Main area: St Helens Recovery Team - Mental Health Services
Grade: Band 7
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time - 22.5 hours per week
Job ref: 350-MHC6885574
Site: Harry Blackman House
Town: St Helens
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 16/01/2025 23:59
Interview date: 23/01/2025
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnic minorities, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce.
Job overview
A great opportunity has arisen to join St Helens Recovery Team. We are looking for a dedicated Band 7 practitioner to support our RESP Pathway, in the role of Personality Disorder Link Worker. In this role, you will work closely with the wider Recovery MDT and Psychology, offering support and psychological based interventions under NICE guidance, to clients with a diagnosis of Personality Disorder. You will work closely with experienced colleagues in the MDT, with ongoing support and clinical supervision. You will also have the opportunity for continued professional development via access to specific, in depth training to support you in this role. Main duties of the job
You will undertake assessments and offer specific psychological based interventions to clients under the RESP Pathway in the Team. This will involve working with clients, both on an individualised 1-1 basis and group work. You will work closely with the Recovery MDT and wider services, to promote recovery and achieve best outcomes for clients under the RESP Pathway. You will take a lead role in identifying and formulating service users' needs and working together with other professionals and agencies to help meet those needs, providing specific goal based interventions and support. Working for our organisation
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands. We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Detailed job description and main responsibilities
A more detailed job description and person specification is attached to this vacancy. For any further enquiries please contact the Team Manager. Person specification
Qualifications
Up to date Professional Registration (to be maintained) Evidence of continuing professional development in the field of RMN or Occupational Therapist with post qualification and further training in Personality Disorder. Completion of relevant course in DBT/MBT or a willingness to undertake DBT or MBT training. Competent in the writing of formulations Knowledge/Experience
Able to demonstrate an understanding of the Personality disorder Pathway model. Working experience of Inpatient / outpatient settings Experience of formulating risk assessments Experience of working with mental health services (or able to demonstrate transferable skills) A working knowledge of NICE Guidance protocols A clear understanding of complex needs support issues such as homelessness, substance misuse and offending. Knowledge of Safeguarding protocols Knowledge and understanding of how to deal with challenging individuals. Previous experience of delivering Psychological Interventions to people with Personality Disorder Experience of Care Co-ordination Experience of Community Mental Health Care Additional training in Personality Disorder Awareness of Primary Care Multi-agency demands Values
Accountability Support High professional standards Responsive to service users Engaging leadership style Transparency and honesty Discreet Change oriented Skills
Knowledge and understanding of equal opportunities. Able to prioritise and organise workload. Ability to motivate others. Ability to manage risk. Demonstrate an ability to maintain clear boundaries. Demonstration of Psychological awareness of other strengths and weaknesses Demonstration of an ability to have flexibility in their coping style and an awareness to see problems from a different perspective. To be able to chair meetings. Leadership Skills; evidence of clinical leadership in a particular domain, ideally Personality Disorder To demonstrate the ability to tolerate and manage conflict
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A great opportunity has arisen to join St Helens Recovery Team. We are looking for a dedicated Band 7 practitioner to support our RESP Pathway, in the role of Personality Disorder Link Worker. In this role, you will work closely with the wider Recovery MDT and Psychology, offering support and psychological based interventions under NICE guidance, to clients with a diagnosis of Personality Disorder. You will work closely with experienced colleagues in the MDT, with ongoing support and clinical supervision. You will also have the opportunity for continued professional development via access to specific, in depth training to support you in this role. Main duties of the job
You will undertake assessments and offer specific psychological based interventions to clients under the RESP Pathway in the Team. This will involve working with clients, both on an individualised 1-1 basis and group work. You will work closely with the Recovery MDT and wider services, to promote recovery and achieve best outcomes for clients under the RESP Pathway. You will take a lead role in identifying and formulating service users' needs and working together with other professionals and agencies to help meet those needs, providing specific goal based interventions and support. Working for our organisation
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands. We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Detailed job description and main responsibilities
A more detailed job description and person specification is attached to this vacancy. For any further enquiries please contact the Team Manager. Person specification
Qualifications
Up to date Professional Registration (to be maintained) Evidence of continuing professional development in the field of RMN or Occupational Therapist with post qualification and further training in Personality Disorder. Completion of relevant course in DBT/MBT or a willingness to undertake DBT or MBT training. Competent in the writing of formulations Knowledge/Experience
Able to demonstrate an understanding of the Personality disorder Pathway model. Working experience of Inpatient / outpatient settings Experience of formulating risk assessments Experience of working with mental health services (or able to demonstrate transferable skills) A working knowledge of NICE Guidance protocols A clear understanding of complex needs support issues such as homelessness, substance misuse and offending. Knowledge of Safeguarding protocols Knowledge and understanding of how to deal with challenging individuals. Previous experience of delivering Psychological Interventions to people with Personality Disorder Experience of Care Co-ordination Experience of Community Mental Health Care Additional training in Personality Disorder Awareness of Primary Care Multi-agency demands Values
Accountability Support High professional standards Responsive to service users Engaging leadership style Transparency and honesty Discreet Change oriented Skills
Knowledge and understanding of equal opportunities. Able to prioritise and organise workload. Ability to motivate others. Ability to manage risk. Demonstrate an ability to maintain clear boundaries. Demonstration of Psychological awareness of other strengths and weaknesses Demonstration of an ability to have flexibility in their coping style and an awareness to see problems from a different perspective. To be able to chair meetings. Leadership Skills; evidence of clinical leadership in a particular domain, ideally Personality Disorder To demonstrate the ability to tolerate and manage conflict
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