Mental Health Practitioner

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a professional to join our close-knit team, here in theHarrow and Hillingdon Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) service.

You will work with children and adults between the ages of 14 to 35 who present to mental health services with a presentation of First Episode of Psychosis (FEP). You will be providingtailored and bespoke packages of carethat promote mental well-being, a recovery focused approach and a range of interventions in order to facilitate this.

At CNWL we are fully committed and proud todevelop our own workforcethrough training and development opportunities and this post is no different.

If you are an enthusiasticRMN,Social WorkerorOTwho is keen to try and upskill themselves andadvance into becoming a more established community practitionerthen we want to hear from you.

The role requires you to care coordinate a varied caseload to patients between the ages of 14-35. You will requireexcellent engagement skills, demonstrating ananti-oppressiveandenabling approachtoco-productionwith your patients. You should be skilled in assessing mental health, creating risk assessments, safety plans and crisis and contingency plans.

Our EIP Practitioners arespecially trainedand committed to using these skills to offer nursing which is centred around working with an individual’s strengths in order tomaximise autonomyand to deliver NICE concordant care for First Episode Psychosis

We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of our benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance, in addition to assurances around training and development. We can offer;

• Flexible workingwith the opportunity for working from home
• Our highly successful6-months Family Intervention trainingwhich upon completion will allow you to co-facilitate Family Therapy sessions within the team
• Opportunities to train in deliveringCBTp (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Psychosis)
• Monthly Reflective Practicesessions allowing you the opportunity to share your learning and reflect on your experiences with your colleagues
• Monthly supervisionsessions focussed on your development into this role
• Opportunities to shadowour wide-ranging, specialised services with the Trust such as perinatal services, prison services, HTT, CMHT and many more
• Career mappingand development programmes

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

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The Harrow and Hillingdon EIP serviceprides itself on working as a team, ensuring that the bio-psycho-social model is utilised to the fullest with input and support from ourstrong multi-disciplinary team; Consultants, Psychologists, Employment Specialists, Activity Coordinators and Peer-Support Workers.

If you want to make a differenceto those experiencing their first episode in psychosis and be a part of their recovery journey then we want to hear from you.