Mental Health PractitionerNHS

Job summary

This Mental Health Practitioner (MHP) will join a team of clinicians working in the Therapies Service within the prison's Mental Health Hub. This team includes qualified Psychologists and Assistant Psychologists, Occupational Therapists, and Speech and Language Therapists. The broader Mental Health Hub consists of psychiatric nurses, a social worker and psychiatrists. The post holder will provide assessment and support for residents with a range of emotional and mental health difficulties, such as anxiety, depression, stress and adjustment difficulties, and deliver evidence-based 1:1 and group interventions, using (but not limited to) Cognitive Behavioural Therapy approaches. They will gain some experience of teaching, training and consultation through joint working with other clinicians, and will be required to risk assess in line with local operational policies.

Main duties of the job

• Contribute to the assessment of, and deliver outcome focused, evidence-based interventions for residents of the prison experiencing moderate mental health difficulties.
• Undertake risk assessments for residents who present as risk to themselves, to others or from others and attend ACCT reviews for those on caseload.

3. Take an active role in assessing residents in early days in custody (EDIC) where there may be mental health needs, contribute to health promotion and education in early days to prevent the development of more serious mental health needs.

4. Provide a range of information and support for evidence based psychological treatments. This may include guided self-help or face to face intervention, both in group or individual format.

Job description

The work will be varied, and suitable for anyone who is looking to further develop their skills as a qualified Mental Health Practitioner, and there will be considerable opportunities for future career development. The post holder will be supervised and line managed by the Lead Psychologist for the Therapies Service. There is a specific focus on working alongside other therapy clinicians to improve the general culture of emotional support within the prison, and a longer term aim of implementing trauma informed care across the site.

About us

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.

Our Five-Year Strategy:

• We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
• With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
• We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
• We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.

Why NLFT?

• We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
• We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
• NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme
• Excellent internal staff network

In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.