Senior Mental Health Practitioner

2 weeks ago


Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation Nhs Trust Full time

Job summary Would you like to work in a team that strives to keep children and young people out of inpatient units and stay within the community?
Giving them intense support, encourage positive futures and giving them the opportunities to be able to manage in adult life.
Then CATAT might be for you
CATAT have been commissioned to support Children and Young People (CYP) under the age of 18 within the Norfolk and Suffolk locality.
The aim of this team is to prevent CYP from having inpatient admissions wherever possible, and to support them and their family in the community.
The team will serve as a gateway in and out of Tier 4 (T4) provision so CYP will be able to access T4 provision / support without the need for admission.
This is a significant change in both the clinical offer and culture.
CATAT look at being preventative rather than a reactive intervention to enable admission avoidance being more successful we do this by using the Ambit & Thrive models this aids and supports stabilisation as well as the system around the child.
CATAT work alongside the core community teams as well as partner agencies to offer CYP increased/additional support.
This helps with a jointly holding risk, collaborative working, and continuity of care.
Main duties of the job What will CATAT offer.
Consultation/Advice Enhanced assessments Ensure that children & young people in Norfolk & Suffolk access care in the least restrictive environment possible.
Case Formulation and ongoing case management to formulate the CYP care pathway.
Face to face community-based visits Attending MDT, LEAPs, CETRs, MALMs, Linking in with inpatient and acute wards.
Therapeutic interventions and approaches in relation to the expressed mental health needs of the CYP.
Such as emotional regulation, DBT skills, AMBIT technics, risk management.
Systemic approach to working with CYP, families, carers, and wider professional networks.
Training and education for other services Promote joined up working and liaison with other involved services and teams across mental and physical health and children's services.
(The above list is not exhaustive, merely a starting point to show you what we do) About us Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other.
In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.Why work for us?
We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey.
We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.Why Norfolk and Suffolk?The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park.
We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too.
Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres.
We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.
Job description Job responsibilities You will be expected to travel around bothNorfolk and Suffolk Treat adolescents under 18 years of age who reside in either Norfolk or Suffolk.
Any exceptions will be reviewed on an individual case basis Treat CYP at home or in a Place of Safety and identified as potentially needing admission to CAMHS in-patient provision.
This may be young people either known, or not known to specialist mental health services Undertake individualised risk assessments taking into account strengths/needs of CYP including safeguarding risk assessments and develop individualised programmes of care in coproduction with the CYP, parent/carer and existing professional networks.
Support the process of safe discharge planning with other partnership agencies to ensure that the mental health needs of the CYP have been addressed appropriately and that the CYP has been offered a range of treatment modalities and therapeutic interventions according to their care pathway, prior to the return to the care of their Lead Care Professional.
Deliver training with/to service users, significant others, families, other professionals, and agencies.
Offer person-centred care around the clinical need and risks.
Alongside their core team and professionals assessments to target reduction and or prevention of admission.
CATAT will look at treatment, therapeutic work within a community setting, which offers the safest least restrictive option for the young person.
The amount of contact the team has with the young person will depend on assessed clinical needs.
CATAT will work jointly with other professionals involved in individual care packages alongside joint interventions core teams/other health services.
CATAT will work with young people and offer a 6-week review.
If a longer period of additional support by CATAT is assessed as appropriate, CATAT will continue therapeutic interventions.
Discharge planning from CATAT will evidence a reduction in the additional support/therapeutic interventions which will include a handover period to make a seamless transition of care, to aid a safe and supportive discharge.
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY
Some of the benefits you can expect: NHS pension a comprehensive in house & external training programmes career progression starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays) staff physio service NHS discounts and many more.
Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time.
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Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs Person Specification Qualifications Essential Registered Mental Health Nurse/ Social Worker or Occupational Therapist.
Evidence of ability to facilitate learning within clinical practice Experience Essential Minimum 2 years post registration experience Sound knowledge and understanding of current issues in speciality Desirable Experience of working across a range of mental health settings at a senior clinical level Experience and knowledge of quality, standard setting and audit Experience in both managing complaints and quality assurance Skills Essential Negotiation and conflict management skills Good time management skills, with the ability to meet deadlines and work effectively under pressure Strong commitment to improving patient services with a clear focus on achieving performance goals Desirable Proven ability to effectively manage change Other Essential The ability to travel independently between Trust sites during the course of a working day



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