Senior Mental Health Practitioner

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Full time
Location: Ipswich
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Job offered by: The Madison Group
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Do you want to work for an award-winning team? Ipswich Adult CMHT have been recognised for Working together for better mental health.

You will be well supported within a friendly and well-established award-winning team, with continuing opportunities and ongoing professional development.

Ipswich Adult community team specialise in working with adults who are experiencing mental illness. The team are based in Ipswich and you will be working with one of the most complex demographics within Suffolk. We focus on Recovery based interventions and strive to work in partnership with those we care for, their families and their networks. We are looking for people to join us to continue to build on an already successful service. We aim to continuously improve the service delivery and outcomes as a part of NSFT.

You’ll be working alongside a multi-disciplinary team, undertake the role of the duty worker as part of our team’s rota. You’ll regularly be working with external agencies as part of a service user's care, so being able to work well in a team and having excellent communication skills is vital. You can expect a thorough induction and training / preceptorship period, as well as opportunities for ongoing development.

You can expect a manageable case load and a supportive management team to ensure you’re able to work independently but support is never far away if needed.

The typical job roles and responsibilities will include:

Working with other multi-disciplinary professionals within the team. Undertake initial assessments. Liaise with statutory and voluntary sectors. The successful candidate will be an integral part of this team. You will contribute to meetings both within the service and in wider networks. Effective personal planning and organisation of daily workload. Flexible working and manage own working time effectively and accordingly to service demands. Managing and providing a high quality of care. Managing a case load of patients that have a range of mental health needs. Initiate, create and maintain therapeutic relationships with patients and carers, ensuring that practice is patient centred. Participating in the duty rota. Practicing in line with policy, guidance and legislation. Carrying out risk assessment, crisis and safety planning. Working closely with the ACS mental health team to support our patients, meeting both their mental health needs and their Care Act needs. To support patients in being discharged back to primary care.

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established nursing networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you’ll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We’re an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

Benefits included with this role are:

NHS pension A comprehensive in house & external training programmes Career progression Starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays) Staff physio service NHS discounts and many more Relocation packages.

The post will involve you working autonomously in the community. You will engage with people, and using effective communication, often in difficult and stressful circumstances. You will be undertaking initial assessments, introducing services, making referrals to appropriate agencies, and monitoring and supporting situations to achieve positive outcomes for our service users and carers. You will be supported within your practice via a helpful team.

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.

** Previous Applicants Need Not Apply **

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