Mental Wellbeing Practitioner - HMP Chelmsford

The Mental Wellbeing Diagnosis practitioner will operate across HMP Chelmsford, working with adults on an individual or group face-to-face basis, to enable the services to meet the complex and changing needs of people experiencing co-existing mental health and substance misuse issues. As Mental Wellbeing Practitioner you'll be required to manage a caseload, provide advice and guidance, assess, care plan and refer where applicable. You may be asked to attend meetings with our multi-agency partners, to represent Forward Trust and report back on service updates. What you will be doing?

• Carry out assessments to address risk and inform mental wellbeing treatment journeys.
• Carry out interventions relevant to individual client needs including 1:1 sessions and group work.
• Develop and contribute to the Mental Wellbeing care needs of service users, supporting them in the development of care plans which are appropriate to their needs.
• Ensure groups are facilitated and co-facilitated to the standard required by Forward Trust and in accordance with any relevant guidelines
• Proactively approach integrated ways of working support and adopt a multidisciplinary approach.
• Be involved with regular service audits ensuring that any issues are addressed in a timely manner and good practice is effectively shared to ensure continuous improvement.
• Alert the Senior/ Team Leader to any significant risks or problems arising including health and safety.
• Ensure mental wellbeing case management documentation is inputted timely, is clear and to a high standard.
• Complete and maintain care plans and assessments to the required standards, recording in real time (no later than 24 hours) and to ensure that those are reviewed at regular intervals to reflect the client's changing needs and risks
• Ensure data capture forms are submitted in a timely manner to reflect outcomes in line with the NICE guidelines, and NDTMS (National Drug Treatment Monitoring System) as required.
• Complete and maintain mental wellbeing care plans and assessments to the required standards.
• Provide reports on outcomes to the service.
  
  Someone who's values align with Forward Trusts
• Someone who is diligent, proactive and passionate about helping others
• Someone who is IT competent
• Someone with experience in the field of Substance Misuse, Mental health or custody
  
  Training opportunities and career development
• Flexible working
• Season ticket loan scheme
• Electric Car Scheme
• Crisis Loan Scheme
• Simply Health - Health Cashback Scheme
• 3 x Wellbeing Days (Pro Rata'd for Part Time Employees)
• Access to Blue Light Card
• Cycle to work scheme
• 25 Days annual leave plus Bank Holidays (rising to 30 days with length of service)
• Excellent contributory pension scheme. Employer matched contributions of up 6% in the first two years' service and up to 9% thereafter.
• Death in service payment (2x annual salary)
• Critical illness insurance (subject to qualifying criteria)