Mental Health Practitioner

The post holder will be part of a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to the effective provision of Perinatal Mental and Infant Mental Health Services to an identified caseload of women. The core purpose of the team is to deliver high quality, tailored interventions in maternal mental health and attachment-based approaches to mothers and infants. The service will play a key role in raising the profile and standards of mental health care for expectant and newly delivered mothers across universal and specialist services.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be part of a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to the effective provision of Perinatal Mental and Infant Mental Health Services to an identified caseload of women. The core purpose of the team is to deliver high quality, tailored interventions in maternal mental health and attachment-based approaches to mothers and infants. The service will have a key role in raising the profile and standards of mental health care for expectant and newly delivered mothers across universal and specialist services.

About us

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands. We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

Job responsibilities

• Educated to diploma/degree level and registered with an appropriate professional body (ie Registered Mental Health Nurse)
• Training to level 3 in Safeguarding children and young people: roles and competencies for Health Care staff or willingness to undertake training.
• Skills and experience in delivering mental health training and education to non-mental health professionals.
• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency environment.
• Substantial experience of managing a busy caseload of clients with a range of mental health problems.
• Working within a community mental health setting in either the statutory or voluntary sector.
• Specialist knowledge in perinatal mental health or willingness to undertake training.
• Specialist knowledge in attachment and infant mental health or willingness to undertake training.
• An understanding of the NSF and Mental Health Act/ Mental Health Capacity Act requirements.
• CPA Process.
• Able to produce well-written reports.
• Ability to communicate with a wide range of professionals from various settings.
• Able to own problems and get involved in the solutions.
• Ability to manage risk and plan creatively to maximize the effectiveness of care plans.
• Able to work independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to manage own time and that of the team.
• Ability to work flexibly and be mobile across a geographical area.
• Excellent communication skills including the ability to engage with clients experiencing a wide range of mental health problems.
• Computer literacy including analysis of data or willingness to train in such.
• Excellent clinical assessment skills.
• Ability to manage change in a positive manner.

Person Specification
Application form and interview
Essential

• Educated to diploma/degree level and registered with an appropriate professional body (ie Registered Mental Health Nurse)
• Training to level 3 in Safeguarding children and young people: roles and competencies for Health Care staff or willingness to undertake training.
• Specialist knowledge in perinatal mental health or willingness to undertake training.
• Working within a community mental health setting in either the statutory or voluntary sector.
• Substantial experience of managing a busy caseload of clients with a range of mental health problems.

Values
Essential

• Continuous Improvement
• Accountability
• Respectfulness
• Enthusiasm
• Support
• High professional standards
• Responsive to service users

Experience
Essential

• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency environment.
• Substantial experience of managing a busy caseload of clients with a range of mental health problems.
• Specialist knowledge in perinatal mental health or willingness to undertake training.
• Ability to communicate with a wide range of professionals from various settings.

Employer details
Employer name
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Hollins Park
Warrington
WA28WA
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