Graduate Mental Health Worker

Job overview

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. If it is identified that you require sponsorship to undertake this role your application may be withdrawn

As a Graduate Mental Health Worker you will assist in the assessment of care needs and the formulation, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care for individuals.

You will deliver relevant forms of psychosocial and psychologically informed care under agreed levels of supervision.

You will assist in identifying strategies to support mental wellbeing and in the promotion of self-care and social inclusion.

You will communicate and work collaboratively with Mental Health team colleagues and the prison teams to meet the needs of patients.

You will support the delivery of timely access to integrated, high quality, service user-centred services that enable people with mental health needs, and/or substance use issues to improve their well-being and functionality, thereby preventing, reducing or delaying the need for more specialist services.

As part of the integrated team, under the supervision of qualified mental health practitioners, you will work to ensure that the needs of service users are addressed by offering appropriate interventions in both one to one and group settings. This will include promoting wellbeing, independence and choice whilst preventing, reducing or delaying the greater onset of need.

You will be expected to adhere to relevant policy and procedure.

You will liaise with other professionals and agencies both statutory and non-statutory to provide holistic care and treatment.

The co-facilitation of group work will be an expectation of the role.

Being a compassionate individual will be essential.

Main duties of the job

• To be an integral member of the multi-disciplinary team, working with individuals who are experiencing mental health issues, providing targeted Mental Health interventions (in one to one and group settings) under the instruction/supervision of registered Mental Health professionals.
• To engage identified individuals in low intensity support and interventions that focus on mental health awareness, well-being and mental health promotion.
• To support prevention of and early intervention in mental health difficulties supporting all service users to develop self-efficacy and resilience and a personal mental health / mind plan.
• Support and work with the team to improve the interface between services for people with mental health difficulties.
• Work with the Mental Health Practitioners in the team to provide tailored individual care and support plans describing anticipated treatment/s and support packages that promote recovery including a focus on psycho-social and psychologically informed interventions in both one to one and group settings.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description for the full list of duties and responsibilities.

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.