive and evidence based in our practice. This is an exciting opportunity for change, improving our offer and embedding better interface with our partner services.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for the formulation, execution and evaluation of a care plan for a designated number of patients who may present with some complexity within a multidisciplinary team.
The post holder will ensure that each individual plan is developed in collaboration with the patient and informed by the wider multidisciplinary team.
The post holder will operate within the principles of recovery and as such support each patient to develop a Wellness Recovery Action Plan to promote empowerment and self management thus reducing dependence on Secondary Mental Health Services and enabling a planned integration into local community facilities and the discharge as part of the patient's recovery plan.
The4 "must haves" for you to be considered for this role:
- A professional qualification, RMN, Social Work or Occupational Therapy with a passion in mental health
- Effective and competent interpersonal, influencing, communication, observation and reporting skills
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to analyse situations and be able to make the right decisions
About us
Some of the benefits of joining our team:
- AfCSalary ranging from£28,407 to £34,581per annum
- Flexible working opportunities and a strong emphasis on your work, life balance
- Annual leave - 27 days for new starters, plus bank holidays. Increasing to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years NHS service. Pro rata for part time staff
- Excellent learning and development opportunities
- Salary sacrifice scheme for a new car
- Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave for eligible staff
- Advanced IT enablement and support
- Confidential telephone care service providing independent support and advice for staff.
- And so much more
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
Person Specification
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
Essential
- Qualified Psychiatric Nurse, Social Worker, Occupational Therapy
- Knowledge and understanding of the health and social care systems and operating frameworks, clinical observations and the Mental Health Act
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Effective and competent interpersonal, influencing, communication, observation and reporting skill
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to analyse situations and be able to make the right decisions
- Able to empathise, be supportive and sensitive to the needs of others as well as being able to cope with distressing circumstance
- Ability to cope in pressurised environment and apply practical problem solving skills in everyday situations
- Competent IT skills and the ability to navigate around various systems and software packages (such as outlook, databases, ms office and the internet)
- Ability to work effectively in a team, work on own initiative, work unsupervised and manage own workload
KSF Core 1 - Communication
Essential
- Level 3
- KSF Core 1 - Communication
- Ability to form positive therapeutic relationship with service users, carers and other professional bodies
- Ability to use technology to underpin professional practice
- Ability to provide written clinical report autonomously
- Negotiation skills when dealing with contentious situation
KSF Core 2 - Personal and People Development
Essential
- Level 3
- Develop oneself and others in areas of practice
KSF Core 3 - Health & Safet
Essential
- Level 3
- Promote, monitor and maintain best practice in health, safety and security
KSF Core 4 - Service Improvement
Essential
- Level 2
- Appraise, interpret and apply suggestions, recommendation and directive to improve services
KSF Core 5 - Quality
Essential
- level 3
- Contribute to improving qualit
KSF Core 6 - Equality & Diversit
Essential
- Level 2
- Support equality and value diversit
KSF HWB1 - Promotion of Health & Wellbeing
Essential
- Level 3/4
- Plan, develop, implement and evaluate programmes to promote health and wellbeing and prevent adverse effects on health and wellbeing
- Promote health and wellbeing and prevent adverse effects on health and wellbeing through contributing to the development, implementation and evaluation of related policies
KSF HWB2 - Protection of Health & Wellbeing
Essential
- Level 1/2
- Input, store and provide data and information. Gather, analyse and report a limited range of data and information
KSF IK 1 - Information Processing
Essential
- Level 3
- Promote, monitor and maintain best practice in health, safety and security
Person Specification
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
Essential
- Qualified Psychiatric Nurse, Social Worker, Occupational Therapy
- Knowledge and understanding of the health and social care systems and operating frameworks, clinical observations and the Mental Health Act
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Effective and competent interpersonal, influencing, communication, observation and reporting skill
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to analyse situations and be able to make the right decisions
- Able to empathise, be supportive and sensitive to the needs of others as well as being able to cope with distressing circumstance
- Ability to cope in pressurised environment and apply practical problem solving skills in everyday situations
- Competent IT skills and the ability to navigate around various systems and software packages (such as outlook, databases, ms office and the internet)
- Ability to work effectively in a team, work on own initiative, work unsupervised and manage own workload
KSF Core 1 - Communication
Essential
- Level 3
- KSF Core 1 - Communication
- Ability to form positive therapeutic relationship with service users, carers and other professional bodies
- Ability to use technology to underpin professional practice
- Ability to provide written clinical report autonomously
- Negotiation skills when dealing with contentious situation
KSF Core 2 - Personal and People Development
Essential
- Level 3
- Develop oneself and others in areas of practice
KSF Core 3 - Health & Safet
Essential
- Level 3
- Promote, monitor and maintain best practice in health, safety and security
KSF Core 4 - Service Improvement
Essential
- Level 2
- Appraise, interpret and apply suggestions, recommendation and directive to improve services
KSF Core 5 - Quality
Essential
- level 3
- Contribute to improving qualit
KSF Core 6 - Equality & Diversit
Essential
- Level 2
- Support equality and value diversit
KSF HWB1 - Promotion of Health & Wellbeing
Essential
- Level 3/4
- Plan, develop, implement and evaluate programmes to promote health and wellbeing and prevent adverse effects on health and wellbeing
- Promote health and wellbeing and prevent adverse effects on health and wellbeing through contributing to the development, implementation and evaluation of related policies
KSF HWB2 - Protection of Health & Wellbeing
Essential
- Level 1/2
- Input, store and provide data and information. Gather, analyse and report a limited range of data and information
KSF IK 1 - Information Processing
Essential
- Level 3
- Promote, monitor and maintain best practice in health, safety and security
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).
