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• To work as part of care home team in Brent with a focus on physical health monitoring, social inclusion, recovery and engagement.
• To support with the development and delivery of specialist Behavioural management plans within nursing homes in Brent.
• Ensure a high standard of care is provided to patients through participation in all aspects of care planning, provision and evaluation of patients’ needs under the supervision of trained staff.
• Assist in the provision of a flexible, client centred recovery including support in the management of both mental and physical health, and sign posting / support to access social, creative and skills-based activities in the community.
• Triage- Under the guidance of the Behaviour Specialist to provide input into the Care home team
• You may work on a one to one with patients or in a group setting.

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
1. To support with support from qualified staff to support with the booking and identification of assessments of a defined caseload of service users with close supervision from qualified staff.
2. To participate in the delivery of behavioural support plans and interventions within care homes and the community
3. To work in partnership with the MDT and care home staff in delivering of interventions for clients under the care of the Enhanced Care home team
4. To monitor client’s progress taking account of their social and physical environment and adjust interventions accordingly.
5. To undertake delegated clinical tasks to contribute to the safe and smooth running of the service.
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7. To support with support from qualified staff to support with the booking and identification of assessments of a defined caseload of service users with close supervision from qualified staff.
8. To participate in the delivery of behavioural support plans and interventions within care homes and the community
9. To work in partnership with the MDT and care home staff in delivering of interventions for clients under the care of the Enhanced Care home team
10. To monitor client’s progress taking account of their social and physical environment and adjust interventions accordingly.
11. To undertake delegated clinical tasks to contribute to the safe and smooth running of the service.

Brent is a wonderfully diverse borough in London, with our client population coming from many cultures and languages, with the majority having been born outside the UK.

The Brent Older Adults Community Mental Health Team is a well-established, friendly and supportive multidisciplinary team. The team values person-centred care and staff development and wellbeing. It holds regular Reflective Practice meetings and training sessions to develop clinical knowledge and skills, and is involved in national and local research and quality improvement (QI) projects.

JOB TITLE: Mental Health Associate Practitioner – Enhanced

Care Home Team (ECHT)

GRADE: Band 4

SERVICE Brent Enhanced Care home team

LOCATION: Brent, Exact location to be determined. In order to meet the needs of the Trust’s services you may be required from time to time to work outside your normal place of work. The Trust reserves the right to change your normal place of work to any other location within the Trust

ACCOUNTABLE TO: Operational Manager – Brent Older adults mental health team

REPORTS TO: Behaviour Specialist -ECHT

• KEY RELATIONSHIPS: Local Care Homes / Residential care• • • • OPA CMHT
• Service and Team Managers within other CNWL services
• Brent Senior Management Team
• Non-statutory organisations within Brent
• Service users, carers
• GPs

Job Purpose:
The post will:

• To work as part of care home team in Brent with a focus on physical health monitoring, social inclusion, recovery and engagement.
• To support with the development and delivery of specialist Behavioural management plans within nursing homes in Brent.
• Ensure a high standard of care is provided to patients through participation in all aspects of care planning, provision and evaluation of patients’ needs under the supervision of trained staff.
• Assist in the provision of a flexible, client centred recovery including support in the management of both mental and physical health, and sign posting / support to access social, creative and skills-based activities in the community.
• Triage- Under the guidance of the Behaviour Specialist to provide input into the Care home team
• You may work on a one to one with patients or in a group setting.

Overview of Main Responsibilities.

Clinical:
1. To support with support from qualified staff to support with the booking and identification of assessments of a defined caseload of service users with close supervision from qualified staff.
2. To participate in the delivery of behavioural support plans and interventions within care homes and the community
3. To work in partnership with the MDT and care home staff in delivering of interventions for clients under the care of the Enhanced Care home team
4. To monitor client’s progress taking account of their social and physical environment and adjust interventions accordingly.
5. To undertake delegated clinical tasks to contribute to the safe and smooth running of the service.
6. To participate in and contribute to risk assessments and manage, and ensuring that risks are appropriately documented and shared with the wider team and where required escalated.
7. To assist in triaging referrals into the Enhanced care home team, when required seeking further information and clarification by engaging with the wider system including Care home staff, clients themselves and carer/families.

Communication:
1. To form therapeutic relationships with clients in a way that respects their diversity.
2. To report on client’s performance and progress to other multi-disciplinary staff.
3. To engage the MDT and wider support networks including care home staff and families and carers in joint care planning and reflection on outcomes of intervention.
4. To participate in team meetings (clinical and business).

Documentation:
1. To ensure the completion of required statistical information.
2. To ensure that up to date written (and electronic) records are maintained in accordance with Trust policy.
3. To undertake written communication with external agencies as required.

Management:
1. To be responsible for routine departmental tasks.
2. To advise Behaviour Specialist / supervisor on day-to-day resources required to carry out the job.
3. To exercise good personal time management and reliable attendance.

Professional Ethics:
1. To understand and adhere to all Trust policies and guidelines.
2. To demonstrate the ability to reflect on ethical issues.

Supervision and appraisal:
1. In line with Trust guidelines, to review and reflect on own practice and performance through regular participation in professional supervision and appraisal with supervisor and line manager.

Staff and student training:
1. To contribute to the induction of new staff within the team.
2. To contribute to the induction of students on practice placement.
3. To assist manager / colleagues in training other team members to provide meaningful activity for clients.

Service development and delivery:
1. To ensure that areas are well maintained and comply with health and safety guidelines, ensuring the safe use of equipment and storage of materials.
2. To make suggestions regarding service improvements.
3. To participate in the implementation of team, borough and trust wide annual objectives.

Professional development:
1. To undertake relevant activities to meet training needs as identified jointly with supervisor.
2. To maintain a record of training and development activities and record learning outcomes in a portfolio (to provide evidence of achievement of the requirements of the Knowledge and Skills Framework).

Clinical governance:
1. To contribute to the team’s clinical governance agenda.

Research and development:
1. To incorporate up-to-date techniques and ideas of positive practice into the programme of activities.
2. To participate in team audits and research projects as applicable.

NB:
This job description is intended as a guide to the scope of the duties and responsibilities of this post and is not meant as an inflexible specification. It may be reviewed from time to time in consultation with the post holder, in line with changing circumstances and in the light of organisational change.