Specialist Mental Health Practitioner

2 months ago


Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom Devon Partnership NHS Trust Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Specialist Mental Health Practitioner to join our Neurodiversity Pathway team at Devon Partnership NHS Trust. As a key member of our multidisciplinary team, you will play a vital role in providing specialist mental health assessments, neurodevelopmental assessments, and evidence-based therapies for children and young people who are neurodivergent.

Key Responsibilities
  • Collaborate with children, families, and professionals to adopt a person-centred, holistic approach to care.
  • Evaluate the mental health, emotional well-being, and specific challenges of children and young people who are neurodivergent.
  • Contribute to the neurodevelopmental assessment pathway in the service.
  • Participate in multidisciplinary meetings and contribute to complex cases, service development, and staying abreast of Neurodiversity research and advancements.
  • Engage in wider service duties such as duty, screening, team support through supervision and mentoring, and contributing to service improvement initiatives.
About Us

Devon Partnership NHS Trust is a leading provider of mental health services in Devon. We are committed to delivering high-quality care and treatment to children and young people across physical and mental health. Our integrated care and treatment has been developed and refined in partnership with children, young people, and their families/carers.

Requirements
  • Experience of working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers, including using goal-based care and routine outcome measures in practice.
  • Experience of working collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team and across agencies.
  • Experience of working with children and young people's mental health needs, families, and parents/carers, maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems and verbal abuse.
  • Experience of undertaking specialist mental health assessment and therapeutic interventions for children's mental health, with the ability to work with complex needs and undertake risk assessments.
  • Experience of safeguarding children and young people and ensuring the safety of children in partnership with other agencies as appropriate.
  • Professional knowledge acquired through degree supplemented by specialist training or equivalent experience to Masters level with a relevant core professional training Psychological profession, Nursing, Clinical Psychology, Social Work, Occupational Therapy.
  • Training in an evidence-based therapeutic approach.
  • Professional registration/accreditation with a recognised body, NMC, HCPC, Social Work England, UKCP, BABCP.
  • Training in supervision and/or leadership skills or willing to work towards.
  • Evidence of Continuous Professional Development.


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