We are proud to offer the post of Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioners to join our experienced workforce in Hertfordshire.
The post holder will have a desire to develop their skills in working with adults with severe and enduring mental illness, some of whom will have not had previous access to psychologically informed interventions.
The post-holder will work collaboratively with service users, their families, carers, and multi-disciplinary team members to provide assessment, care planning and coordination of care, supporting collaborative decision-making about care and treatment. The successful candidate will be part of the core team and duties will also include, holding a small caseload, completing Initial Assessments, Care Planning, Risk Assessing, being part of the Duty Team.
The post holder will support the delivery of 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 under the supervision of a clinical/counselling psychologist or CBT therapist, where this is identified in personalised care planning and support.
The successful candidate will:
hold a graduate certificate (Level 6) or postgraduate certificate (Level 7) delivering the national curriculum for Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners (Adult Specialist Mental Health)
work closely with colleagues in a multi-disciplinary team to deliver interventions for our service users
carry out relevant risk assessments and risk management with the multi-disciplinary team
engage with and gather information from service users, relatives, and patient records to develop a formulation
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.
Be on a duty rota
Carry out Initial Assessments
Hold a small caseload of service users
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission , and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.
Our family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.
The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout.
Our Trust values are:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
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 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.
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 develop a formulation.
To attend multi-disciplinary reviews and act as named worker, for a caseload of service users to support and monitor progress during multi-disciplinary interventions.
To set collaborative goals for intervention with service users
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 to promote effective multi-disciplinary working and therapeutic outcomes for clients.
To develop collaborative plans for relapse prevention
To deal with endings appropriately and safely with service users, families, and carers .
