Band 6 Senior Mental Health Practitioner

Job summary

Do you have an interest in Psychosis, do you want to make a real difference in someone's recovery? Then working with the Early Intervention in Psychosis Service could be the perfect role for you.

Early Intervention in Psychosis Service's overall aim is to support and minimise the debilitating effects of having a psychotic illness. We work with service users aged 16-35 experiencing first episode psychosis (FEP) for up to three years. We work on an assertive outreach model so have a flexible, creative and proactive approach to engaging service users and promoting their recovery.

The core features of the EIP model are based on the NICE guidance for young people and adults for psychosis and schizophrenia (2014) and the new national standards for EIP (2016).

EIP has a strong culture of multidisciplinary team working within a supportive working environment. You will have ongoing regularly supervision, in house development and training as well as annual appraisal, further development of skills and further progression opportunities. The role of care coordinator includes the delivery of EI specific interventions such as behaviour family therapy (full training will be provided) and carers support.

We are currently looking for MH nurses, OT, SW with a professional body e.g. NMC/HCPC who would like to join one EIP teams as a care coordinator.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be a member of the specialist community Early Intervention in Psychosis Service and will hold responsibility for the Care co-ordination of a defined caseload alongside the delivery of NICE guided clinical interventions.

The post holder will be working in Early Intervention in Psychosis Team. There are 3 sites across the city.

They will be required to liaise with other local agencies including inpatient and specialist services, social care as well as Core community and Urgent care teams.

Behave consistently with the values and beliefs of the organisation and promote these on day to day basis.

Act as a role model to colleagues, always seeking to maintain the highest standards of professionalism.

Use their initiative and take responsibility for themselves and the quality of their work and the service they provide to patients.

Provide a high quality, community based service to the children, young people and families within a multi-disciplinary team providing a community based children and young people mental health service.

About us

Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.

Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people's lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.