Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner- CAMHS Young Peoples Team
6 days ago
Job summary
The CAMHS Young Peoples Team is a specialist team within CAMHS.
We work with young people who are adopted, looked after, unaccompanied asylum seeking, homeless or involved in youth justice. We have an 18 month fixed term contract available for WTE (30 hours per week).
We are a small team of just over 20 staff including nurses, psychiatrists, psychologists, forensic psychologist, mental health practitioners and occupational therapist. We also have assistant psychologists, honorary assistants and many students from different disciplines with us through the year.
We work with young people aged up to 18 years who have a moderate to severe mental illness which is impacting upon functioning across all areas of their life. Our job is to work alongside these young people and their support networks and offer treatment and support in a holistic manner. We also spend a lot of time working with the network which supports the young person.
As we work with young people our work can be delivered in many ways, including therapies such as CBT, EMDR and decider skills. Whilst also using creative methods such as play and art to ensure that the work is engaging and meaningful to our young people.
Risk management and care planning skills are important within our team and being able to monitor and communicate risk is something we do daily. In our team we engage in a lot of training delivery to our local authorities and these are great for new members of our team to join and support.
Main duties of the job
To manage a caseload of young people who have moderate to severe mental illness To support in gathering information around the diagnosis of neurodevelopmental disorders To be part of our multi disciplinary team and join case discussions around planning of care To provide therapeutic intervention in the treatment of a diagnosed mental illness To work alongside the network which supports the young person and attend meetings including LAC reviews, strategy calls and social care and education meetings. To develop as a nurse and partake in PDP and training To complete assessments following referral in to the team and create plans of care for young people To complete risk assessments and keep these up to date and reflective of current concerns To engage in risk management and reduction through therapeutic intervention
About us
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serves over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
Here at LPT, our values are Compassion, Respect, Integrity and Trust, which we keep at the heart of everything we do.
We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.
Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information are contained in the attached document titled Information for Applicants.
We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.
For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).
All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.
For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.
Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Current professional registration: Registered Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist, physiotherapist or psychologist Evidence of relevant post graduate registration training and development in particular motivational interviewing, brief solution focussed interventions, cognitive and behavioural approaches and psychosocial interventions to enable the management of a caseload of service users with complex needs
Desirable
Non-medical Prescriber or willing to work towards (those with NMC Registration only)
Experience
Essential
Significant post registration/qualification experience of working with service users with complex mental health needs Significant experience of undertaking comprehensive mental health assessments Demonstrates motivation and commitment to providing high quality service user centred care and patient education
Mobility
Essential
Own vehicle or suitable alternative.-
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