Job overview

Are you looking for an exciting, demanding and rewarding new challenge?

 The post of Senior Practitioner for Complex Emotional and Relational Needs, based at Prescott House in Little Hulton but working across GMMH Salford Division, is now vacant.

The role is varied, involving providing  psychological interventions (SCM/MBT) in a group and 1:1 setting , managing a small caseload of Adults with a diagnosis of  Complex Emotional and Relational Needs, as well as providing input to the team to support, assess and manage the wider team caseload,  and supporting the wider leadership of the team. 

The post will be part of the trust psychological health hub, you will be working closely with psychology colleagues to provide the psychological pathway across the Salford division, expanding our non-pharmacological offer to the client group.

The Practitioner will be working in a busy and dynamic multi disciplinary service,  in a supportive team whose focus is recovery for service users, development and growth of staff, encouraging ongoing learning and individual and service development . 

You will be supported by an established and cohesive CMHT and a key part of the trust transformation planning and action.

Main duties of the job

1. Provide clinical leadership, supervision, support and consultation to all staff and the multi-agency team.
2. Act as a Care Co-ordinator for a caseload of up to 12 highly complex cases .
3. Carry out and develop detailed assessments and formulations in the wider team or service .
4. Contribute to the development of and provide therapeutic interventions via relevant clinical pathways,  engage with any relevant additional training which supports the role.  These interventions may include Structured Clinical Management (SCM) and Mentalisation Based Therapy (MBT) among others
5. Provide specific training to the wider team/services  as appropriate.
6. Contribute to, deliver and facilitate therapeutic evidence based interventions 
7. Collaborate and liaise with other specialist clinicians working with complex emotional and relational needs across the district  in developing services that deliver optimum evidence-based care for people.
8. Develop and contribute to  evaluation and audit 
9. Provide support and specialist assessment/formulation .
10. Deliver and facilitate a reflective practice supervision group in the CMHT.
11. Contribute to the delivery of family interventions for complex emotional and relational needs in the team / locality.
12. Lead on specialised intensive clinical supervision in the locality team for clinicians working with service users presenting with complex emotional and relational needs.

Working for our organisation

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 122 locations.

We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.

Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.

Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.

Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.