Overview
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Location: Closeburn House - Dumfriesshire, Scotland DG3 5HP
Job title, hours and contract
Job Title: Specialist Mental Health Nurse
Salary: £39,500 - £48,000 dependent on experience
Hours: 22.5 hours per week, 3 days, 8.30am - 4.30pm
Contract: Permanent
Role summary
As a member of a multidisciplinary team, you will provide specialist mental health and wellbeing support, including assessment, therapy, and care coordination. You will work with children and young people to ensure they receive consistent, person-centred care and support staff in embedding best practices in mental health provision across services. This post covers OFG Options Holistic services in Scotland, including Maben School and residential/home provisions at Closeburn.
Key Responsibilities
* Deliver specialist mental health and wellbeing services in designated schools and children\'s homes.
* Collaborate with education and care staff as part of a multidisciplinary team, using an \"assess, plan, do, review\" model to support young people.
* Provide specialist training, reflective practice, consultation, observation, and modelling to staff, supporting intervention delivery and strategies.
* Promote a biopsychosocial approach through advice, consultation, supervision, and sharing relevant knowledge, theory, and research.
* Represent the clinical service and/or clients at multidisciplinary meetings to ensure coordinated, integrated care.
* Offer specialist assessment, formulation, intervention, management, and evaluation using evidence-based approaches.
* Support referral assessments as part of the OFG process.
* Make informed decisions on interventions, considering OFG-approved methods, evidence-based practice, and client history.
* Manage a personal caseload, providing assessment, intervention, and evaluation in collaboration with Lead Clinician and key adults.
* Deliver direct individual and group interventions where appropriate.
* Use OFG-approved outcome measures to monitor progress and adjust interventions based on findings.
* Advocate for young people, ensuring their voices are heard and understood.
* Liaise with external professionals and agencies involved in shared cases.
* Monitor and assess risk within own caseload and advise others on risk management.
* Communicate sensitively and effectively with young people, families, and professionals, especially in emotionally challenging situations.
* Maintain high standards of clinical record-keeping and reporting in line with professional and OFG standards.
* Model best practice and professional conduct, aligning with CQC outcomes (where relevant), clinical governance, and regulatory body standards.
Essential Criteria
* Degree in Mental Health Nursing, approved by NMC, with additional postgraduate qualifications in CBT, DBT, or other psychological approaches.
* Relevant previous experience in related settings and/or with related client groups.
* Experience of working with specific client groups (e.g., social, emotional and mental health and neurodiversity) and setting types (e.g., schools and/or residential care).
* Experience of effective multidisciplinary working (with clinical and non-clinical, internal and external agencies).
* Experience of effectively communicating with/working with families, relatives and carers.
* Experience of working within multiple systems in an organisation (e.g., service development, group and individual levels).
* Experience of working via a model of: \"assess, plan, do and review\".
* Experience of effectively using consultation as a method of service delivery.
* Experience of providing supervision to others.
* Full valid UK driving licence and access to own vehicle.
About The Group
Outcomes First Group is the largest independent provider of special needs education. We are a vital part of local communities in England, Scotland and Wales with a reputation for quality and positive outcomes. In 2024, Outcomes First Group was certified as a \"Great Place to Work\" for the fifth year running. Our divisional brands include Acorn Education and Options Autism.
Benefits
We offer a flexible benefits package including:
* Life Assurance Pension scheme with options to increase contributions
* Wellbeing support and health checks
* Family Growth Support including enhanced maternity and paternity leave and fertility treatment support
* Health, wellbeing and insurance benefits through Vista (flexible benefits platform)
* Discount options in the UK and abroad, Cycle to Work, Electric Car Purchase Scheme, and Critical Illness cover
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and young people. All successful applicants will be subject to DBS checks. We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications. This recruitment process complies with Keeping Children Safe in Education regulations.
Job ID: 291165
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