mental health counselor Southend-on-Sea, England
Job description
To be responsible for the assessment, planning implementation and evaluation of the evidence based care required, including health promotion for a caseload of service users within the Recovery and Wellbeing service and to be responsible for the appropriate clinical risk assessment. To be responsible for the admission, case conference/reviews and discharge in collaboration with members of the multi-disciplinary team. To be responsible for participating in the development of the service, setting of quality standards, including the auditing, monitoring and reviewing in line with current clinical guidance practice and policy. To ensure promotion of carer and service user involvement within the service and for its provision.
To be responsible for establishing therapeutic relationships with service users, and the implementation of evidence based therapeutic interventions with appropriate boundaries in accordance with Nursing and Midwifery Councils professional code of conduct. To be responsible for ensuring that carers assessments, education and support is delivered in accordance with the requirements of the NSF. To deputise and provide appropriate support and caseload coverage for colleagues/team members.
