Mental Health Practitioner - Nottingham, United Kingdom - Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

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Nottingham, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We are looking for an innovative and motivated Mental Health Practitioner to work in the Mental Health Treatment Requirement (MHTR) Service.

The MHTR Service aims to improve the opportunities for an individual who is in the Criminal Justice System to access psychological therapies/intervention.

The MHTR is a Community Treatment Order:
a form of diversion within rather than away from the criminal justice system, but outside custody.

The service treatment aims to offer an individual the opportunity to access and engage in individualised psychological therapies therefore improving health and social outcomes and address the underlying cause of offending behaviour.

If you would like a challenge and the opportunity to be an inclusive, creative clinician, this job may be for you.

This post is eligible for a Golden Hello payment of £2,750 for new starters who are external to the Trust.

This is payable in 3 instalments over a 2 year period.

This payment is only eligible to new starters who do not already hold a contract of employment with the Trust.

This post also includes paid enhancements for unsocial hours working during night, weekends and bank holidays.

This is a new development within Notts Healthcare and is a great opportunity to work in a developing service for service users within the criminal justice system, creating the best opportunity for supporting their engagement with services and helping to break the cycle of offending.

The MHTR service comprises of a team of psychologically informed practitioners, led by an accredited psychologist (Clinical Lead).

This role will include supporting and working alongside service users in a collaborative, therapeutic partnership and participation in the development and provision therapeutic activities/psycho-educational programmes and self-management interventions under the supervision of the Clinical Lead Psychologist, or Specialist Mental Health Practitioner.

In this role, the Mental Health Practitioner will undertake screening, assessment and case formulation relating to service users referred into the service.

The role will also include signposting to other service/3rdparty organisations so good links with the local community are essential.

Appointed applicants will have access to robust clinical and managerial supervision and career development opportunities.

The service is committed to ensuring the staff in the team are well equipped to work with the service users accessing the service and so training is well supported and there is a range of access to robust supervision.

This new service has 2 practitioner posts (this post and a Specialist Mental Health Practitioner post) and will be based within the Magistrates Court (primarily) and Westminster House (team base for the Liaison and Diversion Services of which this service sits within).

Referral

Help to make decisions on suitability of new referrals, adhering to the service referral protocols, signpost/refer unsuitable service users on to the relevant service or back to the referral agent as necessary.

Assessment

To undertake service user centred assessments (inc. risk assessments) and create, with them a shared understanding of their needs and difficulties, using this formulation to identify the most appropriate psychological therapy.

Active engagement

Delivery of psychological based interventions under the supervision of the Clinical Lead (or Specialist Mental Health Practitioner in their absence). This engagement may extend to family/friends/carers of the service users where appropriate/necessary.

Develop good working relationships

To effectively liaise and develop links with services with partner agencies i.e. probation, substance use services, Trust services and 3rdparty services etc.

Service evaluation

The Nottingham/Nottinghamshire MHTR service has been identified as an evaluation site. This role will require the post holder to be actively engaged in data collection, collection of routine outcome measures and support Clinical Lead in undertaking periodic evaluations of the service.

Appointed applicants will have access to robust clinical and managerial supervision and career development opportunities.

The service is committed to ensuring the staff in the team are well equipped to work with the complex service users accessing the service and so training is well supported and there is a range of access to robust supervision.