CRHTT Associate Mental Health Worker | Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 14 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £25,147 - £27,596 Per annum inclusive of Outer London HCAS |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 June 2024 |
| Location: | London, EN2 8JL |
| Company: | Barnet Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6309720/306-BEH-1647-B |
Summary
The Enfield Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team is an innovative and creative multi-disciplinary team, always looking to improve the service it provides to its community.
The team is looking for a talented Band 4 Graduate/Associate Mental Health Worker who will be responsible for assessing a mental health crisis and delivering safe and effective home treatment for people in accordance with their care plan and risk assessment under supervision of senior clinicians within the service
The right candidate should be forward thinking, able to work on their own as well as part of the team as the role will involve being responsible for risk assessment and management, care planning and care delivery within a team approach. The post holder should be confident in assessing and managing mental health and social needs and be able to deliver a range of therapeutic techniques. Devising care plans in partnership with the people that are referred, and their carers/families is essential. The post holder will work collaboratively with clients, carers and multiple other agencies to provide effective care to optimize and maintain clients’ mental health and overall functioning, ensuring needs are met.
Due to high number of applications this vacancy may close early.
1. May be asked from time to time to undertake a range of duties which relate to direct patient care, under supervision following competency assessment
2. Assist in the coordination of care delivery for a delegated number of service users under the supervision of a registered professional, in close collaboration with the Directorate, psychiatric multidisciplinary team, service users and other community agencies.
3. Work under the supervision of qualified staff that supervise their caseload.
4. Contribute to the monitoring of the physical environment ensuring that it is safe and conducive to the therapeutic work of the unit/community setting
5. Have informed knowledge and understanding in the psychological, social,
physical and spiritual needs of all service users
6. Actively participate in the care and support of service users as per the plan of care
7. Maintain clear, timely, comprehensive and contemporaneous written clinical records on all patients in accordance with Trust policies
8. Utilising IT skills and knowledge to access and input clinical information and data to the Trust Electronic System (RiO) and Local Authority IT system.
BEHMHT is a multiple award-winning, combined mental health (MH) and community Trust providing local, regional and national healthcare services. We are one of the largest employers in North London with over 3000 staff delivering a range of mental health and community services to a population of over one million. In Enfield, we provide a full range of child and adult community health services, which over the last few years has been integrating with its mental health services to provide better and more holistic care. BEH manages the renowned North London Forensic Services (NLFS) which delivers MH care across some of the prisons and provides MH services as HM Young Offenders Institutions in Aylesbury. We are rated as 'Outstanding' by the CQC. We have also been appointed as the lead provider of forensic mental health services across North London managing the devolved New Models of care budget of £170m from 2018/19. We also provide one of the largest eating disorder services in England, as well as drug and alcohol services.
We are an organisation that is passionate about equality, diversity, and inclusion; one that prides itself in developing the leadership capabilities of its employees, looking after their health and wellbeing, creating safe places for staff to speak up and providing opportunities to mentor and be mentored. Our employees are the reason for delivering Good CQC ratings, excellent outcomes, and outstanding patient experiences.
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This advert closes on Tuesday 28 May 2024