Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner

Job overview

We are looking for a qualified Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner with a passion for working with older people, to join our friendly Older Adult Community Mental Health Team in Bolton. You will be working closely as part of our Therapies Hub, which consists of two Clinical Psychologists, one CERN Practitioner, and a Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner. You will also play a key role in the wider multi-disciplinary team, working closely with Psychiatrists, Clinical Psychologists, a CERN Practitioner, Nurses, Occupational Therapists, a Physiotherapist, Carer Support Workers, Physical Health Professionals, and Support Workers.

If you are eager to gain experience working with an older adult population, and you are passionate about supporting older people with severe and enduring mental health difficulties, we would love to hear from you!

If you have any questions about the role or the team, or you would like to arrange a visit to meet the team before applying, please get in touch via the contact details at the bottom of the page.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work under close case management supervision from a suitably qualified professional to provide high quality collaborative care planning as a member of the multi-disciplinary team. The post holder will work under close clinical skills supervision from an HCPC registered clinical psychologist to provide specified psychologically informed interventions, with a level of autonomy matched to level of demonstrated competence.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Carry out relevant risk assessments and risk management with the multi-disciplinary team.
• Engage calmly and with sensitivity and empathy to support service users in highly distressing or emotional circumstances.
• Engage with and gather information from service users, relatives and patient records to develop a formulation.
• To work in collaboration with the individual service user and their family and carers as appropriate to develop and contribute to care plans that are focused on strengths and are outcome based.

To attend multi-disciplinary reviews for a caseload of service users in order to support and monitor progress during the course of multi-disciplinary interventions.

• To set collaborative goals for intervention with service users.
• To deliver specified wellbeing-focused psychologically informed interventions, in line with best available evidence, under close supervision from a clinical psychologist. These will include but are not limited to:
• Behavioural activation and graded exposure
• Anxiety management
• Teaching problem-solving skills
• Improving sleep
• Recognising and managing emotions
• Building confidence
• Relapse prevention
• To be responsive to service users’ needs and choices; and uphold their right to be treated with dignity and respect.
• To include carers and families in line with the service user’s wishes.
• To liaise with other health and care providers, including third-sector agencies and primary care, to ensure continuity of care for service users.
• To communicate information concerning the assessment, formulation and care plans of service users in a skilled and sensitive manner in order to promote effective multi-disciplinary working and therapeutic outcomes for clients.
• To develop collaborative plans for relapse prevention.

To deal with endings appropriately and safely with service users, families and carers.

• To form professional relationships with service users and communicate with them in a way that respects their views, autonomy and culture.
• To monitor and record progression, highlight concerns and report any

perceived changes in service users’ wellbeing to the team.

• To demonstrate effective communication skills in discussing highly sensitive and complex information appropriately with people whose understanding may be temporarily or permanently impaired.
• To provide relevant information, written and oral, for records and reviews relating to service users’ progress under supervision from a suitably qualified member of the team.
• Provide highly effective written communications as required for service users and other health and care professionals.
• Report regularly and in detail to the clinical skills supervisor and case management supervisor.

Make good use of clinical skills and case management supervision to discuss casework, make plans for action, reflect on and implement best practice in care planning and interventions.

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.