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Job summary

Main area
Social Worker
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Secondment: 12 months
Hours
Part time - 22.5 hours per week (pro rata)
Job ref
351-CEN1143-MS
Employer
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Pathways Resource Centre
Town
Bamber Bridge
Salary
£37,338 - £44,962 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
17/12/2024 23:59

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Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust logo

PDMCN – Structured Clinical Management Practitioner

Band 6

Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism and community based services for the populations we serve.

As an integrated mental health, learning disability and community Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including:

•    Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, forensic services including low and medium secure care.
•    Specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
•    Community physical health and well-being services for children and adults.

The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,000 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health and general nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers.

Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust supports flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, home/remote working, and flexi-time.

For more information visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.

Job overview

SCM is recognised as the gold standard of care for people with Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder (EUPD). It is evidenced based and recommended in NICE guidelines. SCM has been selected by the trust as the approach to implement within the personality disorder pathway.. This is an exciting opportunity for you to develop specific skills in line with evidence based treatment and be involved in providing support for service user’s to recover, develop autonomy and no longer require secondary mental health services.

As well as direct face to face contact with the service user, and group work, it is expected that the post holder will be able to engage with the wider community system (A&E, police, inpatient and community settings) and support them to deliver evidence based practice.

Supervision is an integral part of this job you will be supported with regular access to supervision on a consistent basis. Clinical supervision will be provided by the PDMCN Specialist Practitioners within the PDMCN HUB including senior Clinical Leads.

It is desirable to have some knowledge of SCM and also an interest in working with people with personality disorder.

Main duties of the job

Working for the local CMHT, clinically supervised by the Personality Disorder Managed Clinical  Network, to provide high quality interventions for service user’s who have a diagnosis/present with difficulties associated with the diagnosis of Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder (EUPD)

You will be aligned to work within a Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) providing Structure Clinical Management (SCM) for a caseload of service user’s. You will facilitate and lead groups to support the recovery of service users.

Promote positive attitudes towards service users with complex needs by providing a responsive and non-stigmatising service, which will enhance inclusion and deliver better outcomes. 

To undertake mental health assessments including risk assessments and be  proficient in referring to other clinicians within the service or referring to other services/agencies where necessary.

Providing a communication structure between GP’s, IAPT and secondary MH services in LSCFT, non-statutory service to ensure the highest possible standards of patient care  
 
To provide advice and support for the CMHT Multidisciplinary Team to deliver the highest standards of care for service user’s with a diagnosis of EUPD.  This may include joint working at times.

You will receive regular clinical supervision from the PDMCN Specialist Practitioners and PDMCN Clinical Lead.

Working for our organisation

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Recognised Core Mental Health Professional Qualification (e.g. RMN, SW, OT)
Desirable criteria
  • ENB 998 or equivalent teaching/supervision qualification

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • In-depth knowledge of mental health problems.
  • Knowledge around a variety of personality presentations.
  • In-depth knowledge of issues that impact upon people with mental health problems.
  • Detailed knowledge of the impact of risk and protective factors that affect people with mental health problems
  • In-depth knowledge of diversity and anti-discriminatory and anti-oppressive practice.
  • Working knowledge of the range of treatments available for people with personality disorder

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Post qualification experience of clinical work and assessment with service users experiencing a range of mental health problems.
  • Experience of working with people who have a diagnosis of personality disorder
  • Experience of risk assessment and management
  • Evidence of continuing professional development
  • Experience of multi-agency working
  • Experience of working in and/or knowledge of community mental health service provision

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Highly developed interpersonal skills and communication skills both oral and written.
  • Time management and caseload management skills.
  • An ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and to work collaboratively with a range of agencies.

Special Requirements

Essential criteria
  • A willingness to work flexibly to meet the demands of the service.
  • Willingness to travel to meet the needs of the service and access to private transport.
  • Willingness to undertake training to deliver NICE compliant therapies for service users

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerCare Leaver CovenantStep into healthDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - Gold

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Margaret Marshall
Job title
Team Leader
Telephone number
01772 676068
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