Senior Mental Health Practitioner

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.

At any one time, around 23,000 people in Norfolk and Suffolk are receiving care and attention from the Trust. We believe in whole life care - seeing people in the context of their whole lives, understanding the importance of good physical health, friends, family, spirituality, culture, home, work, education and a sense of purpose and achievement to experience good mental health.

Nearly 3,200 full and part-time practitioners care for our service users in hospitals, in the community and in their own homes, whilst an additional 900+ staff provide non-clinical support, including cleaning, delivering supplies, ward administration, information technology, human resources and financial services.

We are committed to delivering quality driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we’d love you to join us

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JOB DESCRIPTION/PERSON SPECIFICATION

YOUR APPLICATION

**Job overview**:
Hi my name is Neil and I am the Service Manager for the CFYP LAAC team we have fantastic opportunity for a qualified Mental Health Practitioner to join us.

The CFYP LAAC team works to support the mental health needs of Looked After and Adopted Children, specialising in supporting children who have attachment difficulties or have experienced developmental trauma. Our work includes working with carers’ groups, foster care groups, work with residential care teams and systemic work with families and multi-agency teams always with a clear focus on improving outcomes for children looked after. If you feel you would enjoy working within in a multi-disciplinary team committed to dividing both direct work and consultation with other professionals, you will be well suited to this role.

**Main duties of the job**:
The role will involve both direct and indirect work with children, families and the wider system including assessment, intervention, consultation, training, liaison and signposting to other services. You will be supported to take a creative and ambitious approach to work, in order to ensure that children looked after are able to experience stability and security as they grow up.

**Working for our organisation**:
**_We are looking for people who see challenges as opportunities and can influence, inspire and energise others, as well as work with people’s strengths to strive service improvement and patient experience._**

**_ We are looking for a flexible, dynamic, mental health practitioner to work within this small friendly team to join to help truly meet the needs of young people_**

**_ You will be offered the opportunity to be mentored and coached and be supported with training and development. If you want to make a difference in young people’s lives and change it for the better, we want you to be part of our fantastic team_**

**_ We want you to come join us to help us lead and develop a team using your skills, knowledge and experience as a to make a difference to families in Norfolk and Waveney._**

**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**:
**Person specification**:
**Qualifications**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Nursing degree or equivalent, Dip OT, Clinical Psychology or equivalent
- Mentorship qualification or ENB 998. Willingness to train to become a sign off mentor
- Ongoing professional development working towards degree level
- higher degree or post graduate certificate in area of clinical/ therapeutic practice

**Desirable criteria**:

- Good to great management course, or equivalent

**Experience**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Able to demonstrate an appropriate level of knowledge of mental health practice from previous experience
- Demonstrate effective risk assessment and risk management experience
- Experience in delivery of clinical interventions
- Experience in working in team delivering person centred treatment packages

**Desirable criteria**:

- Experience in delivering group based interventions
- Experience in supporting service development

**Skills**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Excellent communication skills
- Competent assessment skills
- Effective analytical and decision making skills
- Care planning skills
- Risk assessment knowledge and skills
- Competent and effective treatment skills

**Knowledge**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Knowledge of medication and the monitoring of its effects
- Knowledge of psychological interventions
- An understanding of the policies and guidelines both local and national

**Desirable criteria**:

- Developing knowledge of local wider systems and networks
- Knowledge of health promotion

**Other**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Able to travel independently
- EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES_
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