SPA Emotional Health and Wellbeing Practitioner
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Job Overview
Do you have experience of working with CYP presenting with emotional and mental health difficulties?
Job Overview
Do you have experience of working with CYP presenting with emotional and mental health difficulties?
Are you a RMN / RNLD / Social Worker / Occupational Therapist with current registration or educated to degree level in mental health/social care / equivalent experience within the mental health field of working
MPFT launched the CAMHS SPA in 2021 and are on an exciting journey of development and expansion of the service. Our team is multidisciplinary, comprising of Mental Health Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Social Workers and Speech and Language Therapists. We each use our professional expertise in the telephone assessment of young people experiencing mental health difficulties, and ensure they are signposted to the most appropriate service for their level of need.
We are looking to recruit experienced, passionate and creative individuals to our team. Within the CAMHS SPA we provide a telephone duty service, triage and signposting of referrals to services across children’s services within Staffordshire. We would be interested in hearing from newly qualified clinicians as well as those without a registered profession but who have extensive experience of working within the area of young people’s mental health, which could be, for example, in health or social care.
Main duties of the job
* Responsible for supporting with the provision of triage, risk assessment/management and formulation of a plan with clinical reasoning for CYP referred to or calling the SPA.
* Develop and maintain effective communications within the area of work and promote positive working relationships with internal teams, individuals, departments and other agencies
* Responsible for promoting and maintaining a positive and professional image of the service through collaboration, role modelling and openness
* Adhere to legislation, policy, procedure and guidance from the Trust and other relevant professional bodies
* Maintain compliance with the required range of mandatory and statutory training as well as with the requirements of registration with the appropriate professional body
* To provide an active involvement in the assessment processes to ensure effective outcomes for CYP are met
* Contribute to the commencement of risk screening and gathering information to determine levels of need and support for CYP in collaboration with other services and agencies
* Ensure that the needs and views of carers, friends and family are considered (where this is deemed appropriate) and wherever possible that this is with the express consent of the service user
* Exchange information with other professionals in all clinical pathways and external organisations
Working for our organisation
By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;
* Supporting your career development and progression
* Excellent NHS Pension scheme
* Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
* Options for flexible working
* Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
* Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
* If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
* Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
* Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, milage paid at business rates
* Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
* Free car parking at all trust sites
* Free flu vaccinations every year
* Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)
And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
This role will be a part of the Children and Families Care Group based within the CAMHS SPA team delivering care to children, young people and families. The SPA is the first point of clinical contact for children and young people, families and referrers, and offers consultation and advice during the triage phase. The Emotional Health and Wellbeing Practitioner will play a key role in triage of referrals to support children and young people’s needs and directing them to the most appropriate service. You will support with the whole patient journey through the service, from referral to discharge based on urgency and clinical need. You will escalate queries to a senior clinician where necessary, and support senior clinicians with the outcomes of their formulations. You will ensure that our Integrated SPA offers a no wrong door approach.
Please See Attached Job Description And Person Specification.
For further information about this role please contact Michael Cartwright CAMHS SPA Team Lead on: michael.cartwright@mpft.nhs.uk
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Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.
Person specification
Qualifications And Training
Essential criteria
* RMN/ RNLD/Social Worker/Occupational Therapist with current registration.
* Educated to degree level in mental health/social care equivalent experience within the mental health field of working.
Desirable criteria
* Training in Mental Health, Learning Disabilities and Autism
Experience
Essential criteria
* Experience of working with people with mental health needs, including those with emotional wellbeing needs.
* Experience in risk management of people with emotional wellbeing/mental health needs
* Experience of working with others both face to face and via telephone/virtual
* Experience of working within the NHS/social care and public sector
Desirable criteria
* Experience of working within a CAMHS setting
* Experience of previous working in a similar role
* Experience of supporting junior staff
* Experience of delivering therapeutic interventions
Skills, Knowledge And Abilities
Essential criteria
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills
* Highly motivated and able to engage with young people, their families, and other professionals
* Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to give and receive sensitive information and to act empathetically, confidently
* Good understanding of child and adolescent development
* Highly computer literate and high standard of report writing
* Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office packages, e.g. Word, Excel etc
* Can demonstrate the skills required to work within and across teams and professional boundaries
* Good knowledge of local and universal services
* Sound knowledge of childcare legislation and Safeguarding.
* Sound knowledge of clinical risk assessment and understanding of Information Governance principles
Desirable criteria
* Psychological therapy training/Brief interventions
* Knowledge of relevant NICE guidance
* Have a working knowledge of the THRIVE model
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
* Have the ability to prioritise own workload and the workload of others and meet set deadlines
* Flexible approach to duties and ability to be creative and adapt
* Team player, integrity, negotiation skills
* Ability to work independently, using own initiative and in a team, supporting colleagues
* Ability to demonstrate the positive application of our behaviours
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Management and Manufacturing
* Industries
Hospitals and Health Care
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