West London NHS Trust
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Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner Position
Thank you for your interest in this Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner position within our Ealing Community Rehabilitation Service (CRS). This is a full-time and permanent position and attracts 15% Outer London weighting. We welcome applications from Registered Mental Health/LD Nurses (registered with the NMC) and qualified Social Workers (registered with Social Work England) who are interested in working in complex psychosis in the community.
About the Role
Mental health practitioners play a key role in dissolving the barriers that can exist between mental health and physical health, social care, voluntary and community social enterprise organisations and local communities, and primary and secondary care, to deliver integrated, personalised, place-based and well-coordinated care for adults – moving towards a ‘whole system’ of mental health care, which will provide timely access to support, care and treatment.
We need qualified, experienced, skilled and professionally registered practitioners, to support people with mental health needs to access mental health care when and where they need it, and to be able to move through the system easily.
What We Are Looking For
We need highly motivated and enthusiastic practitioners with a passion for psychosocial rehabilitation who are excited by service development. You will need experience at band 5 (or equivalent) and of working in the community to be able to step up to this band 6 role.
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Key Responsibilities
- Support individuals to be able to contribute to and be participants in the communities that sustain them.
- Liaison with Local Authority and ICB colleagues to ensure that any out-of-area and supported accommodation placements are suitable for the needs of the service user and that people are supported in the least restrictive environment possible.
- Carry continuing responsibility for a defined caseload of service users experiencing complex psychosis.
- Depending on your professional background, this role may include clinical assessment and evidence-based interventions, coordination of mental and physical healthcare, relapse prevention and recovery-focused support, alongside the psycho-social interventions that help people manage their problems and move towards individualised recovery on their own terms – surrounded by their families, carers and social networks, and supported in their local community.
About Us
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.
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Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ 4,500 staff, of whom 56% are BME. Our turnover for 2023-24 is £426m.
The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.
The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.
Contact Information
Please consider applying if you are passionate about supporting people to live as independently as possible and are committed to a strength based and recovery focused approach to supporting people with complex psychosis.
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: DiDi Abdi
- Job Title: Team Leader
- Email Address: didi.abdi@nhs.net
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