Assistant Practitioner

Job summary

North London Foundation Trust Community Mental Health Core Teams provide a holistic, recovery oriented, biopsychosocial approach, supporting people with mental illnesses, in partnership with primary care, other community NHS providers and the voluntary sector. Building support systems that reach the whole mental health population with a focus on prevention and sustained recovery delivered by multi-agency collaboration. Each population unit is based on the footprint of Primary Care Networks, bringing together NHS, voluntary sector, peer support and community organisations. These relationships will be central to the community mental health model.

The post holder, reporting to a senior clinician or their nominated deputy, is responsible for participating and assisting in the delivery of assessment, care, or care services to service users as part of a multi-disciplinary team. They will carry out a range of practical tasks, including direct service user care, identified as part of the service users' care plan or care pathways. The focus of the role will be that of supporting 'social inclusion', recovery and service user engagement.

The post holder will provide direct support to an allocated group of service users as allocated and delegated by the pathway lead or a more senior member of staff. They may, under supervision, take on a key worker role or specified elements of this role for a designated group of service users.

Main duties of the job

* To be aware of and assist in meeting the psychological, social, physical, recreational, and spiritual needs of all service users. To recognise and value service users as individuals, recognising the importance of always maintaining the service user's dignity. To ensure that the care provided respects equality and diversity that is supportive of service users and their carers.

Actively participate in the holistic person-centred support of service users.

To maintain timely and accurate patient written/electronic records under supervision and in line with Trust and service line policy and procedure.

To ensure that care is delivered using the recovery approach.

Using DIALOG+ to coproduce and review allocated service users' health and social care needs.

To support with the planning and delivery of group activity for service users, including psychosocial and therapeutic support

To support with the planning and delivery of psycho-social group activities as directed by your supervisor

About us

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.

Our Five-Year Strategy:

1. We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
2. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
3. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
4. We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.

Why NLFT?

• We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
• We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
• NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme
• Excellent internal staff network

In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.