Senior Mental Health Practitioner

at  Norfolk Suffolk Foundation Trust

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people’s and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.
At any one time, around 23,000 people in Norfolk and Suffolk are receiving care and attention from the Trust. We believe in whole life care - seeing people in the context of their whole lives, understanding the importance of good physical health, friends, family, spirituality, culture, home, work, education and a sense of purpose and achievement to experience good mental health.
Nearly 3,800 full and part-time practitioners care for our service users in hospitals, in the community and in their own homes, whilst an additional 1,400+ staff provide non-clinical support, including cleaning, catering, delivering supplies, ward administration, information technology, human resources and financial services.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.
We are committed to delivering quality driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we’d love you to join us!
We will consider flexible working arrangements for our roles, please indicate in your application if this is something you require

JOB DESCRIPTION/PERSON SPECIFICATION

Please read the job description/person specification carefully and ensure your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience needed.

APPLICANT REQUIREMENTS

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service

MAIN DUTIES OF THE JOB

As a mental health practitioner you will be able to demonstrate a warm, compassionate and needs-led approach to working with our service users and their families. The role includes multi-agency working alongside the family, local acute care services, primary care sector, social care, education, employment and voluntary services to ensure the service users needs are best met.
As part of this team, responsibilities would include undertaking assessments of individuals who are experiencing a First Episode of Psychosis, working collaboratively with their families and other supporting agencies to effectively address needs utilising Care Programme Approach to manage an assigned community caseload.
EIP Suffolk would consider application from Band 5 practitioners with professional registration who wish to apply this is a great opportunity to work towards an agreed set of competencies leading towards becoming a Band 6 Senior Mental Health Practitioner/Care Coordinator within 18-24 months. You would be supported with supervision and allocated a mentor to assess your development in order for you to meet the objectives for achieving the competencies for Band 6.

DETAILED JOB DESCRIPTION AND MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

This role will act as a community Care Coordinator for individuals experiencing their First Episode of Psychosis. Good level of working knowledge of CPA, mental health legislation and multidisciplinary team / across pathway working is essential.
This will include working with Carers / family to promote Recovery and reduce potential relapse.
You will promote hope and reduce stigma surrounding psychosis in everything you do in line with EIP philosophy and ethos.
The service offers regular clinical and management supervision with an emphasis on reflective practice both as 1:1 and group sessions. We hold a strong belief in team and individual development. We will offer you a full EIP induction program and have extensive training and career development that can be accessed across our Trust.
As a service we aspire to ensuring service user and family participation throughout our service to ensure enhancement of appropriate and evidenced-based services for the people we engage with.
You will enhance / develop skills, knowledge and experience in all aspects of NICE quality standards interventions for EIP