Job Title: Wellbeing Practitioner
Band: Band 6
Department: Barnet Community Teams- Younger Adults
Accountable to: Team Manager
Responsible to: Team Manager
Responsible for: Own caseload and referrals
An exciting opportunity has arisen to work within the Adult mental health community services at a time of innovation and service development. This role will be involved, as part of the wider core community teams, in helping to adapt the existing service within the new transformation process. This process is in response to the NHS 5-year plan to develop mental health services round the Primary Care Networks and provides new opportunities which include developing partnership working with the voluntary sector, working more closely with GP practices and developing more innovative, community based and holistic ways of working.
The post holder will be responsible for participating and assisting in the delivery of care/services to patients, service users and carers as part of the Core Community Mental Health Team. The post holder will also be part of a daily Core Mental Health MDT referral meeting where all new referrals will be screened and allocated to the relevant Mental health practitioner/named worker, for a mini- Dialog+ assessment or full Dialog+ assessment and care plan - depending on presenting needs You will be responsible for carrying out practical tasks, identified as part of the service users’ care plan or care pathways and delivering interventions as part of an initial offer to our service users. As a Wellbeing Practitioner you will be assigned to a PCN and will work closely with the PCN Mental Health Practitioner on advice/support for referrals.
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
- We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
- With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
- We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
- 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
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Andrew Smith Job title: Service Lead Email address: andrew.smith88@nhs.net
