Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Mental Health Nurse to be part of the Children's and Young People's Mental Health Support Teams (Reflexions) across the Black Country.
Main duties of the job
The Reflexions team can provide the opportunity to further develop work within the field of young people’s mental health and wellbeing with a focus on development of whole school approaches to mental health and wellbeing and the development of the think family approaches within the school environment.
The mental health support teams provide individual interventions, guided self-help, parenting and whole school approaches. Working with parents/carers and teaching staff is also part of the service offer.
Working for our organisation
The post holder will be knowledgable and experienced in mental health problems and psychiatric disorders and will be expected to carry out in-depth mental health assessments including risk assessments where required. The postholder will also need to be the link worker between the team and the educational settings to ensure that children and young people receive the most appropriate care and interventions and well as being experienced in multi-agency working. Support, advice and consultation to families/carers and other professionals involved in the life of the child/young person will also need to be provided.
The post holder will work in partnership with the Reflexions locality team to further develop the partnership working that is currently taking place between Education, Local Authority, Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) and other external agencies.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Applicants should be experienced in mental health at a senior level with the required clinical skills to support the Mental Health Support Team. Experience of recent working with schools and delivering mental health promotional collaborative work in such an arena is vital in order to be able to fulfill the role.
Applicants must have excellent communication skills and be able to network with other agencies such as Public Health, Clinical Commissioning Groups and Local Authorities amongst others as and when required. It is beneficial for applicants to have experience of managing staff but is an essential.
This post is subject to an enhanced with children’s and adults barred list Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check.
Person specification
Criteria
Essential criteria
1. Degree in Mental Health Nursing ore equivalent
2. Safeguarding Children Training Level 2
3. Knowledge of mental health problems in children and adolescents.
4. Application of mental health assessments and interventions
5. Have a robust understanding of the Mental Health Support Team In Schools working model
6. Able to travel around the Black Country with ease by use of own transport
Desirable criteria
7. •Post graduate training/course relevant to CAMHS
8. •Knowledge of standardised CAMHS measures.
9. •Knowledge of CAMHS outcome measures.
10. •Experience of audit procedures