Are you an experienced Mental Health Practitioner looking for an exciting opportunity to make a difference in the lives of young people within the Kirklees area? Would you like to be part of a diverse and innovative service who offer mental health support in an educational setting?
We are seeking applicants to join our Mental Health Support Team who cover the schools in Kirklees, the role available will be primarily based in North Kirklees. This is an exciting time to join our team who deliver evidence based interventions to children within our schools with mild to moderate mental health conditions. Focusing on early intervention we also provide training and workshops to schools using the whole school approach, which enables schools to provide a culture of wellbeing for all their pupils.
You will be part of a supportive and resilient team within a trust which places staff health and wellbeing at the top of its agenda. Our team sits within our CAMHS service which means that we can provide expert CPD opportunities, further training and supervision from a diverse range of experienced practitioners.
Main duties of the job
This role would suit an experienced health care professional with experience in assessing and working with young people with mild- moderate mental health concerns.
As a band 6 mental health practitioner you will be expected to confidently manage a caseload of young people including triaging, consulting with schools/ parents and assessing CYP with a range of mental health issues and making decisions as to what support they may need.
You will support the senior leadership team and be involved with service development of the MHST, taking initiative to identify opportunities to improve the service.
You will be expected to draw on your experience to lead case management supervision and supervise the junior staff within the team.
You will be able to make decisions on suitability of new referrals, adhering to the services referral protocols, refer unsuitable clients on to the relevant service or back to the referral agent as necessary.
About us
We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.
Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.
We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.
Being a foundation Trust means were accountable to our members, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.
Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment.
We do reserve to right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Provide assessment and treatment to children and young people with mental health needs
Work autonomously and collaboratively within the MDT, providing consultation for other agencies/professionals
Work as part of CAMHS first on-call rota.
Promote the safeguarding and welfare of children and young people.
To provide routine and urgent assessment and interventions to young people with a wide range of emotional and psychological problems who are referred to specialist CAMHS, in keeping with evidence based practice with supervision from a senior clinician within professional guidelines and within the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures.
Person Specification
Training
Desirable
* Training and experience relating to specialist CAMHS.
* Experience of delivering training to others.
Qualifications
Essential
* Relevant professional qualification, e.g. nursing, or other professional allied to medicine.
* Dip SW or relevant mental health profession.
* Membership of professional body.
Desirable
* Post Registration qualification e.g. degree.
* Post graduate qualification in mental health (e.g. CBT, Family Therapy, Counselling).
* A teaching and assessing qualification.
Experience
Essential
* Substantial post qualification experience, some of which must be working with Children, young people and their carers in a mental health or other complex care setting.
* Multidisciplinary team working.
* Inter-agency liaison and consultation.
* Experience of supervising/mentoring junior staff.
* Knowledge of relevant legislation and guidance e.g. NHS plan, Mental Health Legislation, Childrens act, Education Act, Working Together, Childrens NSF, Every Child Matters, etc.
* Clinical/therapeutic knowledge and skills in mental health.
* Experience in assessment and risk management and ability to implement evidence based practice.
* Proven ability to work with other agencies and disciplines and in partnership with other organisations.
* Experience of safeguarding children and young people.
Desirable
* Experience of community settings.
* Experience of working in different cultural contexts.
* Knowledge and experience of working with Equality and Diversity.
Special Knowledge/Skills
Essential
* Good verbal and communication skills.
* Ability to manage own caseload.
* Good negotiation skills, and problem solving skills.
* Customer service orientation.
* Effective record keeping and report writing skills to include care planning and risk assessments.
* IT skills.
* Have good team working skills. Be able to work across disciplines with an ability to predict and manage inter-disciplinary tensions and foster good working practices.
Physical Attributes
Essential
* Ability to undertake the duties and demands of the post. A satisfactory sickness record over the previous 2 years (subject to the need to act with fairness and equality of opportunity, particularly where the sickness is related to a disability and/or pregnancy).
Personal Attributes
Essential
* Able to work autonomously and as part of a team.
* Commitment to multi-agency approach.
* Ability to work and make decisions under pressure.
* Calm, confident, innovative, creative and assertive.
* Clarity of decision making.
* Willingness to be flexible and adaptable in accordance with changing service priorities.
* Commitment to challenging discrimination and improving accessibility of services.
* Ability to cope calmly in a crisis.
* To demonstrate good self care and encourage the same in team members.
* A Current driving licence and access to a car during the working day is essential (reasonable adjustments will be considered for any applicants who are unable to drive due to a disability).
* Have training or undertake training to participate in the CAMH Service 24/7 on call rota.
Employer details
Employer name
South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust
Address
Folly Hall Mills
St Thomas Road
Huddersfield
S Yorkshire
HD1 3LT
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