Senior Mental Health Practitioner
3 weeks ago
Job overview
Are you dedicated to improving the lives of children and young people?
Do you thrive in environments where you can help to deliver impactful, short-term interventions?
We, the Crisis and Home Treatment Service (CAHTS), embedded within the Bath, North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire (BSW) Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), are looking for a Mental Health Practitioner to join us, based in Swindon.
We work closely alongside and liaise with the Getting More Help Teams on supporting children, young people (CYP) and their families experiencing complex mental health needs.
Our CYP might be at risk of inpatient hospital admission or transitioning out of inpatient care; our role is to provide intensive, short-term support within the community. No two days are the same, with plenty of variety in this role and lots of opportunities for learning.
In this role, you would be responsible for initial assessments and delivery of time limited, short term interventions to address emotional and mental health needs of young people in crisis, with the aim of reducing longer term mental health problems.
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This role carries an incentive premium of £3,500 which will be paid in instalments over an 18th month period. Please note that this scheme is not open to existing employees of Oxford Health and is subject to a claw back clause. Further information will be provided.
Main duties of the job
In CAHTS, we’re committed to deliver a high quality, comprehensive mental health services for children, young people and their families who are experiencing additional mental health needs.
Children and Young people within our service are often experiencing an increased level of mental health needs, including exhibiting increased risk behaviours. Whilst this can sometimes feel daunting, we have a strong multi-disciplinary leadership team who are responsive to the needs of the team.
You might support CYP and their families with psycho-social education or provide practical support, drawing upon evidence-based interventions.
Liaison, advice and consultation with wider CAMHS, colleagues in Children Services and a range of external agencies such as Children’s Social Care, Education and many more.
We'll need you to participate in a flexible working pattern within the multi-disciplinary team to provide cover for a core day 8am-8pm Monday-Friday and 10am-6pm Saturday –Sunday and Bank Holidays.
You will also participate in covering the service’s 24 hour on call service on a rota basis.
Working for our organisation
Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application you are encouraged to read the “candidate guide to making an application” which is attached to all roles.
Please include details around qualifications (including years these were gained particularly if we need to assess for clinical roles that these are still valid) and ensure that the supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses the essential criteria found in the JD.
As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
· Excellent opportunities for career progression
· Individual and Trust wide learning and development
· 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
· NHS Discount
· Pension scheme
· Lease car scheme
· Employee Assistance Programme
· Mental Health First Aiders
· Staff accommodation (waiting lists may apply)
· Staff networking and support groups
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The role will involve offering emotional support to adolescents and/or their parents who are in mental health crisis or are being supported to leave psychiatric inpatient care.
We can offer you a variety of training including Positive Behaviour Support, AMBIT, DBT coping skills, and Family Based Therapy for Eating Disorders. There will also be the opportunity for further training based around individual learning needs.
Person specification
Qualification
Essential criteria
RMN/Social Worker/OT/other relevant professional qualification Registered to practice in the UK
Desirable criteria
Knowledge of DBT and CBT Non-medical prescriber qualification.
Experience
Essential criteria
Significant post qualifying mental health experience Caseload management/complex conditions & cases Experience of care coordination/lead professional Evidence based, reflective practice & clinical reasoning skills in assessment & treatment Formulating policies/ procedures
Desirable criteria
Experience of working with children and/or young people with mental health difficulties Experience of being a Care co-ordinator or managing a case load. Organising and participating in project work
Professional & Personal Skills
Essential criteria
Effective communicator with patients, carers & staff Good team work skills Good time management skills Organisational skills for own & others workload Adaptability Reflective in approach All new starters have a thorough induction process, both local and Trust wide, which aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale. Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests. Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role. We are ambitious in our pursuit of excellence, driven by the belief that a fair, just and fully inclusive organisational culture enables our teams to deliver the best quality of care and services possible and we work hard to ensure that our diverse workforce reflects the communities that we serve. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, are an Equal Opportunities employer with a number of internal networking groups to support our employees and where possible will always look to make reasonable adjustments in order that you can fulfil the role to recognise your full potential. All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values – safe, caring and excellent. Oxford Health is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Oxford is a world-renowned centre of excellence for research. Oxford Health works closely with the University of Oxford department of Psychiatry and the Department of Primary care, has a Biomedical Research Centre dedicated to improving mental health and the NIHR Clinical Research Facility at the Warneford site. The Trust also hosts the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) which carries out applied research that directly impacts patient health and wellbeing-
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