Senior Mental Health Practitioner
Location: Dawlish, EX7 0NR
Salary: £37338.00 to £44692.00
Date posted: 3rd January 2025
Closing date: 26th January 2025
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Job Description:
We are looking for Senior Mental Health Practitioners (SMHP) to join the Community Forensic Team based in Dawlish Devon. This is an exciting opportunity to join our Team at one of the Country's most respected providers of Secure Mental Health Services.
The Community Forensic Team is managed within the Secure Services Directorate by Devon Partnership NHS Trust. Within the Directorate there are 2 separate Local Delivery units (LDUs): Inpatient Services and Community Forensic Services (CFS).
The CFS is comprised of 3 teams including the Community Forensic team (CFT), Forensic Intellectual and Neurodevelopmental disorder team (FIND) and the Forensic Personality Disorder service (FPDs). Since 2021 the CFS have been working to integrate the management of the SCFT, FIND and FPD teams to ensure a single point of entry to the service, centralising triage and gatekeeping functions. Whilst the teams have retained their individual identities and remits they have effectively become one integrated CFS.
The Specialist CFS Team supports social integration prior to and post-discharge from an inpatient setting, with a focus on occupational routine, prosocial identity development, relational security and vocational opportunities.
The overarching aim of the CFS is to deliver a model of integrated care and support across all elements of a service users pathway, with a specific focus on prevention through admission avoidance and early intervention through collaboration with other services.
Main duties of the job:
You will be a core member of a multi-disciplinary CFT and be responsible for taking an active role in carrying out the functions of the team; including carrying a case load of varying complexity, with a principle focus on service users who would benefit most from a specialist forensic intervention.
You will provide expert assessment and treatment for people with complex mental health difficulties and their carers. This will include recovery co-ordination (design and co-ordination of treatment packages that are personalised and evaluated). You will work with another Care Coordinator to provide holistic client centred care co-ordination.
For those in inpatient care, there is an aim to support flow through the Secure Directorate and reduce re admission following discharge into the Community.
The liaison with a wide range of statutory and non-statutory agencies is central. You will contribute to the clinical leadership of the team, providing supervision for other members and participating in team and service development, and evaluation.
You will often work under pressure without direct supervision, so we are looking for someone confident and capable. You will prioritise tasks, and manage your own workload, providing support for your colleagues where required.
You may be required to support the induction of new staff members and students.
Free car parking available on site.
About Us:
We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.
We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families & carers in everything we do.
Our values:
We not only recruit based on qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess & demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. These include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion.
We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile; making time for people; challenging ourselves & others, & being open to new ideas.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part time & flexible working applications will be considered & supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health conditions, neurodiversity or learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader.
Job responsibilities:
For further information regarding this role, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification:
Qualifications:
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Knowledge and Skills:
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Additional Criteria:
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Experience:
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Disclosure and Barring Service Check:
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship:
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
UK Registration:
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
Employer details:
Employer name: Devon Partnership NHS Trust
Address: Easby House, Langdon Hospital, Dawlish, Devon, EX7 0NR
Employer's website: https://www.dpt.nhs.uk/
Contact Information:
Community Forensic Team Manager
Isabel Westwood
01626884463