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Job summary

Main area
Community Mental Health
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 9am-5pm)
Job ref
444-6193700C-CG
Employer
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Swanswell Point
Town
Coventry
Salary
£35,392 - £42,618 Per Annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
14/07/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust logo

Registered Professional

NHS AfC: Band 6

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust provides a full range of expanding physical, mental health and learning disability services to children, young adults, adults and older adults over many sites across Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull.

Services are provided to a population of over one million people living in Coventry and Warwickshire and also a wider geographical area in some of our specialist services

We recognise the benefits of flexible working and support applications wherever possible. If you would like to work flexibly please ask the recruiting manager for more information.’

Armed Forces Community welcome to apply.

PLEASE NOTE that this vacancy can be closed as soon as sufficient applications are received. Staff at risk within the Trust will be given priority.

Please check your emails, including junk and spam folders, regularly throughout the process of your application for any notifications from the Recruitment Team.   If you have any queries regarding your application please phone the Partnership Trust Recruitment Department.

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Job overview

We have two posts for band 6 Registered Professionals within the team that we are looking to recruit to.  These can be from any professional discipline – Nursing, Occupational therapy or Social Work

As part of the Transformation of services , the two current Teams, Community Mental Health & Wellbeing Team and The Recovery Team are being joined together to  make a Community Mental Health Team . This will mean that we will cover a broad spectrum of  diagnosis and presentations including  people with emotion regulation difficulties, schizophrenia, mood disorders, anxiety, depression, OCD symptoms, and psychotic depression

Our Team covers Coventry and we are based at Swanswell point. 

Main duties of the job

The team has invested in considerable staff training and development over the years to develop skills with working with our patient group. Working within an established team, you’ll be managing a caseload of clients who have complex mental health problems across all diagnostic presentations and delivering a range of interventions. You will have the opportunity to gradually build your skills and confidence as part of a multi-disciplinary team, using evidence-based approaches.. You’ll be communicating with a wide variety of clients; professionals; partners and agencies.

As part of working in our team you will be working with some individuals who can present as chaotic & emotionally dysregulated. This can be a challenging patient group; however, this team has a positive attitude & non-judgemental approach toward this patient group, understanding what has brought them to their current presentation, recognising individual strengths and establishing clear, focussed, professional relationships that identify clear boundaries and expectations for both the patient and clinician.  This empowers both patient and clinician to see what can be achieved through clear collaborative care planning. Those patients with a psychotic presentation may be managed through shared care within the team. This allows the sharing of responsibility, skills and knowledge. This offers the opportunity for staff to develop their role whilst being supported and guided by more experienced clinicians

Working for our organisation

Working for our Team offers you the opportunity to develop some excellent specialist skills and take part in imaginative and effective interventions. Time is spent investing in your development and there are lots of opportunities to shadow colleagues on duty, during assessments and on visits when you first join us. There are a lot of training opportunities within the team and time is given to allow you to access this. This will allow you to confidently undertake the role  of case management   eventually leading to managing a full caseload, being part of a duty team and undertaking trusted assessments.  The nature of the team means that you bring your knowledge, experience, enthusiasm and empathy and are exposed to the knowledge and skills of other colleagues within the team which promotes growth and development within your own practice at an accelerated rate. We are a team that recognises the work we do can be difficult at times and we have a strong supportive approach- both in professional matters and passing on good practice, learning and sharing risk but also when it impacts on us personally. We recognise the value in Supervision, and this is why we ensure we offer a range, including CBT supervision, Peer Supervision, Caseload Supervision & Development Supervision (MES).  They are well spaced, and this is something the team feel adds to the varying levels of support and shared responsibility.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We are looking for staff with some experience of assessing and working with people with complex and significant mental health problems or who wish to further develop such skills.  We see this as an ideal opportunity to develop more specialist skills.   It is important you have good communication skills and can work on your own initiative as well as collaboratively with colleagues.  A willingness and enthusiasm to learn new skills and develop your practice is vital.

 This team provides interventions on a one to one basis and group formats. You will have the opportunity to participate in groups and you will be given training within the team for this. Above all it is vital that you have a sense of humour if you wish to join our team.  

Person specification

Driving Licence essential

Essential criteria
  • Must have a driving licence and access to a vehicle

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldImproving working livesMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
kyle hodges
Job title
Team manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
02476 961 242
Additional information

Please contact me if you have any questions. I would love to talk with you and state how our new team is evolving. 

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