Senior Mental Health Practitioner

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity for a mental health practitioner with a keen interest in working with young people whose difficulties are sometimes described by the term ‘personality disorder’. To apply you will need to be a qualified Nurse, Social Work or Occupational Therapist, with post qualification experience.

The service has a proven track record in providing effective services to individuals with a history of trauma, self-harm and interpersonal difficulties. The service has now been adapted to better meet the needs of young people aged 18-25. EMERGE Leeds provides a range of interventions for people with complex emotional and relational difficulties including care coordination, Youth Work, Housing, Peer Support, Occupational Therapy, Psychotherapy and Creative Therapies. Senior Mental Health Practitioners sit at the heart of our established service providing case management and care coordination in the context of the multi-disciplinary team.

Main duties of the job

Senior Mental Health Practitioners in the service manage a caseload and provide care coordination as part of a psychologically informed service, alongside colleagues from range of disciplines and partner organisations. The successful applicant will be expected to develop positive and meaningful therapeutic relationships with individuals who experience emotional distress and interpersonal difficulties, and to provide effective interventions and case management.

We recruit people based on their values and qualifications (where required) and believe that their lived experience is an advantage, this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for. Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Provide effective case management to caseload in the community.
• Develop a therapeutic working relationship with service users whose difficulties have historically been described by the term ‘personality disorder’, and facilitate focussed treatment interventions as appropriate.
• Collaborate with service users, carers and other service providers to develop effective care plans taking responsibility for implementation and regular reviews.
• Ensure effective care co-ordination and communication within care teams, the wider Network and others involved.
• Ensure that crisis plans are in place, up to date and circulated.
• Undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual service users and to provide advice to other professions on risk assessment and risk management.
• Offer psychologically informed assessment to young people referred for care coordination.
• Undertake regular office duty
• Attend monthly clinical supervision
• Attend monthly management supervision
• Attend weekly clinical meeting
• Attend monthly Team Development sessions
• Contribute to the collection of outcomes measures and take part in service evaluation The service actively maintains a reflective, supportive and learning culture to support the work it does.  Opportunities are provided to develop experience and skills and staff are supported to develop within their professional roles. Team members are provided with training and access to both regular clinical and managerial supervision.

You will be required to travel by car within Leeds on a regular basis.

Please contact Kate Lynn if you would like to know more about the service or the role on 0113 8557950

All our information is available in accessible formats. Please contact the Recruitment team [email protected]  Attached to this advert is our candidates guide to values-based recruitment and supporting guidance on how to make a successful application.

If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Recruitment Team or see the attached candidate guide to reasonable adjustments

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading.

So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the Candidate Guide to Values Based Recruitment. This document provides you with information to help you apply.