Job overview

We are looking for a part-time permanent Graduate Mental Health Worker to join our team at HMP Stoke Heath!

As a Graduate Mental Health Worker you will assist in the assessment of care needs and the formulation, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care for individuals.

You will deliver relevant forms of psychosocial and psychologically informed care under agreed levels of supervision. You will assist in identifying strategies to support mental wellbeing and in the promotion of self-care and social inclusion.  

You will communicate and work collaboratively with Mental Health team colleagues and the prison teams to meet the needs of patients. You will support the delivery of timely access to integrated, high quality, service user-centred services that enable people with mental health needs, and/or substance use issues to improve their well-being and functionality, thereby preventing, reducing or delaying the need for more specialist services. 

Main duties of the job

As part of the integrated team, under the supervision of qualified mental health practitioners, you will work to ensure that the needs of service users are addressed by offering appropriate interventions in both one to one and group settings. This will include promoting wellbeing, independence and choice whilst preventing, reducing or delaying the greater onset of need.

You will be expected to adhere to relevant policy and procedure. You will liaise with other professionals and agencies both statutory and non-statutory to provide holistic care and treatment. The co-facilitation of group work will be an expectation of the role. Being a compassionate individual will be essential.

The successful candidate will provide psychosocial and psychological interventions, support and signposting for people experiencing mental health difficulties.

Working for our organisation

Inclusion, created in 2002 is part of the Specialist Services Care Group of Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT). We provide caring and effective services across England, including, West Yorkshire, West Midlands, East Midlands, West Mercia, Thames Valley, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Thurrock, Essex. We support individuals, families and communities who are affected by addiction, crime, mental health or need treatment for their sexual health. 

We believe that the individuals and families who use our services should receive high quality, committed and inclusive care, realising all the benefits a modern NHS organisation can provide. We work with patients and our staff teams to achieve the best outcomes we can. We invest heavily in training and development, and the wellbeing of our people, both staff and service users is central to who we are. 

Here at MPFT, we are proud of the comprehensive wellbeing and lifestyle support offer available, in addition to in-house training and coaching support. Our services are robustly governed, evidence-based, inclusive, and designed and provided in conjunction with service users. We are committed to providing the best service we can, and if you share our values, we want you on our team!