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    Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner/CAMHS Practitioner - Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom - Livewell Southwest

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    An exciting opportunity has arisen for enthusiastic and motivated individuals to join our new First Response Service.

    The Service promotes a dynamic and innovative way of working, triaging and responding to crisis referrals, using both tele-coaching and video communication technology as well as face-to-face assessments.

    (Livewell's First Response Service links closely with our AMHP Service including the Joint Response Unit which could involve working alongside multi-agency colleagues (ie Police, Paramedics) during the evenings providing acute assessment and care and support to people experiencing mental health crisis in the community (responding in a marked response vehicle).

    As such this B6 role could provide the experience required for future AMHP training, subject to further expression of interest/application, and AMHP posts/training becoming available.

    This role may not be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route, please refer to the Direct Gov website for more information with regards to eligibility.

    The role of Senior Mental Health Practitioner will require working collaboratively with key partner organisations, service users, carers, clinicians and other practitioners within a multi-disciplinary team in delivering services to provide brief clinical risk and mental health assessment, formulation and short-term contingency planning for people presenting in mental health crisis.

    The service provides a 7-day a week, 24-hours a day service for 365 days a year and involves working shifts.

    Although based in the First Response Service the service and role are part of our integrated community mental health service offer and as such may also provide the opportunity to work across different team(s).

    Livewell Southwest is an independent, award-winning social enterprise providing integrated health & social care services for people across Plymouth, South Hams & West Devon, as well as some specialist services for people living in parts of Devon & Cornwall.

    With teams in community hospitals, GP practices, sports centres, health & wellbeing hubs.
    Transforming services to make them sustainable, ensuring that we value, support & empower each other.

    We are committed to involving the people we care for, families & carers in everything that we do, working towards co-production where we can.

    Helping us to deliver the right care for people, in the right place & at the right time.

    By putting people at the centre of what we do, we ensure to support people to lead, healthy independent lives & be the very best at helping people to live well.

    Valuing our employees making an investment in their development a priority. Various development pathways and ongoing regular training packages for all staff
    Access & funding for training including Care Certificate, Assistant Practitioners Course & Scholarship Into Nurse Training
    Existing members of the NHS Pension Scheme can continue their membership when they join the organisation.

    Senior Mental Health Practitioners provide brief clinical risk and mental health assessment, formulation and short-term contingency planning for people presenting in mental health crisis.

    Working within the community, Senior Mental Health Practitioners provide face-to-face assessments working closely with other mental health services and agencies such as the police, ambulance and local authority.

    Using a range of brief solution-focused interventions, Senior Mental Health Practitioners empower patients, carers and their families in decision making and divert to a range of health and social care resources for support.

    These include primary care settings, community settings, and other health service sites, as required. This could include the Joint Response Unit vehicle.

    Lone working in the community is a major element of this job as is potential exposure to verbal and physical aggression.

    The First Response Service links closely with our AMHP Service including the Joint Response Unit:


    • As such the postholder, subject to demonstrating the necessary skills and attributes, and dependent on post and course/funding availability, could consider applying to undertake AMHP training (there will be an additional internal recruitment process at this point)
    • The role could also involve working alongside multiagency colleagues (ie Police, Paramedics) during the evenings providing acute assessment and care and support to people experiencing mental health crisis in the community (responding in a marked response vehicle).

    frequent travel from base to and between the above- The First Response Service provides a 7-day a week, 24-hours a day service for 365 days a year working shifts.

    Degree in Healthcare in relevant area supplemented by a post-graduate qualification or specialist training with relevant experience.
    NMC, HCPC, Social Work England)
    Evidence of continuing professional development
    Medical / non-medical prescribing
    Mental health care/treatment relevant to service
    Working with people presenting in mental health crisis
    Multi-agency working/working across service interfaces
    Suitable Candidates will show a clear willingness to develop skills in the areas of both functional mental health problems and older peoples/complex care mental health needs

    Teaching, training and/or supervision of clinical staff
    Previous experience of working in a community mental health setting.
    Experience of change in health care.

    Personal Qualities and Attributes
    Successful completion of Health Screening
    B immunisation/Hep B immune
    Embrace opportunity to work with local community, 3rd sector and other partners
    Positive approach to older people
    Willingness to be flexible in approach and attitude

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