Job summary Are you interested in working with people in a mental health crisis and need home treatment?
We are looking for a new Band 6 to join our team (Rochdale Home Treatment Team).
If you are an experienced Band 5 ready to make the step in your development, then we would love to hear from you too.You will work within the home treatment function delivering support to patients and their families using evidence based, profession specific, and general mental health knowledge providing client-centered, recovery-orientated principles and practice for individuals, families and carers.We provide an alternative to inpatient admission treating patients in their home environment who are presenting in a crisis with significant distress.
You will be expected to have a means of visiting people in their own homes (when safe to do so) across the Heywood, Middleton, and Rochdale area.We are looking for a qualified practitioner- a Nurse, Social Worker, or Occupational Therapist.
You will need to have experience of community mental health work and/or inpatient mental health services and to be passionate about this area of work.
We are more than willing to support people ready for their next stage of their career.
Main duties of the job The post holder will review patients who are seeking self-discharge from the wards, providing a safer discharge and any Rochdale HTT patients that present at A&E.They will also complete home visits if risk assessed safe to do so, providing a greater flexibility for supervised medication regimes for patients.To support patients with telephone calls if required.To be involved in the ongoing development of the service.To undertake accurate psychosocial / risk assessments and act as co-worker for service users who are supported by the Home Treatment Team who present with acute mental health problems or psychological distress.
To work in close liaison with other members of the multidisciplinary team, including care coordinators, to implement treatment / management plans in order to facilitate Home Treatment.To undertake the role of the gatekeeper for all people requiring admission to inpatient services, including those requiring assessment under the MHA and to provide an alternative to hospital admission through Home Treatment interventions where appropriate.It is expected that you will deliver care in accordance with all Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust policies and procedures, the Mental Health Act and community care legislation.
About us We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services.
We're really proud of our#PennineCarePeopleand do everything we can to make sure we're a great place to work.All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post.
We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.
Job description Job responsibilities Key Responsibilities of the Post:To develop individualized packages of care for service users with mental health problems, including signposting where necessary.To provide intensive home treatment in service users home/community settings.To provide crisis management and short term psychotherapeutic interventions as appropriateTo develop and provide a supported discharge/leave pathway for inpatients To identify the need for protection in line with safeguarding children and the Protection of Vulnerable Adult Policy and to comply with statutory obligations.To liaise and negotiate with other professions, statutory and independent agencies to ensure the best possible service is provided to service users and carers.To evaluate systematically and record, outcomes of mental health assessments, adapting care on the basis of these outcomes.To involve family and carers in the assessment and care planning with service users consent.To provide education and appropriate self-help resources to patients and carers specific to individual needs.
Person Specification Education / Qualifications Essential oRMN / Social Worker / OT o Desirable oPSI Training Experience Essential oExtensive knowledge of mental health legislation and guidance Desirable oExperience of work in Crisis / Home Treatment Team Knowledge Essential oKnowledge and experience of working within a multidisciplinary team Skills and Abilities Essential oAbility to provide leadership cover in the absence of the team manager when required oAbility to supervise and support community support workers in meeting the needs of clients on their caseload.
oAbility to prepare, record and complete relevant documents and reports to a professional standard Desirable oCommitment to professional development Work Related Circumstances Essential oMust be able to work flexibly over a 7 day week in response to client / service user needs oMust be willing to develop competencies within the scope of professional practice to meet service needs