Salary: Up to £45,000 per annum
Part Time/Full Time: up to 37.5 hours per week
Location: Lufton College, Yeovil
Would you like to be part of a rapidly developing service committed to improving the lives of children and young people and their families?
An exciting opportunity has arisen at Lufton College, Yeovil and we are now recruiting for a dedicated passionate individual to join our clinical team as the Senior Mental Health Practitioner. This is a new role at the college to support students mental and emotional health.
Cambian Lufton College is rated 'Good' in all areas from Ofsted in 2024, the college is an independent provider of specialist further education and residential care in the South West, and part of the Care-Tec group. We offer day and residential placements for young people aged 16 to 25 years, and typically support students who have a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder, moderate to severe learning disabilities and a range of behaviour, emotional and complex needs (including medical).
Our teams of highly skilled education, care and clinical staff deliver an outstanding personal, social and vocational experience that is tailored to meet the individual needs and wants of our students. The College focusses upon preparing young people for adulthood by equipping them with a toolkit for life after college.
Job Role
We are looking for a creative, dynamic and enthusiastic individual to work collaboratively within our wellbeing clinical team which consists of a Consultant Psychiatrist, Speech and Language Therapist, Occupational Therapist, Holistic therapist, School Nurse and Integrated Therapy assistants.
The role will require you to draw upon your knowledge of working with complex young people and adults, to support the emotional and mental health needs of our learners through either direct or indirect therapeutic interventions and by sharing your knowledge, experience and expertise through work-shops and training for our care and education team.
Main Duties
* Provide mental health triage, including basic assessments and clinical interventions based on NICE guidance within the college to support students.
* To review and meet EHCP statemented needs of students.
* Support the psychiatrist with the management of students presenting with emotional or Mental health problems.
* Support students presenting in 'crisis', modelling good practice and providing short term interventions, where possible, share this practice with care and education teams to promote self-management.
* To be the link role between the care, education and wellbeing teams with external agencies for mental and emotional wellbeing.
* Co facilitate groups for students in promoting good mental and emotional health.
Manage your own caseload in conjunction with the requirements of the team, and wide care and education provision. Attend multi-disciplinary and multi- agency meetings for our young people, where appropriate. Contribute to reports for young people's progress at annual review and interim reviews.
Requirements
* Minimal 2 years' experience
* RMN / RNLD/ HCPC
* Experience in CAMHS (community or in-patient services) or Education settings
* Be person centred and have a commitment to delivering high quality evidence-based care
* Good decision-making skills
* Excellent organisational capacity
* Effective communication skills
* Be autonomous in practice
Benefits
* A competitive salary
* 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays - pro rata for part time (increasing after 2 years)
* Enhanced disclosure cost covered by Cambian
* Free onsite parking
* Paid lunch break - and free meals when on duty
* Online benefits and cashback rewards
* Comprehensive induction and commitment to ongoing training
Cambian is committed to Safeguarding and protecting the young people and service users within our care. All candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and reference checks. Cambian is an equal opportunities employer.
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