Employer Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type NHS
Site Burlington House
Town Liverpool
Salary £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
Salary period Yearly
Closing 13/02/2025 23:59
Sefton MHST Senior MHP
Band 7
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites. In collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building newly relocated and opened on the hospital site.
We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.
As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.
You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust; our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trust's values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:
* Great flexible working opportunities
* Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
* Generous annual leave and pension scheme
* Extensive staff health and well-being programmes
Job overview
The Sefton MHST team at Alder Hey are looking to recruit a B7 Permanent, Team Lead to join our community Mental Health Support Team.
The successful candidate will be experienced in undertaking appropriate mental health assessment of children and young people referred to MHST and provide evidence-based clinical interventions informed by assessed individual need. Further providing support, advice, and consultation to families, carers, and other professionals involved in the life of the child/young person. The role involves line management responsibility.
They must be able to demonstrate a positive attitude which encompasses our Trust Values of Excellence, Innovation, Openness, Respect and Together. If you are enthusiastic and confident with a friendly and outgoing manner, and a focus on providing the best possible service to children, young people, and their families/carers, we would like to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will undertake appropriate mental health assessment of children and young people referred to CAMHS, and provide a range of appropriate, evidence-based clinical interventions informed by assessed individual need. The post holder will provide support, advice, and consultation to families, carers, and other professionals involved in the life of the child/young person.
Working for our organisation
MHST - working for your organisation
Alder Hey MHST is part of the Education Mental Health Team within North and South Sefton Partnership. Sefton MHST has three teams: North, South, and Central Sefton. Developing and building strong relationships with schools is a priority.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* Provide specialist assessments of children and young people referred to the service group.
* Develop, implement, and review a range of evidenced based treatment plans informed by clinical assessment and the specific needs of the individual within their wider social context.
* Exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment, and discharge of children/young people.
* Provide specialist advice, guidance, and consultation to other professional groups.
* Undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual children and young people and provide advice to external agencies regarding appropriate risk.
* Act as care coordinator, where appropriate, taking responsibility for initiating planning and review of care plans under CPA.
* Effectively communicate with families and other professionals involved in the life of the child/young person.
* Actively record all clinical outcomes.
Person specification
Education and Training
* Qualified in core profession such as Mental Health Nurse (RMN/RLD), Mental Health Practitioner, Clinical Psychologist, Occupational Therapy, Social Work or creative therapies (e.g., Art Therapy) with evidence of relevant professional registration.
* Alternatively, a recognised degree level broad-based health & social care qualification which will require completion of The British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) Knowledge Skills and Attributes.
* Post qualification study in chosen mental health field.
* Plus training in a therapeutic modality to an accreditable level with registration (where registration is applicable).
* Pre-qualification training and qualifications in other fields of child and adolescent mental health, research methodology, staff training.
Experience
* Experience of specialist mental health assessment and therapeutic interventions with children and young people with mental health problems and their families.
* Working collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team.
* Working collaboratively with other agencies in a variety of venues.
* Must be experienced in providing risk assessment of self-harming behaviour.
* Must be experienced in analysing presenting problems and able to demonstrate ability to work autonomously utilising a range of therapeutic perspectives and modalities, depending on the needs of the client.
* Must be experienced in and able to demonstrate ability to provide case management supervision for lower banded team members, students, and other service group/team professionals as required.
* Must demonstrate ability to be self-reflective and to organise own supervision appropriately.
* Must be able to demonstrate ability to develop and evaluate consultation and training to other professionals and to staff groups.
* Experience of working with a wide variety of child mental health problems, across the whole age range, reflecting all levels of clinical severity.
* Experience of teaching, training, or supervision.
* Experience of the application of specialist mental health assessment and therapeutic interventions in different cultural contexts.
* Experience of working with children and young people in a range of clinical settings.
Knowledge
* Knowledge of the legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
* Must demonstrate knowledge of the evidence base in their practice.
* Must demonstrate understanding of child development and psychosocial influences.
* Must demonstrate a working understanding of systemic, psychodynamic and cognitive theories along with recognition of when each approach is appropriate.
We reserve the right to close vacancies without notice when we have received a sufficient number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are committed to creating a well-managed, flexible working environment that supports staff and promotes their welfare and development. We actively promote equality and diversity and operate a Zero Tolerance policy to aggression, violence, bullying, and harassment.
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