Job summary

2x Post in South Warwickshire (Full-time)

We have an exciting opportunity for a Mental Health Band 4 Clinical Support Assistant to join the Community Mental Health Team, in South Warwickshire, working with a mixture of patients with psychotic and non-psychotic presentations.

We are one team that has two bases in South Warwickshire, one in Leamington and one in Stratford. All clinical work is carried out in both bases and in patient's own homes.

This role is varied and will incorporate the triage of patients accessing secondary care mental health services, delivery of Mental Health psycho education.

Additional to the triage role where the post holder will have support and supervision from senior clinical colleagues, the post holder will have responsibility for a defined caseload of clients under indirect supervision.

They will provide treatment to service users using a range of evidence-based interventions.

Our teams place a huge emphasis on training and ongoing supervision both in a group setting and individual basis.

Applicants should be thorough, boundaried and confident practitioners with a good understanding of Mental Health presentations.

Above all, the essential qualities we are looking for are warmth, compassion, empathy and the ability to be relatable. Having access to and the use of a vehicle for attending appointments in the community is essential.

Main duties of the job

Community Mental health teams are a service arranged around individual needs. This post sits within the new Community Mental Health Teams Which includes working with a range of conditions.

This includes people with Psychosis, emotion regulation difficulties, mood disorders, anxiety, depression, OCD symptoms, and eating disorders which do not meet the threshold for the eating disorder service.

The teams have invested in considerable staff training and development over the years to develop staff skills with working with the patient group.

Working within an established team, you'll be working alongside qualified staff to help triage patients accessing the service and to deliver psychological interventions to our patients.

This will include psycho education including anxiety management and some emotional regulation skills. You will be given full training on these.

You will also support the qualified staff with conducting assessments and reviews completing the paperwork for these with the guidance and supervision of the qualified professional.

As a successful candidate you will have the opportunity to build your skills and confidence. You will be working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, using evidence-based approaches and time limited interventions.

You'll be communicating with a wide variety of patients; professionals; partners and agencies.

Please see attached for further information

About us

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

These include :

• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car / vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• staff networks and support groups

We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.

Job description

Job responsibilities

We are looking for staff with a passion for working with people with complex and significant mental health problems. We see this as an ideal opportunity to further develop specialist skills.

It is important you have good communication skills and can work on your own initiative as well as collaboratively with colleagues.

A willingness and enthusiasm to learn new skills and develop your practice is vital.

This team provides interventions on a one to one basis and group formats. You will have the opportunity to participate and run groups and you will be given training within the team for this.

For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Foundation degree in Health or Health and Social Care or psychology including Assistant practitioner or currently undertaking the course, Or equivalent skills and knowledge developed in practice

Knowledge and skills

Essential

Good written communications

Experience

Essential

• Experience in Community mental health care
• Experience of working effectively to support people in distressed states including either significant mental health needs, challenging behaviour or offending behaviour

Other

Essential

• Must have full driving licence and access to a motor vehicle for business use