# Mental Health Practitioner

**Company**: West London NHS Trust
**Location**: London
**Job type**: temporary
**Salary**: £45953.00 to £54254.00
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated Mental Health Practitioner to join the Ealing Early Intervention Service on a fixed-term basis.

Ealing EIS is a dynamic, multidisciplinary community mental health team providing specialist assessment and treatment for young people experiencing a first episode of psychosis. We are passionate about delivering high-quality, evidence-based, recovery-focused care that promotes hope, social inclusion and positive outcomes for service users and their families.

As a Mental Health Practitioner, you will:

- Manage a caseload of service users experiencing a first episode of psychosis.

- Undertake comprehensive assessments, risk assessments and care planning.

- Deliver evidence-based interventions in line with Early Intervention in Psychosis standards.

- Work collaboratively with families, carers and partner agencies to support recovery.

- Contribute to physical health monitoring and holistic care planning.

- Participate in multidisciplinary team meetings and service development initiatives.

- Provide crisis management and risk management as required.

- Support service users with education, employment and social recovery goals.

- Maintain accurate and timely clinical records and contribute to performance targets.

The post is offered as a 12-month fixed-term contract to provide cover during a period of secondment. Internal applicants may be considered on a secondment basis subject to agreement from their substantive manager.

As part of our service, you will receive:

- Regular clinical and managerial supervision.

- Opportunities for professional development and training.

- Supportive multidisciplinary working.

- Experience within a nationally recognised Early Intervention in Psychosis model.

- Access to quality improvement and service development projects.

**Person Specification:** **Knowledge:**

- Knowledge of mental health disorders and relationship to physical disorders.

- Mental health issues within diverse communities.

- The Early Intervention in Psychosis model, ethos and practice.

- Safeguarding policies and procedure.

- Evidence-based interventions for First Episode Psychosis.

- Trauma Informed approaches to care.

- The principles of recovery, positive risk taking and strength-based approaches to care.

**Qualifications:**

- Qualified RMN/OT/SW with current professional registration.

- Evidence of relevant continuous professional development.

**Experience:**

- Post-qualification experience in mental health; working with individuals with acute and complex needs.

- Experience of supervising staff within own and/or other disciplines.

- Working in partnership with other agencies.

- Experience of working in a community mental health setting.

- MDT working.

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## Skills

### Required
- Mental health disorders
- Early Intervention in Psychosis model
- Safeguarding policies
- Evidence-based interventions
- Trauma Informed approaches

### Nice to have
- CBT qualification
- Family Interventions Qualification

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