Senior Mental Health Occupational Therapist
NSFT Jobs King's Lynn, England, United Kingdom
Hybrid working, and a warm welcome accompany this opportunity to work creatively with Young People and their families within the Community-based Youth Team in Kings Lynn, West Norfolk. We are a multi-disciplinary team promoting positive Mental Health and providing treatment interventions for Young People aged 14 to 25 years. The role is for a fixed period of 12 months, 30.00 hours per week to cover maternity leave.
We strive to be dynamic and creative and are dedicated Mental Health Professionals, focusing on the needs of Young People and providing a needs-led approach. We are seeking like-minded clinicians to work alongside us in supporting Young Peoples Wellbeing and Mental Health.
This is a great opportunity to learn, grow and develop in a supportive environment within a fantastic team dedicated to offering great care. If this sounds like the role for you and you would like to come on this exciting journey with us, please do not hesitate to apply.
The ideal candidate will have a strong desire to support young people to reach their goals and will demonstrate the following qualities: experience, passion, resilience, empathy, great communication skills and an ability to be flexible and manage risk.
Responsibilities
* Triage new referrals
* Conduct assessments
* Support and be part of the Duty system within the Team
* Individual Caseload holding and management
* Deliver evidence-based mental health treatment interventions to young people both one-to-one and in group settings, both face-to-face and using online mediums such as Attend Anywhere, Microsoft Teams and Zoom.
* Multi-agency working; including working alongside families, acute hospital, primary care sector, social care, education and voluntary services
* Active contribution in team meetings and reflective sessions so that the team can learn, grow, and improve the service we provide
Benefits
* NHS pension
* A comprehensive in-house & external training programme
* Career progression
* Starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days per annum based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
* Staff physio service
* NHS discounts
Job Details
* Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
* Employment type: Full-time
* Job function: Health Care Provider
* Industry: Mental Health Care
Contact
Name: Mark Hennessy
Job title: Community Team Manager
Email: mark.hennessy@nsft.nhs.uk
Telephone: 01553 736011
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