Flint House Police Rehabilitation is a registered Charity mainly funded by donations from those in the police service. It provides physical rehabilitation and mental health support to members of the police service and retired police officers. Located just outside Goring-on-Thames, the Charity operates a residential programme for 100+ patients every week and has been providing care to the police service since 1890.
This role is a Fixed term contract for 12 months and you will work in a small, close knit team of professionals to deliver the unique Flint House Mental Health programme in an efficient, effective and caring way in line with professional Codes of Practice and Flint House guidelines. The full job description can be found on our website https://www.flinthouse.co.uk/vacancies.
Hours of work: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Principal Accountabilities
- Assessing patient referral forms, booking telephone assessments where appropriate following initial identification of suitability for attendance in line with Flint House Inclusion / Exclusion criteria.
- Conducting telephone assessments to confirm that the patients’ individual goals can be met by the programme.
- Educating and guiding patients regarding mental health issues whilst also encouraging proactive and healthy discussion within the daily psycho-educational sessions.
- Evaluating the participation of individual patients within the group sessions in order to feedback all relevant information to the rest of the team to ensure the timely and appropriate identification of risk and continuity of patient care.
- Managing brief intervention 1:1 sessions with patients in a structured and supportive manner ensuring that discussions are skilfully managed and directed in line with patient needs, expectations and the time scales available.
- Assisting the Rehabilitation department on a rota basis to conduct the weekly group health walks in the local, mixed terrain countryside to promote the health and wellbeing of all Mental Health patients during their stay at Flint House.
- Identifying the specific and safe discharge needs of patients based on their individual requirements and risk assessment, providing recommendations to appropriate support services to ensure continuity of care.
- Actively contributing to departmental and post-discharge meetings to support service evaluation, future treatment planning and for audit and quality purposes.
- Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team alongside all other departments within Flint House, to ensure holistic care and the comprehensive delivery of the total Mental Health programme.
Profile of Job Holder
- Mental Health trained professional with a current appropriate qualification e.g. RMN, OT.
- Demonstrable ability to quickly engage with patients in order to assess needs and implement appropriate care.
- Previous experience of having carried out 1:1 assessments of patient needs and risk assessment.
- Experience of facilitating discussion through group work.
- Capable of completing walks of a nature and distance determined by the patients’ abilities and needs, but which would normally be of between 3 and 5 miles, to be completed within a 2 hour period.
- Competency in MS Office suite with previous experience of using computerised medical note systems would be desirable.
- Own transport is essential.
We are unable to offer sponsorships for this role. Please only apply if you are already residing in the UK and are able to commute to our facility.
We will be shortlisting and interviewing as we receive high calibre candidates. If you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of your application unfortunately on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.
Pay: £38,000.00-£40,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounted or free food
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- On-site gym
- Sick pay
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Reading RG8 0LL: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Experience:
- Mental Health practice: 2 years (required)
Licence/Certification:
- Mental Health professional qualification, eg., RMN, OT., (preferred)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person
