Community Mental Health Practitioner

To offer an extended service to ensure an appropriate assessment of mental health need for CYP in mental health crisis and in need of appropriate intensive support ensuring the delivery of safe and effective practice as part of the CYP wellbeing and recovery action plan. The post holder will work directly with children and young people with mental health needs and their families, carrying out assessments (including risk management) and effective treatment and/or interventions, with the aim of helping children and young people participate in normal family and community activities and to facilitate positive outcomes of care in relation to young people's mental health needs. The role will also facilitate hospital admission avoidance and seamless transitions between services where appropriate.

They will also be expected to work flexibly within the Team to support a crisis, brief intervention and intensive support function. Dependent on skill and service need they will need to be available to external professionals and carers to offer advice, signposting and guidance (especially in relation to urgency and risk) associated with children and young people's mental health and emotional wellbeing.

Potholder will provide assessments and interventions for CYP as part of the MDT for those experiencing severe to moderate mental health conditions.

Mental Health, Children's and LD Nurses and those with a social work background are encouraged to apply.

Main duties of the job

• The assessment of need and delivery of safe and effective interventions for CYP and families in their communities and in places of safety, working to avoid hospital admission and manage complex risks, in accordance with recognised clinical guidance.
• Co-ordinating the care of the CYP on caseload
• Working as part of the MDT and in an integrated way with wider teams and services to meet the needs of the CYP & Families
• Offering advice, support and supervision to other healthcare professionals

About us

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by

• Supporting your career development and progression.
• Excellent NHS Pension scheme
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional annual leave.
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resource.
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients.
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates

And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.

Please note this vacancy may close early if we receive a high volume of applications for the role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please note that you are required to hold a validNMC/ Social Work England/HCPCregistration to apply for this role and be able to evidence required skills.

As part of this role, you will be required to travel across wide geographical area and have access to a car, with valid driving licence and business insurance.

For full details of the role, please see attached the job description and person specification. If you do have any further questions regarding the role, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

• First level (Degree or higher diploma) professional Nursing / AHP / Social Work / Therapy qualification in mental health, Social Work, Nursing AHP or equivalent with demonstrable knowledge and continuous post qualified experience/professional development
• Conforms to Professional governing body requirements

Desirable

• Recognised appropriate qualification in mentoring/assessing/supporting students in placement
• Professional specific additional qualification i.e non-medical prescriber (NMP), Sensory Integration , Approved Mental Health Practitioner (AMHP)
• Psychological intervention/Professional Qualification including, Motivational Interviewing techniques CBT, CBTp, Family Interventions, CAT, DBT, Solution focussed interventions, Positive Behaviour Support Planning,

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of extensive post registration experience with working with those who may experience complex mental health needs in the community setting Experience of working with people who have difficulty in engaging with services and have complex mental health needs
• Experience of assessing, planning, co-ordinating and managing care for those with mental health or neurodevelopmental needs
• Experience of assessing and managing complex needs including risk within a structured framework such as CPA/Safeguarding Children frameworks
• Experience of effectively managing mental health related issues/referrals/need for advice face to face and virtually, including telephone, at times of high demand and in relation to highly stressful/emotive situations.
• Experience of making decisions autonomously whilst working with people and families in the community setting

Desirable

• Experience of working in a crisis/intensive support model
• Experience in CAMHS although the lack of explicit CAMHS experience is not an excluding factor
• Experience of working with people who may have neurodevelopmental needs such as Autism, ADHD or Learning Disability

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities

Essential

• Knowledge of Child Social Care and Mental Health legislation and safeguarding, relevant NICE guidance and professional Code of Conduct
• Understanding of the principles of the Care Programme Approach and Community Care Act
• Knowledge of the wide range of statutory independent and third sector service provision for CYP
• Skills of assessing, planning and evaluating care, for people with mental health related difficulties, utilising recognised models of care
• Ability to complete and interpret Clinical Outcome measures such as CORC
• Skilled in interventions to engage those who may otherwise not access services when in need Knowledge of Children's Act, Mental Health Act, the Mental Capacity Act and DOLS
• Ability to support and supervise the performance, practice of less experienced and support level staff as appropriate,
• Ability to work flexibly (as part of a rota) to meet the extended remit of the service (8am - 10pm, 365 days a year
• Proven ability to manage own caseload and work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Skills and knowledge to determine when and how to mobilise appropriate professionals in the event a health, mental health or social emergency
• Skilled in the assessment and formulation of clinical risk and developing and communicating appropriate risk management plans
• Supervisory skills and knowledge to be able to provide clinical supervision

Desirable

• Understanding of psychological formulation
• Skilled in utilising recognised profession specific assessments

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Leadership skills, ability to motivate and influence others
• Exemplary personal standards of conduct and behaviour
• Possesses values and beliefs that enables others to deliver services effectively
• Passion for working with C& YP experiencing mental health difficulties
• Ability to move between trusts sites

Employer details

Employer name

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Block 6, St Michael's Court

Trent Valley Road

Lichfield

WS13 6EE

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301-KM-24-6761579