Job summary
- Main area
- Community (Adults)
- Grade
- NHS Afc: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 294-COMM-6493460-JB-C
- Employer
- South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Springfield University Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £42,471 - £50,364 per annum inclusive of Inner London HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Outreach Practitioner
NHS Afc: Band 6
South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We provide a full range of local mental health services to the Kingston, Merton, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth London boroughs, as well as specialist forensic mental health services, including specialised services such as national deaf adults and CAMHS inpatients and OCD.
We are committed to providing high quality integrated health and social care for local people with mental health problems in South West London and more specialist mental health services for people throughout the UK. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ however we aim to be ‘outstanding’.
Our Values
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values; being consistent, compassionate, collaborative, respectful and open is at the heart of everything we do. Our mission is "making life better together".
When you join us, you’ll be part of something special – an innovative and rapidly growing organisation that is helping to redefine the Mental Health, education and social care landscape in the UK.
As a Trust, we are happy to talk flexible working.
Job overview
We are seeking a Mental Health Professional to work in the SUN Service Team. This service is completely different from other services you might be familiar with. There is no care coordination and you have a maximum of two sessions in a day in a group setting. We provide therapeutic two and half hour group sessions to adults with longstanding emotional and behavioral problems (personality disorder), and who may feel they do not get adequate support from mainstream services. The service operates in community venues across five boroughs delivering a group model intervention.
You will be a Registered Mental Health Nurse or social worker with post registration Mental Health experience, preferably within a community mental health setting. We would consider someone with risk and crisis management experience and extensive experience of working with people with mental health problems and not limited to personality disorder.
You will be committed to effective team working and to the coherent delivery of the SUN group model as required with a range of clinical skills in assessment, crisis intervention ,as well marketing and networking skills.
You will be committed to working creatively to provide a community service for people experiencing mental health problems. You will be well organised, able to work autonomously, have excellent communication skills, both written and oral, and be a team player.
Main duties of the job
Ideally you must hold a full driver’s license and have access to your own vehicle. The role involves running group sessions in the community working alongside and integrally with the Trust wide personality disorder services and senior clinicians of the service to ensure that the treatment programme is delivered, monitored and evaluated.
To work as part of a team that provides mental health services that promotes Recovery .
- To focus on providing support in groups , directly and flexibly to meet the specific needs of service users in accordance with their crisis and support plan (CASP).
- To undertake, during groups, risk assessments and risk management and crisis plans as appropriate.
- To demonstrate an understanding of the distress caused by, and social and personal consequences of, personality disorder for service users and their carers.
We offer a supportive working environment, with a visible and accessible management team. Supervision is a priority as we pride ourselves in supporting the staff to be able to meet the needs of the clients and we are committed to delivering an exemplary service with a strong culture of training and education.
Working for our organisation
We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.
We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.
This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services.
We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.
We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.
Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the delivery of groups across five London boroughs.
- To participate in individual supervision, team meetings and clinical direction meetings.
- To undertake work with SUN group members where this is deemed appropriate (e.g. planning and running Core Groups), and actively engage service clients in working to achieve the outcomes sought through their CASP’s, including the maintenance of contact with mental health services.
- To undertake care coordination responsibilities if required.
- To work within policy, professional and legal frameworks at all times and have a clear understanding of ones Code of Professional Conduct, risk assessment and safeguarding children protocols, Mental Health Act and CPA, and Trust clinical policies.
- To ensure effective communication within the team and share relevant information as required.
- To implement and/or participate in crisis intervention measures with the client/family or in conjunction with other agencies.
- To maintain accurate clinical documentation in line with Professional and Trust’s record keeping standards.
- To act as an effective link between the specialist, secondary and primary care services, an advisor to other professionals and develop joint working relationships.
- To be aware of the role of health promotion and actively seek to promote its benefits.
- To share the task of taking minutes with other members of the team.
- To contribute to the effective working of the multidisciplinary team and participate in team and service development and in the regular audit of team practices.
- To participate in the Trust’s complaints procedure and critical incident reporting when required and work within the policies and procedures of the Trust.
- To maintain the professional standards set out by the professional registration body and keep up to date with developments and contemporary issues within the field of mental health.
- To provide out of hours work as and when required including Saturday mornings.
- To help SUN Members to gain access to resources to include benefits and welfare rights.
- To help identify early signs of relapse by monitoring the client’s progress, level of functioning and mental state through group work and updating other members of the team as appropriate.
- To undertake any other tasks as required as the service continues to develop achieve service improvements e.g. participate in the development/maintenance of a SUN service website.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Considerable experience of working psycho-therapeutically with people with mental health difficulties particularly
- people with personality disorders Experience of working with people in a community mental health setting using principles of the therapeutic community
- Considerable experience of facilitating therapeutic group interventions.
- Experience of working as a Care Co-ordinator and implementing CPA
- Experience of, and commitment to, a recovery based socially inclusive model.
- Experience of working within an integrated multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of working in partnership with service user and carer groups
- Experience with client information computer systems
- Experience of working with people with challenging behaviours
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in a community nursing environment
- Experience in the delivery of psychological therapy, particularly for patients with personality disorder
Training & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Core Mental Health Qualification (RMN, CQSW, OT, DipSW, CPsychol, MRCPsych) or Evidence of continuing Professional Development
Desirable criteria
- Diploma in Psycho-social interventions, or similar post registration qualification relevant to the post
- UKCP registered psychotherapist/BACP accredited counsellor
- Full and current UK driving licence
- MBTI trained
Knowledge & Skills
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of Personality Disorders and understanding behaviours in context of this diagnosis.
- Knowledge of appropriate mental health legislation and national policy.
- Knowledge of the recovery model and other theoretical models related to the care of people with personality Disorder
- Excellent understanding of Mental Health disorders and a range of evidence based treatment models
- Knowledge of the principles of risk management and risk assessment and positive risk taking in this client group.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Ability to assess clinical situations quickly and use initiative
- Good time management skills and ability to prioritise
- Effective team worker • Good IT skills • Skills in assessment, care planning and case management • Ability to interpret research and apply to practice
- Clear understanding of the Mental Health Act, and National Policy
- Ability to work as an active member of the multidisciplinary team • Knowledge of recent initiatives in treatment of personality disorder • Knowledge of our business and how it supports patient care • Ability to work under pressure
Desirable criteria
- Audit and Research skills
- Knowledge of psycho-social interventions
- Group facilitation skills
- Report writing skills Demonstrable knowledge (at least theoretical) of MBT
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Hillary Gweshe
- Job title
- Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02035135638
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