Primary Care Mental Health Practitioner Full Time

Cwm Taf Cares

Our philosophy Cwm Taf Cares is at the heart of everything we do as we are committed to the health, wellbeing and development of our staff.

We provide hospital and community based services to people living in Rhondda Cynon Taf and Merthyr Tydfil. Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN APPLYING FOR THE SECONDMENT POSITION, YOU MUST OBTAIN PERMISSION FROM YOUR CURRENT LINE MANAGER PRIOR TO APPLYING FOR THIS POST

We are looking for a Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner to work in our ambitious Primary Care Mental Health Services to cover a secondment until 31 March 2018.

Applications would be welcomed from Nurses, Social Workers, Occupational Therapists and Psychologists with experience of working in relevant mental health settings. The successful applicant will need to have the relevant qualification to undertake assessments under Part 1 of the Welsh Assembly Government Mental Health Measure

• Do you have a genuine interest in working with people who are experiencing mental health difficulties within the primary care setting?

• Do you work well with individuals on a 1-1 basis and in group situations?

• Are you forward thinking, and highly organised?

If so we would welcome an application from you.

The role will involve:

• Assessing people’s mental health needs within a primary care setting and taking responsibility for a clinical caseload.

• The delivery of brief, short term and low intensity psychological interventions, based on Cognitive Behavioural and Solution Focused approaches, provision of information, CCBT and self-help for people with common mental health disorders and assist in the running of psycho-educational groups.

• Mental Health promotion involving the development of effective relationships between primary care and local communities and other services in the voluntary and statutory sector.

• Provision of support and advice to GPs and other primary care providers.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post.

Closing date – 05th September, 2017

For further details / informal visits contact:

Jacqui Parry (Team leader)

Tel: 01443 443443 ext 5416

Cwm Taf University Health Board (UHB) reserve the right to close this vacancy after 24 hours if a large number of suitable applications are received. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post.

With effect from 1st April 2017 points 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 on AfC Pay Band 1 and Pay Band 2 will be adjusted to £16,523 to reflect the incorporation of the living wage £8.45 per hour.

All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.

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Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration
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