Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  To form professional relationships with clients and communicate with them in a way that respects their views, autonomy and culture.

•       To monitor and record progression, highlight and document concerns and report any perceived changes in clients wellbeing to the team.

•       To demonstrate effective communication skills in discussing highly sensitive  and complex information appropriately with  people whose understanding may be temporarily or permanently impaired.

•       To provide relevant information, written and oral, for records and reviews relating to clients progress under supervision from a suitably qualified member of the team.

•       Provide highly effective written communications as required for clients and other health and care professionals.

•       Report regularly and in detail to the clinical skills supervisor and line manager 

•       Make good use of clinical supervision and line management to discuss casework, make plans for action, reflect on and implement best practice in care planning and interventions. 

•       Able to assist in assessment and observation activities related to individuals health and wellbeing, arriving at judgements about how to respond within the care and treatment plan.

•       Able to contribute to risk assessment drawing on complex and multiple sources of information, under clinical supervision.

•       Able to analyse and synthesise multiple sources of information, to contribute to the teams understanding and formulation of clients difficulties and development of a multi-disciplinary plan of care and treatment. 

•       Able to assist in planning and delivering psychologically informed interventions to meet peoples health and wellbeing needs.

•       Able to prioritise workload according to peoples changing needs and the priorities of the service. 

•       Fit to undertake any duties related to the role including physical interventions for the management of violence and aggression (Breakaway techniques only). 

•       Carry out relevant risk assessments and risk management with the multidisciplinary team.

•       Engage calmly and with sensitivity and empathy to support clients in sometimes highly distressing or emotional circumstances.

•       Engage with and gather information from clients, relatives and health records to develop a formulation.

•       To work in collaboration with the individual client and their family and/ or carers as appropriate to develop care plans that are focused on strengths and are outcome based.

•       To attend multi-disciplinary reviews and act as a case co-ordinator, for a defined caseload of service users in order to support and monitor progress during the course of multi-disciplinary interventions.

•       To set collaborative goals for intervention with clients

•       To deliver specified wellbeing focused psychologically informed interventions in line with best available evidence, under close supervision from a practitioner, psychologist or CBT therapist including:

Behavioural activation and graded exposure o Teaching problem-solving skills o Improving sleep/ dream completion o Recognising and managing emotions

o   Guided self-help for a range of conditions, including anxiety, disordered eating, low mood

o   Building confidence o Medication support

•       To be responsive to clients needs and choices and uphold their right to be treated with dignity and respect.

•       To include carers and families in line with the clients wishes.

•       To liaise with other health and care providers, including third sector agencies, mental health, and Primary Care to ensure continuity of care for clients.

•       To develop collaborative plans for relapse prevention.

•       To deal with endings appropriately and safely with clients, families and carers.

•       To ensure that up to date clinical records are maintained in accordance with professional and Trust Standards

•       To complete and stay up to date with statutory and mandatory training.