Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner

This post is a key role within the 24/7 Mental Health First Response service and will be the first point of contact for people who may require urgent mental health support.

Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioners provide effective mental health support to people calling the service who may be experiencing a mental health crisis. This may include triage and risk assessments, and brief psychosocial interventions.

Working via telephone and video calls, Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioners will provide effective emotional support for people through the use of compassionate conversations and, when appropriate, encourage and guide effective self-management of emotional distress.

Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioners will be able to recognise when a person requires more support than can be delivered over the phone, such as a crisis mental health assessment or ongoing support, and be confident to make the necessary arrangements to facilitate this with an appropriate registrant, clinician, service, or organisation.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Due to the nature of the role, there will be no option of remote working.

Main duties of the job

• Provide initial risk and mental health and wellbeing triage assessment, formulation for people who may be presenting with mental health and wellbeing concerns.
• Undertake triage assessments, based on latest empirical evidence and compliant with local policies and procedures.
• Working via telephone, Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioners will use their knowledge, experience and training to provide a validating response to people in mental health crisis or experiencing emotional distress.
• Manage their own workload and prioritise tasks within a busy and pressured environment.
• Work well under pressure and use time management and organisational skills to ensure own wellbeing needs are met.
• Understand the processes required for an introduction or warm handover to other local services.
• Ensure that any concerns relating to workload are communicated to their line manager.
• Be able to work dynamically and adapt to change.

About us

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary, and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

We live by our core values:

• We listen, learn and improve
• We treat everyone with respect
• We all work together as one team

We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15,000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only the lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.

Person Specification

Qualifications and/or Knowledge

Essential

• Degree Level Qualification
• Evidence of Continuing Development
• Understanding of common mental health problems

Desirable

• Knowledge of NHS procedures and guidelines
• Understanding of the need to use evidence-based psychosocial interventions.
• Knowledge of different mental health models and research/evidence-based treatment.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of providing mental health or wellbeing support to people.
• Experience of working autonomously and using own initiative.
• Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team, and/or collaboratively with other organisations/agencies.

Desirable

• Experience of providing mental health and wellbeing support to people in mental health crisis or experiencing emotional distress.
• Experience of providing telephone assessment/support.
• Experience of working in NHS Primary Care Services/mental health settings/care homes/in-patient services.

Apptitude and Abilities

Essential

• Able to adapt skills to working remotely (i.e. via telephone/video calls).
• To work well within a team and foster good working relationships.
• Strong and adaptable communication skills to suit varying environments and situations (written and verbal).

Desirable

• Ability to work effectively with interpreters.
• Competent in assessment of risk.
• Ability to work independently within the boundaries of clinical supervision.

Employer details

Employer name

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

Address

Ty Elai

Dinas Isaf Industrial Estate

Tonypandy

CF40 1NY

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