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Job summary

Main area
HM Prisons
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 22.5 hours per week
Job ref
301-IT-24-6291339-A
Employer
Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust - Inclusion Services
Employer type
NHS
Site
HMP Stoke Heath
Town
Market Drayton
Salary
£28,407 - £34,581 per annum, pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
19/09/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust - Inclusion Services logo

Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioner

Band 5

Job overview

Are you looking for a Mental Health role with a difference? Why not bring your skills into Prison healthcare?
 
Our Mental Health Service at HMP Stoke Heath is looking for a qualified Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner (MHWP) to join its friendly and professional team, to provide evidence-based interventions and plan care for adults with severe mental health problems.
 
The team is innovative, forward thinking and committed to a Recovery focused approach that meets people's needs. The variety of the role will keep things fresh and stimulating and you will be part of a supportive team with effective management providing supervision and guidance.
 
 

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work alongside service users, families, carers and multi-disciplinary team members to plan care, supporting collaborative decision-making about care and treatment,  and deliver a set of wellbeing-focused psychologically-informed interventions, aligned to cognitive-behavioural principles, based on the best evidence available, that address problems often experienced by people with severe mental health problems. 

Working under close case management supervision from a suitably qualified professional you will provide high quality collaborative care planning as a member of the multi-disciplinary team. To work under close clinical skills supervision from an HCPC registered practitioner psychologist or BABCP accredited cognitive behavioural therapist to provide specified psychologically-informed wellbeing-focused interventions.

Working for our organisation

Inclusion, created in 2002 is part of the Specialist Services Care Group of Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT). We provide caring and effective services across England, including, West Yorkshire, West Midlands, East Midlands, West Mercia, Thames Valley, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Thurrock, Essex. 
 
We support individuals, families and communities who are affected by addiction, crime, mental health or need treatment for their sexual health. We believe that the individuals and families who use our services should receive high quality, committed and inclusive care, realising all the benefits a modern NHS organisation can provide.
 
We work with patients and our staff teams to achieve the best outcomes we can. We invest heavily in training and development, and the wellbeing of our people, both staff and service users is central to who we are. Here at MPFT, we are proud of the comprehensive wellbeing and lifestyle support offer available, in addition to in-house training and coaching support.
 
Our services are robustly governed, evidence-based, inclusive, and designed and provided in conjunction with service users. We are committed to providing the best service we can, and if you share our values, we want you on our team!
 
For more information about HMP Stoke Heath and our incentives offer please see attached information

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person for full details. A summary is provided below:

  • 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.
  • Deliver psychologically informed evidence based interventions to a caseload of male service users currently residing in prison.
  • 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 for a caseload of service users liaising with the care co-ordinator to support and monitor progress. 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • A graduate certificate (Level 6) or postgraduate certificate (Level 7) delivering the national curriculum for Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners (Adult Specialist Mental Health)

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of working with people with mental health needs gained through a graduate certificate or postgraduate certificate training with significant supervised practice
  • Experience running groups/activities
  • Experience of analysing and communicating complex information verbally and in writing
Desirable criteria
  • Lived experience of mental health issues/difficulties

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Veteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveCare quality commission - GoodMindful employer. Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerStep into healthArmed Forces Covenant

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Stephanie Nicholls
Job title
Team Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01630 636036
Additional information

If you would like to know more and find out whether joining our dedicated team is for you then please get in touch with Stephanie Nicholls as we would love to hear from you.  

**** We do not accept CVs.  Applications will only be considered if made via the website.****

****This vacancy may close early if a sufficient number of applications are received.****

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