Job summary
Are you looking for an exciting, demanding and rewarding new challenge?
The post of Senior Practitioner for Complex Emotional and Relational Needs, based at Prescott House in Little Hulton but working across GMMH Salford Division, is now vacant.
The role is varied, involving providing psychological interventions (SCM/MBT) in a group and 1:1 setting , managing a small caseload of Adults with a diagnosis of Complex Emotional and Relational Needs, as well as providing input to the team to support, assess and manage the wider team caseload, and supporting the wider leadership of the team.
The post will be part of the trust psychological health hub, you will be working closely with psychology colleagues to provide the psychological pathway across the Salford division, expanding our non-pharmacological offer to the client group.
The Practitioner will be working in a busy and dynamic multi disciplinary service, in a supportive team whose focus is recovery for service users, development and growth of staff, encouraging ongoing learning and individual and service development .
You will be supported by an established and cohesive CMHT and a key part of the trust transformation planning and action.
Main duties of the job
- Provide clinical leadership, supervision, support and consultation to all staff and the multi-agency team.
- Act as a Care Co-ordinator for a caseload of up to 12 highly complex cases .
- Carry out and develop detailed assessments and formulations in the wider team or service .
- Contribute to the development of and provide therapeutic interventions via relevant clinical pathways, engage with any relevant additional training which supports the role. These interventions may include Structured Clinical Management (SCM) and Mentalisation Based Therapy (MBT) among others
- Provide specific training to the wider team/services as appropriate.
- Contribute to, deliver and facilitate therapeutic evidence based interventions
- Collaborate and liaise with other specialist clinicians working with complex emotional and relational needs across the district in developing services that deliver optimum evidence-based care for people.
- Develop and contribute to evaluation and audit
- Provide support and specialist assessment/formulation .
- Deliver and facilitate a reflective practice supervision group in the CMHT.
- Contribute to the delivery of family interventions for complex emotional and relational needs in the team / locality.
- Lead on specialised intensive clinical supervision in the locality team for clinicians working with service users presenting with complex emotional and relational needs.
About us
Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 122 locations.
We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford,Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.
Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.
Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.
Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see Job Description and Person Specification
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see Job Description and Person Specification
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Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Mental Health Nurse, Psychological Therapist, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist or similar professional qualification
- Post graduate experience or post qualification education relation to Complex Emotional and Relational Needs
- Either qualified in, or willing to train in the delivery of therapeutic interventions such as SCM/MBT
Desirable
- Additional qualifications in psychological interventions eg. DBT skills, SCM, MBT
- Accredited status as an SCM and/or MBT practitioner
Experience
Essential
- Post registration experience of working in multi-disciplinary in CMHT/Older adult setting or other relevant clinical settings and liaising with colleagues across services.
- Demonstrable post-qualification experience of working with complex mental health difficulties, including problems associated with complex emotional and relational needs, and severe depression, anxiety, co-morbid substance misuse and trauma.
- Demonstrable experience of providing clinical supervision and support to others with respect to their clinical work.
- Demonstrable experience of managing risk and developing plans to support individuals and systems to do so.
Desirable
- Experience of participating in audit, service evaluation and research.
- Experience of participating in the delivery of group interventions or providing group supervision / reflection
- Ability to demonstrate further specialist clinical experience and development.
- Experience of developing clinical pathways and services
- Experience of providing training to colleagues and others
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Mental Health Nurse, Psychological Therapist, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist or similar professional qualification
- Post graduate experience or post qualification education relation to Complex Emotional and Relational Needs
- Either qualified in, or willing to train in the delivery of therapeutic interventions such as SCM/MBT
Desirable
- Additional qualifications in psychological interventions eg. DBT skills, SCM, MBT
- Accredited status as an SCM and/or MBT practitioner
Experience
Essential
- Post registration experience of working in multi-disciplinary in CMHT/Older adult setting or other relevant clinical settings and liaising with colleagues across services.
- Demonstrable post-qualification experience of working with complex mental health difficulties, including problems associated with complex emotional and relational needs, and severe depression, anxiety, co-morbid substance misuse and trauma.
- Demonstrable experience of providing clinical supervision and support to others with respect to their clinical work.
- Demonstrable experience of managing risk and developing plans to support individuals and systems to do so.
Desirable
- Experience of participating in audit, service evaluation and research.
- Experience of participating in the delivery of group interventions or providing group supervision / reflection
- Ability to demonstrate further specialist clinical experience and development.
- Experience of developing clinical pathways and services
- Experience of providing training to colleagues and others
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).
