South Adult CMHT (based at Newfield Green Clinic), Hours: 37.5 per week.
Salary: Band 5 £28407- £34581 pa (dependant on experience)
Location: Newfield Green Clinic, 501 Gleadless Road, Sheffield, S2 2BS.
This is an exciting opportunity to join an established and experienced team who will support you to define the principles of the New Neighbourhood Mental Health Centre, you will be encouraged to effect real positive change for the community, working alongside the people in the community and local voluntary organsiations to inform future potential Neighbourhood.
Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust is a major employer and provider of services. Our Service Users, Carers and Staff are central, and our Values are important, to the delivery of high-quality care. We actively seek out individuals who share these values:
Working together for service users
Respect and kindness
Everyone counts
Commitment to quality
Improving lives
Main duties of the job:
The post holder will work within a multi-disciplinary service under the supervision of experienced staff, and core responsibilities will include:
- Acting as a Named Worker for a designated caseload to ensure service users receive a consistent approach and a named person to contact. This will involve building a working relationship and to promote an individual’s ability to manage their own needs and independence.
- As a named worker you will work in collaboration with the Multidisciplinary team to support the overall care and treatment plan of the individual.
- Undertake reassessments/reviews of people completing full needs strength assessments, risk assessment & care plan for implementation by a junior worker.
- Participate in joint reviews, assessments where risk or joint visits are indicated by the MDT.
- Contribute to/participate in multi-disciplinary service development.
Job description
General requirements
Maintain NMC/ registration/re-validation and adhere to professional guidelines and code of conduct.
Work within the framework of relevant policy and legislation both local and national.
We are passionate about providing the very best care to the people we support, and we're looking for amazing people who share this passion to join us.
What is it that makes our Trust such a special place to work? Well, it's all about the people. Our staff, service users, carers and families all come from such diverse backgrounds and all have expertise and stories to share.
It’s important that you feel supported in your role, that the people who you work with are as passionate as you are and that your health and wellbeing is taken care of
If you're interested in developing your career, you'll have access to a range of training and education opportunities, including apprenticeships, work experience and placements, as well as the chance to get involved in research.
We are all very proud of the difference we make to people's lives each and every day and if that's something that you'd like to be part of we'd love to have you with us.
Principle duties:
Clinical:
- Carry out comprehensive reassessments of an individual’s health needs in a variety of settings and agree the most appropriate course of action.
- To reassess, evaluate and manage clinical risk.
- To formulate a plan of care based on identified need.
- Deliver evidence-based interventions as appropriate.
- Review effectiveness of care plan at regular intervals.
- To work collaboratively with service users, carers and partner agencies.
- Undertake all work in a culturally sensitive manner.
- Act in accordance with the Community Mental Health Framework.
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with Primary Care colleagues.
- Work in collaboration with the Safeguarding Manager to undertake Safeguarding Investigations when required within the team
- Maintain accurate and contemporaneous clinical records in line with data quality guidance, legislation and policy.
- Maintaining an understanding of social care needs and how to navigate and signpost to social care services.
Supervision:
- Regularly review own caseload with supervisor to promote efficacy and contribute to the overall management of Service.
- Deliver supervision and contributing to PDR processes with more junior members of staff.
- Participate in own PDR process, identifying training and development needs, and pursuing relevant actions to maintain and improve level of competence and effective contribution.
Service development
Education and Training:
Act as mentor to learners, keep up to date with relevant course and curriculum developments.
Participate in training relevant to role.
Promote insight and understanding of mental health issues to service users, carers, and other agencies.
Maintain the appropriate level of mandatory training.
