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The M Word cic is passionate about mental health and its early prevention.

We are dedicated to helping neurodiverse individuals experiencing mental health issues regain their self-esteem and confidence. Our mission is to provide compassionate support and effective care to enhance the well-being of our clients. 70% of our clients are young people of which 80% are unable to attend mainstream school due to high levels of anxiety. 40% can be mute in their presentation making engagement hard for them to access. Many of them are into some form of gaming/technology. We pride ourselves on being able to reach even the most complex of presentations due to our skill set, knowledge and experience.

We are seeking a talented Registered Mental Health Nurse to join our team at The M Word cic. You will be qualified to Masters level with a further qualification or training in a talking therapy. You are passionate about your clients, and take pride in your work, willing to think outside of the box with hard to reach clients, often unable to advocate for themselves. In this role, you will play a vital part in providing high-quality care to individuals facing mental health challenges, contributing significantly to their journey towards recovery. Like us, you wish to make a difference in supporting young people and their families. You also wish to to be part of of our family orientated business, despite it being small, as it allows us to be responsive, courteous, and supportive. The role is flexible with regards to hours to fit around your family commitments.

Responsibilities

Provide comprehensive nursing care to neurodiverse clients experiencing a range of mental health issues including Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA).
Assess client's needs and develop individualized care plans
Be familiar with screening tools to provide evidence to support care plans and reasoning behind your clinical judgement
Support clients in developing coping strategies, improving self-esteem, and rebuilding their resilience following a breakdown in their mental health.
Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure holistic client care.
Document client progress and maintain accurate records.

Requirements

Registered Mental Health Nurse with a specialization in Autism and ADHD with PDA profiles.
Masters level
10 years clinical experience directly working with clients of which a minimum of 3 years must be CAMHS experience
further training with a talking therapy (e.g. Interpersonal Therapy, EMDR, Social Role Valorisation)
Strong knowledge of anatomy and mental health practices.
Excellent client care skills with a compassionate approach.
Ability to work collaboratively within a team environment.
strong knowledge/experience in gaming (e.g. Minecraft/Fortnite)

If you are passionate about making a difference in the lives of individuals facing mental health challenges, we invite you to apply today and join our dedicated team at The M Word cic!

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent, Temporary, Fixed term contract, Temp to perm

Contract length: 3 months

Pay: From £35,317.00 per year

Expected hours: 10 – 30 per week

Benefits

Casual dress
Company events
Company pension
Work from home

Schedule

Day shift
Flexitime
Monday to Friday
No weekends

Work Location: Remote

Lavinia Dowling MSc, RMN, Dip Counselling, NNEB

Psychiatric Nurse Consultant & Founder of The M Word

Lavinia has practised as a licensed mental health clinician for 25 years in hospitals (General and Psychiatric), nursing homes for those with Dementia and learning/physical disabilities, Huntington’s Chorea (inpatient and community), drug and alcohol rehab, forensics, community teams (CAMHS, Adult and Older Adult), Mother and Baby units, CAMHS (Community, Autism screening and assessment, and A&E), and the military (MoD and the NHS). She works with children, adolescents, young adults, and older adults with a broad range of Mental Health issues, and has a wealth of experience helping clients who have Autism and military trauma.

Lavinia’s approach starts with risk assessing her clients’ needs with regard to their mental health and wellbeing, and then actively promoting a natural way of repairing self-esteem and confidence to build up resilience. Instead of prescribing medication, Lavinia believes in empowering her clients to move forward in a healthy way by understanding and listening to themselves, identifying negative coping mechanisms, and discovering the positive coping mechanisms that can enhance their wellbeing.

Lavinia graduated from the University of Plymouth as a Registered Mental Health Nurse (1996) and Counsellor (1998). She gained a Masters in Professional Practice (Emotional Problem Solving) in 2012 from the University of Surrey, and is currently studying a Doctorate in Mental Health at Bangor University. In 2006, Lavinia designed a model of care called “Emotional Problem Solving” designed to reduce negative mental health symptoms, boost self-esteem, and build resilience.

John Abbott

Business Manager at The M Word

John has worked as a Manager in sales within the building merchant world over three decades. He has always been a great listener, very experienced working with customers and staff, and has now successfully made a shift in his career to support The M Word. Most individuals find him relaxed, calm and unflappable. He has an unquenchable thirst for all types of music, as well as a passion for films.

Yasmin Alexandria

Media Manager

Yasmin Alexandria works in the background of The M Word, playing a vital role. From IT, Video editing, supporting the social media side of The M Word & formatting our growing range of products, Yasmin has become a lead in establishing TMW 's profile in the Mental Health & Autism communities.

Over the years she has Guest spoken at Webinars & published blogs that shine a light on how Autism & Mental Health impacts our Young People. The importance of giving our more vulnerable members of the community a voice is something that really resonates with Yasmin.

Ellie Matthews BE'd (Hons)

Education Consultant

Ellie has volunteered in primary schools since she was 14 and graduated university with a BEd (Hons) Primary Education degree in 2013. She has spent time in many settings including mixed age classes, small village schools, large mainstreams, nurture groups, schools with large intakes of pupils with English as an additional language or pupils with SEN needs. She has recently supported pupils over the last 3 years on a 1:1 and group basis in the classroom with a variety of different learning, communication and SEMH needs.

Ellie has daily lived experience from her own family of a wide range of additional needs, school avoidance, well being and anxiety, restrictive eating and more. She understands the juggles and demands faced of being a SEN parent and accessing support for your family and children.

Mark Slade BSc (Hons) in Management & Leadership in Health & Social Care, RMN

Mental Health Nurse Therapist

Mark has been a qualified mental health practitioner for 25 years. He has worked across many specialty's in mental health however manly focused on providing care in community settings including international teams in New Zealand, Older persons services and running a county wide special needs school nursing service for SEND schools.

He has been involved with commissioning services for CAMHs eating disorders services and headed up a transition team with social services with the aim of bridging the gap between children's and adult services.

Mark qualified as a mental health nurse in 2000 from Homerton school of nursing with a dip of higher education, then in 2012 achieved his bachelor of science degree (BSc Hons) in health & social care management.

Marks aim when delivering mental health Care is to be as focused on the individuals needs as possible and not to be led by diagnosis, whats important to the individual is the focus of any therapeutic work undertaken. A new focus that Mark will be delivering through the M Word is supporting Mental Health through the medium of Gaming. Using this alternative medium to assess mental health as well as delivering support/mentoring to individuals through a platform that is hoped to be more comfortable to them

Monty

The English Setter

Monty is an English Setter who came in as an emergency foster to live with Lavinia in September 2019. He was very stressed and anxious, very nervous about being stroked, had absolutely no recall, and was very underweight. He used to tear about the place and disappear for ages on end trying to catch wild birds. After a lot of patience, a lot of TLC, and daily walks on and off the lead, this is the same dog now relaxing in his home.

Monty is a big fan of mental health recovery as he now loves cuddles, likes to sit with humans on the sofa, has 90% recall (although can still be side-tracked by the birds!) and loves a banana muffin as a special treat. He now maintains a steady weight and fitness, and is happiest sitting in the office or bounding on the beach, watching the birds on the waves.

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