Trainee Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioner - Plymouth, United Kingdom - Livewell Southwest

Livewell Southwest
Livewell Southwest
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Plymouth, United Kingdom

1 week ago

Tom O´Connor

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Communication and Working Relationship Skills To form professional relationships with service users and communicate with them in a way that respects their views, autonomy and culture.

To monitor and record progression, highlight concerns and report any perceived changes in service users wellbeing to the team To demonstrate effective communication skills in discussing highly sensitive and complex information appropriately with people whose understanding may be temporarily or permanently impaired.

To provide relevant information, written and oral, for records and reviews relating to service users progress under supervision from a suitably qualified member of the team.

Provide highly effective written communications as required for service users and other health and care professionals Report regularly and in detail to the clinical skills supervisor and case management supervisor.


Make good use of clinical skills and case management supervision to discuss casework, make plans for action, reflect on and implement best practice in care planning and interventions.

Analytical and Judgement Skills Undertake complex clinical risk assessments, based on latest empirical evidence and compliant with local policies / procedures Reporting of exceptions, complaints and gaps in service Assist in data collection for the on-going evaluation of the service Assist in Promotion of the Service locally and nationally as appropriate Act as the persons and their carers / familys advocate Incident reporting - To report any incidents of harm or near miss in line with the LWSW incident reporting policy supporting appropriate actions are taken to reduce the risk of reoccurrence To assist with ensuring day to day practice reflects the highest standards of governance, clinical effectiveness, safety and person experience To be aware of the responsibility of all employees to maintain a safe and healthy environment To comply at all times with the LWSW Safer Governance related policies Seek advice and support from senior colleagues/line manager whenever necessary Planning and Organisational Skills Ensure good documentation is provided and entered within the appropriate systems of record sharing Plan assessment/appointments for service users Discuss and arrange appropriate police response as required under guidance from senior staff Co-ordinate any agreed lone working arrangements To be responsible for the prevention and control of infection Responsibility for Persons Care, Treatment and Therapy Carry out relevant risk assessments and risk management with the multi-disciplinary team Engage calmly and with sensitivity and empathy to support service users in highly distressing or emotional circumstances.

Engage with and gather information from service users, relatives and patient records to develop a formulation.

To work in collaboration with the individual service user and their family and carers as appropriate to develop care plans that are focused on strengths and are outcome based.


To attend multi-disciplinary reviews and act as a care co-ordinator, for a caseload of service users in order to support and monitor progress during the course of multi-disciplinary interventions.

To set collaborative goals for intervention with service users To deliver specified wellbeing-focused psychologically-informed interventions, in line with best available evidence, under close supervision from a clinical psychologist or CBT therapist including: Behavioural activation and graded exposure Teaching problem-solving skills Improving sleep Recognising and managing emotions Guided self-help for bulimia and binge-eating Building confidence Medication support To be responsive to service users needs and choices; and uphold their right to be treated with dignity and respect.

To include carers and families in line with the service users wishes.

To liaise with other health and care providers, including third sector agencies and primary care, to ensure continuity of care for service users.


To communicate information concerning the assessment, formulation and care plans of service users in a skilled and sensitive manner in order to promote effective multi-disciplinary working and therapeutic outcomes for clients.

To develop collaborative plans for relapse prevention To deal with endings appropriately and safely with service users, families and carers.

Responsibility for Policy and Service Development Implementation Participate in programmes of audit and research within the team as agreed, implementing the findings Contribute to clinical governance arrangements in order to ensure the quality of the service provided Involvement in the development of local systems and process that ensure the implementation of LWSW policies Responsibility for Finance, Equipment and Other Resources The post holder does not have financial responsibility for budgetary management It is the individual post holders responsibility to manage organisational resources efficiently and to suggest eff
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