Group Treatment Service Community Practitioner

Group Treatment Service Community Practitioner

The Brighton and Hove Group Treatment Service delivers groups alongside 1:1 sessions for clients in secondary care. The service provides a psychoeducational group program using the Recovery model developed within a CBT approach, drawing on mindfulness, self‑compassion and acceptance and commitment therapy. The psychoeducation component aims to support people in developing an understanding of their difficulties and the development of new life skills.

This role includes facilitation of psychoeducational and creative groups.

The successful candidate will take a lead role in managing referrals to the GTS and manage the daily running of the service at this site.

You will also hold a caseload of service users with complex needs and will be expected to use evidence based / client centred principles to assess, plan and evaluate interventions.

This post is also open to Mental Health Nurses

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for assessing patients (which includes assessment for suitability for the group treatment programme), and providing individual therapeutic interventions to support the group work.

You will be in charge of facilitating groups and managing your own clinical case load, you will also have Lead Practitioner responsibility. This is an excellent opportunity to develop skills in working within a psychological framework, and facilitating and developing groups. The GTS provides an excellent supervision package to facilitate this learning.

This role will require you to process referrals and manage the team on a day to day basis. You will have supervision responsibilities and need to liaise with ATS and the specialist services who access GTS.

About us

The group treatment service has a commitment to staff development, training and supervision and has a robust supervision package in place, including regular 1:1 and excellent group supervision.

Job responsibilities

The post holder will be an autonomous practitioner who will carry continuing responsibility for a defined caseload of service users by undertaking the following duties:

- To undertake assessments of individuals and their families in the designated care group with complex health presentations, including those service users presenting with higher levels of risk. To develop alongside the service user their care plan

- Carry a caseload, including lead practitioner duties, actively working with patients and carers.

- To offer specialist assessment and advice where required.

- To assess and manage on going risks as identified during the assessment, ensuring that this is done in collaboration with the service user and carers. To regularly review risk factors and make changes to the management of them as necessary.

- To plan and co‑facilitate group treatments.

- To contribute to the maintenance and development of the Trust strategies.

- To ensure that clinical practice is evidence based and consistent with relevant NICE guidelines and Trust policies and procedures.

- To participate in regular clinical, professional and managerial supervision.

- To provide supervision of junior staff and trainees where appropriate.

- To act within your professional code of conduct at all times.

- To act within your scope of practice at all times.

- To process referrals.

- Taking a role in the day to day management of GTS.

- Providing supervision.

Qualifications

- Registered Occupational Health Therapist with current registration

- Completion of Mentorship Course/ENB equivalent

- Evidence of continuous professional development

Knowledge/Experience

- Significant post qualifying experience in the relevant care group

- Experience of working alongside people with complex health problems in the designated care group

- Experience of supervising staff

- Experience of managing a caseload

- Experience of planning, facilitating and developing group work

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Mill View Hospital & East Brighton Community Mental Health Center

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