Mental Health Associate Practitioner - HMP Downview London, England
Job description
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust is a Top Employer Award Winner and works in partnership to provide responsive and dependable primary care, mental health, intellectual disability and substance misuse services to the diverse and culturally rich communities we serve.
In our quest to deliver patient-focused quality care we are looking to recruit a highly motivated, innovative and enthusiasticMental HealthAssociate Practitionerto join our forward thinking, friendly and expandingHealth & Justiceteam atHMP Downview. By joining our Prisons Health Care Team, you will not only look after the healthcare needs of our patients residing in secure environments, but who also have the opportunity to have a real impact on promoting health and well-being.
Our motto is“Caring NOT Judging”so by working in partnership with the criminal justice system and other agencies, we provide responsive, dependable and high-quality primary care and mental health services to those who may have offended and those at risk of offending in the communities we serve, to improve their health status and to encourage social inclusion.
PLEASE NOTE ANY CANDIDATE WISHING TO APPLY FOR ANY OF OUR ROLES IN SURREY WILL BE SUBJECT TO VETTING CLEARANCE. WHICH REQUIRES YOU TO HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT IN THE UK FOR A MINIMUM OF 3 YEARS. CANDIDATES WHO DO NOT MEET THIS CRITERIA NEED NOT APPLY.
The purpose of this post is to work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team within a prison healthcare setting, working with service users with mental health problems, focusing on the direct needs of service users, working across boundaries of care, organisations and roles coordinated through the Care Programme Approach.
The role is to provideSupport, giveTime to an allocated group of service users and thus promoteRecovery to facilitate discharge from the recovery & rehabilitation service into the community. To assist qualified staff members from the recovery & rehabilitation service, and care coordinators in the community in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating individual care plans.
To achieve the objectives of this role, the post-holder must have the individual service user needs at the fore at all times and use the agreed set of values and skills to underpin their day to day work.
This will include being able to demonstrate knowledge of:
- How to listen and communicate effectively
- How to build community links
- How to spend time effectively
- How to be empathic, compassionate and patient
- How to deal sensitively with distress, disturbance and unpredictability
- How to be non-judgemental
- Monthly supervision
- Annual personal development plans/appraisals
- Access to exciting internal and external training opportunities.
- Preceptorship Programme
- Support and guidance with Revalidation
- Hidden Gem and annual award ceremonies
- Health and wellbeing services
- Season ticket loans
- Cycle to work scheme
- Relocation package
All of our sites in Surrey offer free use of the onsite leisure facilities and free parking for staff.
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.
Clinical:
- To ensure that service users engage effectively with the agreed Care Plan and access appropriate services provided on a regular and consistent basis
- Provide information on health promotion
- Help to identify early signs of relapse by monitoring the service user’s progress, level of functioning and mental state and alert the appropriate staff involved in the service user’s care.
- To assist in the delivery of the therapy programme within the service by co-facilitating groups
- To liaise with and refer service users to other healthcare services to ensure continuation of appropriate treatment
- To be actively involved in regular multi-disciplinary risk assessments along with daily informal risk assessment when carrying STR Worker interventions
- Report regularly to qualified staff
- To maintain adequate records as required by existing procedures, entering appropriate details on the service users case notes as necessary
- Participate in the review of the service provided to clients overall by STR worker and advise any changes to the supervisor
- To provide an out-reach service, in conjunction with the service-user’s care coordinator, for clients discharged from our 24-hour healthcare facility for a defined period after discharge
- To undertake such other duties as may be determined from time to time within the general scope of the post
- To attending and actively participating in training sessions and team/CPA review meetings.
- Receive and utilise clinical supervision to develop and maintain safe practice
- To dress and behave in a professional manner appropriate to the role
- To be able to function effectively as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
- Liaise effectively across services.
- To fully participate in the Trust’s performance review and personal development planning process on an annual basis.
- To achieve and demonstrate agreed standards of personal and professional development within agreed timescales.
- Maintain confidentiality at all times
- Ensure service users are treated with dignity and respect
- To contribute positively to the effectiveness and efficiency of the teams in which he/she works.
- To contribute to a healthy and safe working environment by adhering to health and safety regulations and Trust policies.
- To participate in Clinical Governance activities
- To be aware of your responsibilities in line with the 1983 Mental Health Act and other relevant legislation
- Undertake training as necessary in line with the development of the post and as agreed with line manager as part of the personal development planning process.
- To participate in the service line learning & development meetings and training
