Mental Health Specialist WorkWell

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Base:

Norfolk Primary Care Head Office, 3rd Floor, Reed House, Peachman Way, Norwich, NR70WF
, with regular travel to Work Well neighbourhood delivery sites across

Norfolk and some remote working.

Fixed Term

Contract:

Fixedterm to 31 March 2029

Working hours:

15hours per week (0.4 WTE, Part Time)

Hosted byNPC and working within the Work Well Norfolk service, the Mental Health and Work Specialist provides the specialist mental health challenges find, return to,and keep in paid work as part of their recovery within the Work Well Multidisciplinary  Team (MDT). Mental health is the most common primary reasonfor a fit note locally, and depression affects nearly half of people with repeated fit notes, so most Work Well participants will have a primary orco-existing mental health need.

The postholder assesses mental health need andrisk, delivers brief, work focused interventions, and advises the ANP and Workand Health Coaches so that participants are supported safely and plans address psychological as well as physical and social barriers to work.

As a part-time post (0.4

WTE), the role is designed to make a small amount of specialist time go a longway: a limited direct caseload of participants who need clinical mental health support input, alongside case consultation, supervision and training that buildthe confidence and skills of the wider team. The role suits an experienced,registered mental health professional who works autonomously, understand the challenges faced by people with enduring mental health challenges, manages risk confidently and enjoys teaching and supporting non-clinical colleagues.

Norfolk Primary Care (NPC) is a Community Interest Company (CIC) delivering clinical services across the Norfolk & Waveney region. Our membership consists of GP practices within the area. NPC's purpose is to:

• Sustain the delivery of Primary Care by supporting workforce development and improving patient access.
• Strengthen and enhance Primary Care by working with, and on behalf of, local practices to drive quality improvement.
• Support practices in addressing key challenges such as workload pressures, GP recruitment, best practice sharing, and opportunities for at scale working.
• Respond to the evolving landscape of Primary Care by helping ensure services meet the needs of the local population.
• Provide benefits to patients,clinicians, administrative teams, and practice organisations across Norfolk.
• Work collaboratively within thewider health system to deliver patient care in innovative, solution focused ways

1. Key Responsibilities

1.1 Mental Health Assessment and Risk Management

• Undertake mental health assessments for participants identified at triage, by Work and Health Coachesor at MDT as needing clinical mental health input, jointly with the participant's Work and Health Coach wherever possible so the participant onlytells their storyonce.
• Understanding of mental health recovery,secondary mental health services, and the challenges faced by people with severe or enduring mental health issues
• Assess and manage risk where participants express thoughts of suicide or self-harm (which is not an exclusion criterion), agreeing safety plans and advising whether Work Well isthe most appropriate service at that time.
• Advise the ANP and SPOA on triage decisions for referrals with significant mental health need, within the one working day triage standard on working days, with agreed arrangements for clinical cover on non-working days.
• Where a participant's needs gobeyond a low-intensity offer, arrange a warm handover to the right service (for example NHS Talking Therapies, community mental health or crisis services) andfollow up so that support is integrated into their Work Well plan.
• Deliver care for accepted participants in partnership with their GP and/or existing mental health worker,keeping them informed of assessment, risk and outcomes.
• Recognise neurodiversity and learning disability and adapt assessment and support accordingly.

1.2 Brief, Work-Focused Interventions

• Hold a small, time-limited caseload [indicative size TBC] of participants needing clinical mental health intervention within the Work Well model of approximately eight weeks.
• Deliver evidence-based,low-intensity psychological interventions, one to one or in groups (for…