Senior Mental Health Practitioner – Case Worker

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Main area Pathway Development Service Grade 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 173-64824-RSP Site Pathway Development Service Town Leeds Salary £37,338 - £44,962 pa Salary period Yearly Closing 10/01/2025 23:59 All references should be directed through the Employers HR Department wherever possible to comply with NHS Check Standards.
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Job overview We are a blended team of lived and occupational experts, with a focus on enabling progressive and trauma-informed journeys through secure care.
Our aim is to help improve the experience and outcomes for individuals who experience the world as profoundly unsafe (often associated with the diagnostic label of a 'personality disorder').
We work alongside inpatient and community teams for adults and young people (16 +) on a secure care pathway across the region or at risk of entering secure care.
Changes following the introduction of Integrated Care Services (ICSs) mean that this is an exciting time to be joining the team.
We operate across the region covered by the three Provider Collaboratives (PCs) that serve the population of West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and Humber & North Yorkshire ICB.
As an award-winning, innovative service we can offer real opportunities to be involved in improving the experience of service users across these pathways.
This is a great opportunity for an experienced mental health practitioner with a keen interest in personality disorder who would be interested in developing best practice and contributing to the development of local and regional pathways.
You will need to be qualified in nursing, social work or occupational therapy, with post qualification experience, or be able to demonstrate significant experience of working with this service user group.
Main duties of the job As a Caseworker within the PDS you will be involved in working alongside teams to learn about what has happened within a system to obstruct pathways for their service users.
This may involve: Undertaking reviews which seek to develop the understanding of an individual's needs, making key best practice recommendations to their responsible team.
Supporting teams to implement, review and adapt recommendations from existing reviews of care.
Collaborating with clinical teams to create 'thinking spaces' which aim to foster conditions for something different to happen in their service user's care pathway.
Supporting systems and teams striving to deliver trauma-informed, integrated care to service users who are either at risk of entering secure hospital or presently receiving treatment within secure care.
Delivery of training and consultation.
The Pathway Development Service actively promotes and maintains a reflective, safe and supportive culture.
You will be provided with a comprehensive package of training and development opportunities, and access to both regular clinical and managerial supervision.
Prior experience of working within a secure or specialised inpatient pathway or team would be desirable.
This role will provide opportunity to build expertise and knowledge in the field of personality disorder / trauma informed care, gain a range of valuable skills in the area of complex care reviews, supporting specialist care systems, best practice and inpatient care pathways.
Working for our organisation The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds.
We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country.
As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.
There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.
We also have an incredible bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical.
Permanent employees are automatically added to bank.
Applicants should be aware that for any individual who requires a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only.
This is an essential requirement of the role, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you are unable to meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities We recruit people based on their values and qualifications (where required) and believe that their lived experience is an advantage, this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for.
Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued.
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To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you'll need, look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading.
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For informal enquiries please contact either Hayley Brown or Heather Johnston ****** ****** Person specification Qualifications / Accreditation Core Professional qualification (BSc/Dip/MSc OT, RMN, Dip Social Work) and accreditation with relevant body and/or equivalent significant experience in mental health.
Knowledge Evidence of knowledge and skills in working with personality disorder.
Experience Experience and understanding of CPA / care pathway planning processes.
Skills Applications are welcomed from candidates who wish to apply for a position on the basis of a smarter (Hybrid) or flexible working arrangement – please contact the Recruitment Team if you have any queries regarding this in terms of your initial application.
Where candidates are successful at interview, flexible working arrangement requests will be taken into consideration and may be accommodated where the needs of the service allow.
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Patient Safety is a priority at LYPFT with a focus on system-based improvement and creating opportunities for learning.
We will ensure compassionate engagement with all those involved in an incident and all incidents are met with a proportionate response.
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We welcome applicants with lived experience of providing unpaid care and/or support to a family member or friend with a disability, health condition, frailty, mental health problem, addiction or other health needs.
Please note that the Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy before the closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.
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