Senior Mental Health Practitioner - Reading, United Kingdom - Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
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Reading, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Tom O´Connor

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This is an exciting opportunity for you to join our Stabilisation Team where you will find yourself primarily working with people with emotionally unstable personality disorder.


Do you feel like you never have the time or space to work with clients in real and meaningful ways? Do you find you're left holding risks on your own? Although the work can be stressful the team is structured around ensuring risk is thought about, shared and held collectively.

We prioritise considerable space for reflection and supervision both with colleagues and senior staff.


You will be joining a small, progressive team comprising of mental health practitioners, a Lived Experience Practitioner and a Clinical Psychologist.


We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated, and dynamic professional who is genuinely interested in working with individuals who experience emotional instability.

Working pattern and Service operating hours

The Team's current operating hours are Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm


Aims:

To reduce occupied bed days and facilitate timely discharge

To reduce readmission to inpatient services

To identify treatment needs and refer within the EUPD pathway as necessary or wider services


Job role includes:

Community based

Offer short-term (up to 12 weeks) intensive individual psychologically informed interventions for stabilisation

Flexibility to be eclectic in interventions

Collaborative approach based on the individuals needs and priorities towards a life worth living

Contribute towards the psychological formulation of the individual

Work collaboratively and with colleagues and other teams to manage risk in a positive and inclusive way

Supporting other services and treatment teams

Supervision of junior staff within a multidisciplinary team

Weekly team supervision and support

Monthly individual supervision offered as a minimum with an identified supervisor

If desired, there may be opportunities to work across ASSIST and other IMPACTT services.

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire.

We value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer. We work hard to create an inclusive environment where you'll be supported by friendly and professional colleagues to flourish.


Our values at Berkshire Healthcare:

Caring for and about you is our top priority

Committed to providing good quality, safe services

Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.


Benefits of working for us include:
Flexible working options to support work-life balance.

27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell

Generous NHS pension scheme

Excellent learning and career development opportunities

'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme

Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services

Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants

Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities and armed forces community to support equality

Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave.

Free parking across Trust sites


We require a reflective practitioner, who is compassionate and considerate towards others and able to work with positive risk for the benefit of individuals.

Our base is at Erlegh House on the University of Reading Whiteknights campus. This is a spacious parkland site and is a very pleasant setting. There is sufficient car parking which is free and includes electric vehicle charge points.


The 4 "must haves" for you to be considered for this role:
An interest and enthusiasm to work with individuals who have a diagnosis of EUPD/emotion dysregulation

Degree level Professional qualification (Nurse, Occupational Therapy, Social worker and current professional registration)

Minimum of 2 years' post qualification experience of working with adults with mental health problems

Car driver & possess full UK driver's license or evidence of ability to travel to designated base & other sites to fulfil the requirements of the position

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
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