Mental Health Specialist
2 days ago
Job Summary
Job Title: Mental Health Practitioner
Grade: Band 7
Trust: Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust
Location: Various locations within Hertfordshire
Ward/Dept: PALMS - Intensive Intervention Team
Hours: Full-time, flexible shifts
Shift Pattern: 1-5 days a week, weekdays only
About the Service:
PALMS is a specialist multidisciplinary service providing support to children and young people aged 0-18 with global learning disabilities and/or autism spectrum disorder and their families. Our clinicians work in a variety of community settings, delivering individually tailored support to help manage concerns experienced at home.
Main Duties:
The Responsibilities:
As a Mental Health Practitioner, you will be responsible for:
- Providing a comprehensive screening and triage service to children and young people and their referrers, resulting in safe and appropriate clinical decisions and interventions.
- Timely and effective triaging of all referrals, adhering to the service specification, pathways, and protocols to support clinical decisions.
- Being the first clinical point of contact for referrers and families, following agreed protocols and guidelines, and utilising effective communication skills.
- Ensuring sufficient, accurate, and appropriate information is gathered to direct referrals to the most appropriate pathway.
- Being a point of contact for team members to discuss clinical queries that cannot wait until supervision or peer reflection.
- Undertaking priority assessments related to difficulties within the PALMS remit, to determine the needs of the child or young person, including whether it is safe for them to return to their home.
About Us:
NHS Professionals Limited is a leading provider of NHS staff bank services, helping thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.
Career Progression: Access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges
Work-life Balance: Flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources, and build paid annual leave
Opportunity & Access: Over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want
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