Living Well Mental Health Practitioner
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Job overview
An exciting opportunity for a senior mental health practitioner to work within the Living Well service in Tameside & Glossop.
The post involves working collaboratively with individuals in a community setting to help them navigate and connect to a range of mental health services, community activities / services in line with their individual needs, circumstances and goals to enhance their health, wellbeing, quality of life.
Main duties of the job
Offer initial conversation / biopsychosocial assessments, collaboratively engage in person centered next step plan. Screen referrals coming through the open door and if required devises risk management plans with service users as part of the Duty function. This pathway promotes self-management to enable service users' engagement with other parts of LWT & offers advice to colleagues where necessary.
As a SMHP you will also be able to offer brief interventions (max12 weeks) including devising coping strategies, problem-solving, motivational & behavioral activation work, anxiety management, risk management & suicide prevention work, medication support, promoting social & interagency support, providing psychological support & biopsychosocial education aimed at insight development, promoting self-help through resources & signposting & reviewing treatment plans with service users deemed too complex for other parts of LWT or who may not meet the criteria for secondary care services.
Key Requirements of the Person Specification: Applicants must possess RMN / RNMH / Social Worker / OT or equivalent.
Completion of Preparation for Mentorship / Practice Teacher/, is desirable together with significant post-registration experience.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification to support your application for this post. Please refer to the essential criteria in the person specification which will highlight the skills, knowledge and experience you will need to demonstrate in your application, by way of example, to give yourself the best opportunity to be shortlisted.
Please note, this is not an exhaustive list.