Job Title: Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioner
Agency: Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
Location: Merthyr Tydfil, United Kingdom, Wales
Salary/Rate: 32,557 – 39,631 £ / Year

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Job Summary

These posts are key roles within the 24/7 Mental Health First Response service and will be the first point of contact for people who may require urgent mental health support.

Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioners provide effective mental health support to people calling the service who may be experiencing a mental health crisis. This may include triage and risk assessments, and brief psychosocial interventions.

Working via telephone and video calls, Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioners will provide effective emotional support for people through the use of compassionate conversations and, when appropriate, encourage and guide effective self-management of emotional distress.

Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioners will be able to recognise when a person requires more support than is possible to be delivered over the phone, such as a crisis mental health assessment or ongoing support, and be confident to make the necessary arrangements to facilitate this with an appropriate registrant, clinician, service or organisation.

Due to the nature of this role, there will be no option of remote working.

Main duties of the job

• Provide initial risk and mental health and well-being triage assessment, formulation for people who may be presenting with mental health and well-being concerns.
• Undertake triage assessments, based on the latest empirical evidence and compliant with local policies and procedures.
• Working via telephone, Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioners will use their knowledge, experience, and training to provide a validating response to people in mental health crisis or experiencing emotional distress.
• Manage their own workload and prioritise tasks within a busy and pressured environment.
• Work well under pressure and use time management and organisational skills to ensure own wellbeing needs are met.
• Understand the processes required for an introduction or warm handover to other local services.
• Ensure that any concerns relating to workload are communicated to their line manager.
• Be able to work dynamically and adapt to change.

Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesn’t mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn’t need to have skills in Welsh, we’ll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isn’t ‘fluency’, just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health. For more information, see ‘Welsh Language Guidance’ in the documents right at the bottom.

How to Apply;

Interested and qualified candidates should:
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