Community Early Intervention Practitioner - Tottenham, United Kingdom - Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust

Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust

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Tottenham, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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The Haringey Early Intervention in Psychosis Team is seeking to recruit a Band 6 or 5 Registered Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker to join our fully substantive team as a Community Early Intervention Practitioner.

We invite applicants as Band 5's who will be supported with our band 5-6 development program. 2 posts have become vacant following the career development.

Our team provide a range of specialist mental health interventions to people aged 18-65, living in Haringey and are presenting a first episode of psychosis.

We have a diverse, and well-supported multidisciplinary team including Nurses, Doctors, Social Workers, Systemic Family Therapists, Psychologists, Cognitive Analytic Therapists, Dual Diagnosis Workers a Peer Support Worker and an IPS employment worker.

Both our IPS worker and DDN are embedded in the team.

We highly value social inclusion and co production. We and have established good working relationships with other organisations, individuals, carers and service users.

We a thriving garden project and will be laying the flooring for our bike project next week. We have a pet therapy dog trainee post.

We have commitment to CPD support, clinical fieldwork education, evidence-based practice supported by internal and external training. We currently have 5 trainees in the team.

We welcome applicants with lived experience and only those who are committed to equality and diversity.

Job Summary:

To undertake the role of care co-ordinator in the assessment, development and delivery of support to people experiencing first episode psychosis.

Working as part of the multi-disciplinary team you will work with individuals and their families or carers providing support, education, family work and evidence based interventions aimed towards promoting recovery.

You will work with people aged between 18 and 64 years in a service which aims to work with other agencies including primary care to raise awareness of psychosis and to reduce the length of time people remain untreated.

To supervise, instruct and teach junior and unqualified staff and students

To undertake duties designed to extend clinical and managerial expertise as delegated by the manager when required. To provide a full care management service to clients and their carers.

Barnet Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust provides local, regional and national award-winning healthcare services. We have more than 3.300 staff working out of 20 main sites serving a population of 1.2 million people. We provide community health services and mental health services for young people, adults and older people.

Our North London Forensic Service treats and cares for people in the criminal justice system who have mental health conditions.

We also provide one of the largest eating disorders services in England, as well as drug and alcohol services.

We are an organisation that is passionate about equality, diversity and inclusion; one that prides itself in developing the leadership capabilities of its employees, looking after their health and wellbeing, creating safe spaces for staff to speak up and providing opportunities to mentor and be mentored.

Our employees are the reason for delivering Good CQC ratings, excellent outcomes and outstanding patient experiences, so it is our aim to create a happy and healthy working environment where you can thrive and succeed.

Main Tasks and Responsibilities:

Carry overall responsibility for the management of a caseload acting as a care co-ordinator /care manager, as defined by the Care Programme Approach and other government and local directives. Ensure care is carried out effectively within a multidisciplinary framework and in collaboration with other agencies. Maintain contact with clients on their caseload during periods of admission, including regular attendance on the ward. To take lead in the planning and implementation of the client's re-integration back into the community.
Provide patients and their carers with a service that is culturally sensitive and gives due consideration to any special needs.

Provide therapeutic interventions by means of assessment and on-going treatment in various settings. Design care programmes in line with risk assessment and psychosocial needs. Discharge clients in line with the Early Intervention policy and procedures

Maintain clear, comprehensive and contemporaneous written clinical records on all clients in accordance with Trust policy, utilising I.T. skills and knowledge to access and input clinical information and data to various electronic system, mainly RIO
Provide formal, on-going clinical supervision and caseload management supervision to junior staff and Support Workers who deal with delegated cases. This includes carrying overall responsibility for their caseloads
Undertake formal and informal teaching of qualified and unqualified staff, including students
Initiate and/or collaborate in clinical developments