Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To oversee and deliver a range of defined activities/interventions to improve the carers’ ability to support the service user and to enable them in their relationship with the service user.

To oversee and be accountable for the delivery of specialist interventions expected of EI in relation to access and waiting time standards.

To lead, in partnership with the Senior Practitioner, ensuring the service develops and maintains excellent clinical standards, and effective caseload supervision, underpinned by robust and effective individual and team supervision processes.

To oversee and ensure, across the team, there are effective risk management plans and strategies, for service users and carers, taking account of risks to service users, carers, the organisation, staff and the public.

In collaboration with service users and carers, to be responsible, across the service for facilitating and ensuring, the development of complex comprehensive crisis plans, rapid access plans, advance statements etc., involving other agencies such as primary care etc. where appropriate.

To develop and maintain, good partnership working with other services throughout all treatment episodes, including regular liaison within Primary care, inpatient and intensive services, CAMHS, voluntary sector, and with nominated carers/advocates.

Develop and maintain communication with a wide range of people/services/ agencies about complex matters or in complex situations with the purpose of sharing developing or resolving difficult or complex issues for the benefit of service users/carer and the service.

To personally build and lead others to build hope, inspiring relationships with service users, which acknowledge the personal journey of each person, and focus on strengths and aspirations to allow the creation of meaningful personal recovery plans.

To lead and promote a whole team approach within the service to ensure a shared ownership of the team caseload.

To be responsible for regularly monitoring and evaluating treatment programmes for service users and carers, making appropriate clinical/practice decision in regard to ongoing needs, and offering supervision to others.

To be responsible for the protection of individuals from abuse and harm in line with local safeguarding policies and procedures, by developing and reviewing with others protection plans and management strategies, ensuring the appropriate sharing of information.

Personally and leading others to collaboratively and sensitively work with individuals with a range of mental health needs to develop skills to manage their own health, in accordance with their personal wellbeing plan by actively promoting and using approaches which are affirming, build on strengths, identify past positive experiences and success, and use small steps to move towards the persons goal.

To work with the team to ensure the continuing improvements to the service in line with organisational goals.

To maintain the single health and social care record, ensuring records are kept up to date in accordance with professional and organisational standards.

To participate in, and deliver as required, management, caseload and clinical supervision in accordance with trust policy.

Demonstrate responsibility for developing own practice in line with professional qualifications and for the development of others, both practitioners, and those in training by making use of and providing, effective feedback, specialist therapeutic clinical supervision, coaching and appraisal.

To adhere to professional codes of conduct ensuring required skills and competencies required are maintained.

Promote monitor and maintain best practice in health, safety and security of self and others, undertaking assessments and taking appropriate action where required.

Work with the Service manager to develop a culture that promotes equality and values diversity.

To participate in local arrangements in order to ensure consistent care to service users across the local geography.