Employer Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Herbert Mattes Northgate Hospital Town Great Yarmouth Salary £27,485 - £30,162 Gross per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 27/07/2025 23:59
Band 4
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience
Please note, NSFT uses tools to screen any applications generated by Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Job overview
An opportunity has arisen for an Assistant Practitioner to join the Youth Team in Great Yarmouth and Waveney. This is an innovative service working with young people aged 14-25 and their families. We are a friendly and supportive multidisciplinary team and are passionate about working together to offer treatment and care to the young people who we support.
The role will involve working with young people with a range of complex presenting problems and will include direct psychologically informed interventions. We offer an environment where you can learn and further develop your skills, and your supervision will be available from within the team to support you. We have regular education sessions that are led by different members of the multi-disciplinary team and visiting professionals that aim to keep us all updated with the latest and best clinical knowledge. As a whole team we are keen to continue developing and to ensure that we are offering the best possible service to the young people we work with. We are looking for motivated people, with g ood interpersonal and communication skills, with the enthusiasm and drive, for working with children, young people and their families whilst they are going through a difficult and stressful period in their lives, in terms of their mental health and well-being.
We're a very experienced group of professionals and are looking forward to welcoming new members of staff to the team.
Main duties of the job
Responsibility for actively participating as a key member of the clinical team for providing quality
services for an identified client group under the supervision of a registered professional.
Having undertaken a Foundation Degree level qualification will maintain, develop and evidence
clinical knowledge, skills and competencies at all opportunities and through the competency
framework
Demonstrate an attitude which respects and values service users and their carers.
Be accountable and work autonomously within clearly defined boundaries of the Assistant
Practitioner competencies and carry out specific delegated tasks. This may include extended
roles delegated by a registered professional.
Expected to deliver care and services within the strategic objectives of the organisation and
promote the principles of Recovery. These principles will recognise the need to promote safe
practice; value the beliefs and aims of service users and carers; work in partnership and offer
meaningful choice; and value social inclusion
Assist in care clustering in relation to Payment by Results on admission and discharge under
the direction of a practitioner.
Working for our organisation
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.
Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.
Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you’ll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We’re an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Take part in on going assessments of service users with the Multi-disciplinary team
Assess, plan, deliver and evaluate service users’ needs in conjunction with a registeredprofessional
Deliver care within the sphere of the Care Programme Approach, including the importance ofworking with carers
Able to work independently on own initiative to meet the needs of services users
Deliver person centred care
Liaise with external organisations as required promoting partnership working to ensure holisticcare
Have an understanding of Social Care requirements and legislation including referrals, carers’assessments and self-directed support such as individualised budgets, providing input andassistance as required
Attend and contribute to MDT/CPA review
Hold and manage an identified caseload where appropriate
Take part in and contribute to ongoing review of risk assessments, recognising and respondingto any changes.
Ensure service users’ needs are accurately reflected in health record documentation.
Assist service users and carers to access information
Be able to provide therapeutic interventions including 1:1 Sessions and facilitation of groupactivities
Demonstrate an understanding of pharmacology including the ability to discuss benefits ofmedication, issues of compliance and recognising side effects
Carry out basic physical health checks as required e.g. basic observations, phlebotomy, MEWSand respond accordingly to any concerns
Ensure that service users’ physical health needs are met and demonstrate an ability to identify any common on going physical health needs.
Able to work within multi-disciplinary team
Recognise the importance of service user and carer involvement in delivery of care
Able to develop relationships and networks with internal and external agencies and services
Demonstrate the ability to communicate complex, sensitive information to a wide variety ofprofessionals in a variety of methods
Provide updates and reports as required related to service users’ needs and care both writtenand verbal
Work within Trust Policy in all matters related to communication of clinical risk, including theneed for information sharing
Clearly understand the issues surrounding confidentiality
Act consistently with legislation, policies, procedures and other quality approaches andpromotes the values of quality approaches to others.
Practice within the professional boundaries and code of practice for Assistant Practitioners
Recognise own level of competency and act and seek support when limitations of knowledge orcompetency are identified
Maintain practice through further study, research, clinical practice and personal development
Work unsupervised and organise own workload and work in a manner which maintains andpromotes quality
Keep accurate records in accordance with Trust Policies
Support day to day running of services including co-ordination of staff and daily tasks andtraining and mentoring of junior staff
Provide leadership for junior staff including supervision; appraisal; and line management
Maintain quality in own work and encourage others to do so.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Care certificate or relevant equivalent.
* Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care/mental health or apprenticeship in H&SC/mental health L5
Experience
* Working with Service Users with mental health needs
* Working within Multidisciplinary Team (MDT)
Knowledge
* Understanding of Mental Health issues
Other
* Able to travel independently
YOUR APPLICATION
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EQUAL OPPORTUNITIESApart from its legal duties in relation to equality and diversity, the Trust recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief.
As a part of the Disability Confident Employer Guaranteed Interview Scheme we interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job vacancy (outlined in the Person Specification).. We encourage you to indicate your eligibility through TRAC jobs when applying.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post may be subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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