A Band 6 practitioner post in the Service User Network (SUN), a community service run by Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust for people with complex emotional difficulties. The post holder co-facilitates groups in person and online alongside lived experience facilitators, and leads on risk and care planning. Evening sessions are part of the work, and the groups are new to the care pathway. Fit depends on a professional mental health qualification and a full UK driving licence with access to a car for business use.
What the job involves
- Co-facilitate SUN groups with lived experience facilitators across Kent, in person and online, including evenings
- Lead on production of RASP plans and manage safe, clinically effective care
- Support a group culture in line with the SUN and therapeutic community ethos of support, inclusion, safety and responsibility
- Support management and supervision of lived experience facilitators
- Work with colleagues across the pathway, escalating for additional intervention where needed
- Work with the MDT, CRHT, acute inpatient services, other community teams and primary care to support people to attend groups and manage their needs in the community
- Respond promptly to requests for information and advice within agreed timescales
- Deliver education and training that supports SUN groups in the recovery of people with CED
- Take part in the formal evaluation of the SUN service with the Band 7 Team Lead and Clinical Lead
- Keep up with current research in own specialism and practise on an evidence basis
Qualifications
- Professional qualification in mental health nursing, occupational therapy, clinical associate psychology, social work or another mental health profession such as arts therapy, psychotherapy or counselling psychology
Experience
- Working with people with a diagnosis of personality disorder, or traits that affect daily functioning
- Facilitating groups in a mental health setting
- Risk assessment and management of people with personality disorder
- Team working
Skills & knowledge
- Excellent verbal and written communication
- Evidence of recent professional or personal development
- Assessment, risk management and care planning
- Prioritising workload effectively
- Knowledge of psychosocial interventions
Checks & eligibility
- Full, valid UK driving licence and access to a car for business use, unless disabled as defined by the Equality Act 2010
Nice to have
- Group work skills training
- Experience of working in a voluntary sector organisation
- Experience of reflective practice
- Understanding of national and local policies and research relevant to the service
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
