Assistant Practitioner - Norwich, United Kingdom - Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

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Norwich, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

The Norfolk Secure Services Forensic Community Mental Health Team provide recovery-focused community care. This is for offenders who have been, or are being, discharged from a secure unit.

This is to focus on service user progression and achieving the best for the service user by reducing the risks of re admission, shorter stays in hospitals and supporting with more community resource to aid recovery.

I am reaching out to get you on board this exciting opportunity to make a difference.

We are openly welcoming people from a diverse clinical background who poses a vast experience in different areas of mental health.

Your wealth of skills and expertise in metal health will be valued and career progression will be supported within our line management and appraisal structures.

You will be expected to complete collaborative assessments and review CPA with Service users and their friends, family, and carers.

The MDT is recovery focused and works with a mixed caseload of male and female service users who have complex mental health needs.

Working with carers, relatives and other third-party agencies will be a very crucial part of your role.

In addition, this role will focus on supporting reintegration back into the community by in reaching services users placed in inpatient areas and proactively supporting plans to discharge into the community.

Our team has a good reputation in retaining staff and values and embrace a culture of mutual respect, transparency, integrity, and collaborative working.

We are a friendly and ambitious team, welcoming of new clinicians who may or may not have previous experience in this field.

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing their experiences and learning from each other.

Norfolk is a great all-year holiday, weekend, or short break destination.

On the mid-east coast of England, we enjoy over 90 miles of unspoilt coastline, beautiful countryside, the unique Broads National Park, forests and heathland, internationally important nature reserves, picturesque market towns, amazing birdwatching and the fabulous seaside resorts of Great Yarmouth, Cromer.

Norwich Airport is 5 miles from the City and you will be an hour and half away by road to London Stanstead Airport.

Benefits:

Benefits included with this role are:

NHS pension

- a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
- career progression
- starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
- staff physio service

NHS discounts and many more
Relocation packages.

By joining our team, you will be well supported to develop further your knowledge and skills to deliver evidence-based interventions for the group of service users.

Personal development will be supported through meaningful Appraisal and via a bespoke training package (a comprehensive in house & external training programmes).

On a monthly basis you will be offered reflective practice sessions, mandatory clinical supervision, and Line management supervision. You will also have an opportunity to actively take part in Quality improvement projects within the service.

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY