Single Point of Access Practitioner

Employer Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

Employer type: NHS

Site: St David`s Children Centre, St David`s Hospital

Town: Cardiff

Salary: £35,922 - £43,257 per annum, pro rata

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 14/04/2025 23:59

Single Point of Access Practitioner

Band 6

WHO WE ARE:

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 16,000 staff and providing over 100 specialist services. Serving a population of around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focused on the health and care needs of our local population whilst also working with our partners to develop regional services.

OUR REGION:

Wales has much to offer with miles of stunning coastline, UNESCO world heritage sites and beautiful countryside. Cardiff, the thriving Welsh capital, has something for everyone. It is a fantastic city to live and work in with an abundance of sports, arts and cultural attractions.

Job overview

• Provide specialist evidence-based consultation advice to professionals, patients and their families and liaison with third sector services, voluntary organisations and education and service user lead organisations.
• Mental health screening, triage and assessment.
• Signposting and onward referral to relevant services as identified at triage.
• To work with other clinicians, in providing effective, evidence-based therapeutic care and delivery of care pathways.
• Provision of information for service users and carers.
• Short term therapeutic work with clients with mild to moderate or stable severe and enduring mental health problems;
• The post holder is required to be flexible and adaptable in order to respond to the diverse and demanding nature of this post.
• To provide a commitment to Safeguarding Children and Young People.

Main duties of the job

• To work as a member of the Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health team and deliver care to a range of children, young people and families that require emotional, wellbeing and mental health support.
• Work autonomously and flexibly to competently screen, prioritise and triage mental health referrals from Primary Care and Secondary Care, including the assessment and management of risk.
• Provide specialist clinical consultation and advice to GPs, primary care counsellors and other disciplines working within education and the primary care sector with regard to mental health issues.
• Provide specialist evidence-based mental health assessment and intervention to children and young people involved with the service.
• Make decisions that are based on best practice and in-line with NICE guidelines thus enabling the young person and family to address their identified needs.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Degree or Post Grad Diploma related to Children /Mental health
• Specialist Qualification in CBT, FT or other appropriate therapy

Experience

• Demonstrable post qualification experience, including experience of working with clients with mental health problems and working with children and families in particular.
• Significant experience of working with children, young people and families

MANAGING YOUR APPLICATION:

We are committed to promoting inclusion, where all staff have a sense of belonging. We welcome applications from everyone and recognise the need for our workforce to represent the diversity of the population we serve.

Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh. Any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.

The UHB reserves 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.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment-related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa, unless you have permission to work via another route.