Mental Health Practitioner

4 days ago


Newport, Newport, United Kingdom Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust Full time

About the Role

We are seeking a skilled Mental Health Practitioner to join our Community Child and Adolescent Mental Health Team on the Isle of Wight. As an Inreach/Outreach Mental Health Practitioner, you will play a vital role in delivering brief therapeutic interventions for children and young people who have experienced mental health crisis.

Main Responsibilities

  • Assess, devise, plan, and implement evidence-based treatment plans in support of organisational and individual professional guidance and policies.
  • Liaise with other agencies to plan and assess programmes of care, providing consultation and training where appropriate.
  • Conduct assessments, including emergency and urgent assessments, of children and families who have been referred to Crisis and Community CAMHS.
  • Promote a service that is safe, respects the views of the patient/client, and actively promotes choice, engagement, and involvement in partnership with families and other agencies.
  • Ensure child development and family dynamics are fundamental in the assessment when considering emotional health and wellbeing in an age-appropriate and family context.

About Us

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health and learning disabilities, as well as offering physical health community-based services. We are committed to providing the best possible healthcare, reaching a range of diverse communities, whilst placing patients and staff at the forefront of all our endeavours.

We are currently working closely with other NHS Trusts to combine all our collective community, mental health, and learning disability services, with the plan to create a new larger, more integrated and accessible organisation. Our new Trust will continue to cater to the unique needs of different communities, making healthcare across the county more accessible, as well as offering staff more opportunities for career development, training, and partnership working.

Person Specification

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.



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