Community Practitioner

1 week ago


Sunderland, Sunderland, United Kingdom Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust Full time

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a passionate, and dedicated qualified mental health or learning disabilities clinician with experience of working with Children and Young people to join the Intensive community treatment service.

This multidisciplinary service supports Children, young people and families struggling with mental health crisis in south Tyneside and Sunderland and works as part of the wider universal crisis team forming part of our ageless crisis provision.


The Intensive community treatment service works with children, young people and their carers up to the age of 18 years old as part of the wider universal crisis team forming part of our ageless crisis provision.

The teams principal objective is to offer assessment and home treatment to young people experiencing a mental health crisis, as an alternative to hospital admission.

The post holder will have clinical expertise in assessment, intervention and evaluation in mental health care. The role will involve the psycho-social assessment of young people who have presented in crisis. They will be required to provide specialist advice and sighnposting to service users, carers and other practitioners


The applicant should hold a professionally registered qualification and preferably have experience of working with children, young people and families.

It is also essential that they will have experience of working within a mental health/ learning disability area.


We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future.

In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.

  • To be responsible for the Assessment and Management of casework of service users who have substantial and complex needs.
  • Provide specialist clinical advice to Service Users/Carers, staff, statutory agencies, 3rd sector partner agencies and the public.
  • In collaboration with the Service User and Carer where appropriate, develop Recovery and Wellbeing focused Care Plans, ensuring regular reviews to monitor progress and adapt Care Plan as necessary.
  • To consider Carer needs and ensure Carer and family are involved in Care Planning where appropriate
  • To deliver evidenced based Clinical and Psychologically based Interventions.
  • The post holder will work as a member of the Multidisciplinary Team ensuring that high quality individualised care is delivered which ensures safety and a commitment to promoting recovery and wellbeing and maximising independence.
  • Coordinate Treatment Planning & Interventions, Reviews and Discharge Planning.
  • Provide clinical supervision to staff as delegated by Pathway Clinical Lead and Pathway Manager.
  • To provide compassionate care that is based on empathy, kindness, respect and dignity.
  • To incorporate a client centred philosophy into nursing practice and client centred collaborative care.
  • Work flexibly to meet the needs of Service Users across pathways which may regularly include working extended and flexible hours over 7 days a week.
  • Demonstrate flexibility in the role. This may involve working across clinical pathways to support the needs of the service, whilst ensuring the delivery of high quality care at all times.
Please find attached job description for full details.

Advertising date: 28th June 2023

Closing date: 12th July 2023

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