Main area: Community CAMHS
Grade: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Shifts Monday to Friday)
Job ref: 350-CC6789695-A
Site: Knowsley Resource and Recovery Centre
Town: Whiston
Salary: £37,338 - £42,618 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 03/02/2025 23:59
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and particularly encourage applications from ethnic minorities, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for x3 Senior Mental Health Practitioners to join our multi-disciplinary team working into a new service within the Warrington area.
The service will offer outreach to families who require support to remain together as well as 4 short to medium term beds registered under the children’s homes regulations 2015.
The successful candidates will join the multi-disciplinary team (MDT), which consists of therapists, social workers, and residential staff, working jointly to provide holistic care planning, risk management, and therapeutic treatment.
This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will demonstrate an attitude which respects and values service users and their carers.
The post holder will embrace the core values of the organisation and adopt the principles of Recovery and THRIVE. These principles will recognise the need to:
1. Promote safe practices
2. Value the aims of service users
3. Work in partnership and offer meaningful choice
4. Be optimistic about the possibilities of meaningful change
5. Value social inclusion
The team promotes the Thrive model of service delivery and is continually developing innovative and creative practice.
Working for our organisation
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
CLINICAL
1. To hold a caseload of both specialist and generic work depending on clinical competence and experience.
2. To provide direct therapeutic interventions in line with the grading of the post, including assessments, formulation, and therapeutic input into children, young people, and families referred into the service.
3. Undertake risk assessments and care plans accordingly, in line with the THRIVE framework.
4. To work sensitively with children and young people from a wide range of racial, cultural, and religious backgrounds.
5. To be responsible for the screening of referrals to children and Young People’s services.
6. To participate directly in the team's duty rotas.
7. To deliver care coordination, ensuring effective assessment, care planning, and risk management processes are maintained.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Registered Core Profession Social Work or Nurse and Up to date Professional Registration (to be maintained).
Knowledge/Experience
* Experience of working with CAMHS.
* Experience of mentorship, supervision, and coordination of staff.
* Experience of Care Planning process.
* Working in a multi-agency framework.
* Demonstrate a contribution to change management process.
Values
* Accountability
* Support
* High professional standards
* Responsive to service users
* Engaging leadership style
Skills
* Demonstrate sound leadership qualities and an understanding of management styles.
* Ability to communicate in a variety of settings.
* Ability to maintain accurate and up to date clinical records.
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