South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioner
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Exciting Opportunity for Qualified MHWPs
This is an exciting opportunity for qualified MHWPs to work alongside service users, families, carers, and multi-disciplinary team members to co-ordinate care, supporting collaborative decision-making about care and treatment in primary care.
To deliver a set 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 complex mental health problems.
The post-holder will work under close clinical skills supervision usually from an HCPC registered clinical/counselling psychologist, BABCP accredited cognitive behavioural therapist to provide specified psychologically-informed wellbeing-focused interventions, with a level of autonomy matched to level of demonstrated competence and stage of training.
The roles and responsibilities of this post are in line with the Trust’s goals of implementing and rolling out Dialog+ and offered stepped care for complex mental health presentations. These roles offer low intensity interventions which are brief and focused. They play an integral role in ensuring that stepped care is a genuine offer and that psychological interventions can be offered at different stages of need and readiness.
- To work alongside service users, families, carers, and multi-disciplinary team members to co-ordinate care, supporting collaborative decision-making about care and treatment.
- To deliver a set 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.
- To 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.
- To work under close clinical skills supervision from an HCPC registered clinical or counselling psychologist or BABCP accredited cognitive behavioural therapist or other suitably qualified psychological professional to provide specified psychologically-informed wellbeing-focused interventions.
Lewisham Integrated Therapies (LIT) works closely with the neighbourhood PCMHTs to meet the mental health needs of the diverse Lewisham population. The post holder will be located in the PCMHTs and supervised by a therapist from LIT. The Trust is committed to embedding this new workforce into SLAM, and offers forums for all MHWPs to come together to seek support and shared experiences.
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Rachel Houghton
- Job title: CBT Therapist
- Email address: rachel.houghton@slam.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 020 3228 1350
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Key Responsibilities
KR 1 Clinical and Client Care
- 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 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 coordinator, for a caseload of service users in order to support and monitor progress during the course of multi-disciplinary interventions.
- 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.
KR 2 Responsibilities for Team or Service Clinical Functioning
- To form professional relationships with service users and communicate with them in a way that respects their views, autonomy, and culture.
- To monitor and record progression, highlight concerns, and report any perceived changes in service users’ wellbeing to the team.
- To demonstrate effective communication skills in discussing highly sensitive and complex information appropriately with people whose understanding may be temporarily or permanently impaired.
- To provide relevant information, written and oral, for records and reviews relating to service users’ progress under supervision from a suitably qualified member of the team.
- Provide highly effective written communications as required for service users and other health and care professionals.
- Participate in clinical governance and quality improvement programs as directed by the line manager.
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KR 3 Care or Management of Resources
- To maintain and order stock and advise on resources necessary to carry out the job, including the responsible management of petty cash if required.
- To be responsible for the care and cleaning of any equipment and materials used.
KR 4 Management and Supervision
- Report regularly and in detail to the clinical skills supervisor and case management supervisor.
- Make good use of clinical skills and case management supervision to discuss casework, make plans for action, reflect on, and implement best practice in care planning and interventions.
KR 6 Teaching and Training
- To participate in the induction, training, and education of students and other staff in this setting.
- To participate in the dissemination and sharing of information and skills with staff, students, and volunteers.
KR 7 Record-keeping and Information Governance
- To ensure that up-to-date clinical records are maintained in accordance with professional and Trust standards.
KR 8 Research and Development
- As part of a team, incorporate up-to-date evidence-based methods into the intervention programme as directed by the clinical skills supervisor.
- To participate in complex audit and research projects as applicable.
KR 9 Maintaining Professional Standards and Continuing Professional Development
- To adhere to the employer’s expectations of professional behaviour and all relevant policies and procedures.
- To respect the individuality, values, cultural, and religious diversity of clients and contribute to the provision of a service sensitive to these needs and that actively addresses inequity of access and outcome across protected characteristics.
- To complete and stay up-to-date with all statutory and mandatory training.
- Attend and fulfil all of the requirements of the training element of the post, including practical, academic, and practice-based assessments.
- To undertake training as necessary in line with the development of the post and as agreed with line manager.
KR10 General
- To exercise good personal time management, punctuality, and consistent, reliable attendance.
- To contribute to a healthy and safe working environment by adhering to health and safety regulations and the employer’s policies.
- To travel different Community team sites in Lewisham, home visits, etc. (e.g., home visits, community placements, meetings) as appropriate and across the Trust when required.
- To be aware of risk relating to aggressive and challenging behaviour amongst the client group, and follow trust policies relating to its management.
- To work flexibly; which may include offering some regular commitment to late clinics within the overall Job Plan.
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