Mental Health Practitioner
London, England, United Kingdom Full-time Posted 3 days ago
A fantastic opportunity has arisen to join a GP service as a Support Worker with experience, and interest in supporting people with mental health problems, and to join the Primary Care Plus service in Wandsworth, Putney & Roehampton and Battersea areas.
The team will consist of a Clinical Team Manager, Qualified Mental Health Practitioners, and experienced Primary Care Mental Health Recovery Workers
The Primary Care Plus service provides an enhanced level of primary care support to patients (18yrs +) with serious mental illness operating flexibly as both a step-up and step-down model. Service users include those stepped down from Southwest London & St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust (SWL) to primary care and those who are appropriate to step up from a GP practice (Serious Mental Illness) SMI Register. People aged 18 years onwards would access the service and would serve those with a diagnosis of stable schizophrenia and psychosis, bipolar disorder, major depression. The service is not aimed at people with mild to moderate anxiety and depression (clusters 1-4) as these are usually served by IAPT services.
The focus of the Primary Care Plus Team is to forge strong relationships with GPs to ensure that all CMHT discharges within 2 weeks of discharge are seen, and that an appropriate Wellness Plan (care plan) is agreed.
Provide face-to-face and remote recovery support to adults with SMI registered within participating GP practices.
Contribute to the completion and follow-up of annual SMI physical health checks, including lifestyle interventions and signposting to relevant services.
Support medication adherence, facilitate understanding of side effects, and signpost medication reviews with GPs or pharmacists if indicated.
Conduct risk screening (including self-harm, suicide, vulnerability, relapse indicators), escalating concerns immediately to senior clinicians, reporting incidents appropriately within the allocated GP practices and Datix/Ulysses within the Trust.
Deliver relapse prevention interventions, including wellness planning, coping strategies, and early-warning-sign identification.
Support access to community mental health services, talking therapies, social care, voluntary sector organisations, and peer support networks , recovery college, Hestia recovery café , active wellbeing, Wandsworth bereavement service, Citizens Advice Bureau , The Drug and Alcohol services , Mind , Enable , Befriending Services , Wandsworth Carers Centre, EMHIP Project for service -users from the Ethnic backgrounds etc.
Promote wellbeing, independence, social inclusion, and meaningful activity engagement.
We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.
We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.
This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services.
We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.
We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.
Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.
Unless expressly stated in the job advert the role is not subject to sponsorship, please be advised that all offers of employment are subject to evidence of right to work in the UK.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Joseph Manu Job title: Team Manager Email address: Joseph.Manu@swlstg.nhs.uk Telephone number: 020 3513 1407
The team will consist of a Clinical Team Manager, Qualified Mental Health Practitioners, and experienced Primary Care Mental Health Recovery Workers
The Primary Care Plus service provides an enhanced level of primary care support to patients (18yrs +) with serious mental illness operating flexibly as both a step-up and step-down model. Service users include those stepped down from Southwest London & St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust (SWL) to primary care and those who are appropriate to step up from a GP practice (Serious Mental Illness) SMI Register. People aged 18 years onwards would access the service and would serve those with a diagnosis of stable schizophrenia and psychosis, bipolar disorder, major depression. The service is not aimed at people with mild to moderate anxiety and depression (clusters 1-4) as these are usually served by IAPT services.
The focus of the Primary Care Plus Team is to forge strong relationships with GPs to ensure that all CMHT discharges within 2 weeks of discharge are seen, and that an appropriate Wellness Plan (care plan) is agreed.
Provide face-to-face and remote recovery support to adults with SMI registered within participating GP practices.
Contribute to the completion and follow-up of annual SMI physical health checks, including lifestyle interventions and signposting to relevant services.
Support medication adherence, facilitate understanding of side effects, and signpost medication reviews with GPs or pharmacists if indicated.
Conduct risk screening (including self-harm, suicide, vulnerability, relapse indicators), escalating concerns immediately to senior clinicians, reporting incidents appropriately within the allocated GP practices and Datix/Ulysses within the Trust.
Deliver relapse prevention interventions, including wellness planning, coping strategies, and early-warning-sign identification.
Support access to community mental health services, talking therapies, social care, voluntary sector organisations, and peer support networks , recovery college, Hestia recovery café , active wellbeing, Wandsworth bereavement service, Citizens Advice Bureau , The Drug and Alcohol services , Mind , Enable , Befriending Services , Wandsworth Carers Centre, EMHIP Project for service -users from the Ethnic backgrounds etc.
Promote wellbeing, independence, social inclusion, and meaningful activity engagement.
We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.
We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.
This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services.
We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.
We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.
Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.
Unless expressly stated in the job advert the role is not subject to sponsorship, please be advised that all offers of employment are subject to evidence of right to work in the UK.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Joseph Manu Job title: Team Manager Email address: Joseph.Manu@swlstg.nhs.uk Telephone number: 020 3513 1407
