Mental Health Wellbeing Pracitioner

at  Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

We have an exciting opportunity to join the Grantham Integrated Placed Based team which is part off Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust’s Adult Community services. The Placed Based Team work closely with the Community mental health team and Neighbourhood as part of the local transformation across the local primary care network.
The role facilitates delivery of wellbeing-focused psychologically-informed interventions, aligned to cognitive-behavioural principles, based on the best evidence available, that address problems often experienced by people with severe mental health problems. You will work under close case management supervision from a suitably qualified professional to provide high quality collaborative care planning as a member of the multi-disciplinary team. You will also receive clinical skills supervision from an HCPC registered clinical psychologist or BABCP accredited cognitive behavioural therapist to provide specified psychologically-informed wellbeing-focused interventions.
To carry out holistic biopsychosocial assessments and facilitate delivery of wellbeing focused psychologically informed interventions based on the individuals assessed needs and following cognitive Behavioural principles. Coordinate care, assess risk and refer appropriately and co-ordinate the patient’s journey across the health, social care and voluntary sector system. To maintain comprehensive clinical communication within the locality neighbourhood colleagues and general practices.
ensure that any agreed package of care engages service users and their carers in all aspects of their treatment following the trusts policy
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.
You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of ‘outstanding’ for well-led and ‘good’ overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We’re really proud of this!
We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.
Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life . Visit beinlincolnshire.com to find out more .
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 work in collaboration with the individual service user and their family and carers as appropriate to develop care plans that are focused on strengths and are outcome based.
To attend multi-disciplinary reviews and act as a care co-ordinator, for a caseload of service users in order to support and monitor progress during the course of multi-disciplinary interventions.
To set collaborative goals for intervention with service users

To deliver specified wellbeing-focused psychologically-informed interventions, in line with best available evidence, under close supervision from a clinical psychologist or CBT therapist including:

• Behavioural activation and graded exposure
• Teaching problem-solving skills
• Improving sleep
• Recognising and managing emotions
• Guided self-help for bulimia and binge-eating
• Building confidence
• Medication support

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 in order to promote effective multi-disciplinary working and therapeutic outcomes for clients.
To develop collaborative plans for relapse prevention
To deal with endings appropriately and safely with service users, families and carers.
To maintain own continuing professionals development and use reflective practice to evaluate and update current practice.
Demonstrate support for the values and beliefs of the Trust working in a trauma informed way, promoting social inclusion and challenging stigma.
Demonstrate an understanding of the practices of Human Rights in the delivery of this role.
You may occasionally be asked to undertake such other duties that are deemed necessary in order to support business continuity within the Trust. This will only include tasks where you are appropriately trained.

Please refer the Job description for details