Children & Family Senior Mental Health Practitioner*£3k Welcome Bonus*
"I love working in CAIST for the difference we can make in a young person's and their family/carer's life, through their most difficult times." Come and join our award winning team!
Is your passion working creatively with children and families? Looking for a role with flexible working opportunities?
We are excited to offer an opportunity to join our Award Winning Under 18's Crisis Service as a Senior Mental Health Practitioner supporting young people and their families across Norfolk and Waveney.
The role is peripatetic so on occasion you may need to travel to different sites, so being able to travel independently is essential.
The CAIST (Crisis, Assessment & Intensive Support Team) service is a vibrant and dynamic service that has 3 teams based across Norfolk & Waveney and currently offers an 08.00 to 20.00 service, 7 days a week.
The team offers community based intensive support to children, young people & their families. CAIST aim to establish trusting therapeutic relationships, to reduce risks when children & young people may be experiencing high levels of distress.
When you join CAIST, you can expect your role to be varied and diverse - no two days are ever the same!
Main duties of the job
Don't just take our word for it, hear what one of the team said about working with us:
Despite being challenging at times, working within the CAIST team is incredibly rewarding. Skill development and progression is encouraged to continually evolve and expand the service and I feel proud to be a part of such an amazing team.
We are looking for people to join us with enthusiasm, optimism, fresh ideas and energy. We will expect you to want to work clinically but be equally as comfortable being part of strategic decision making.
We would love to hear from you if you have experience in working with people who suffer with mental health difficulties, and you have at least 12 months post qualification experience in a mental health setting or similar.
About us
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.
Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park.
Job responsibilities
We want you in our team if you share our values and core beliefs. If you want to work in an environment of mutual respect, transparency, integrity and collaborative working we are the team for you.
Please read the job description/person specification carefully and ensure your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience needed.
This post attracts a recruitment premium of £3,000 (pro-rata for part time roles). This is a one off payment with half paid on appointment and half paid after the completion of a satisfactory probation period (6 months). The premium is taxable.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Nursing degree or equivalent, Dip OT, Clinical Psychology or equivalent
Experience
* Able to demonstrate an appropriate level of knowledge of mental health practice from previous experience
* Demonstrate effective risk assessment and risk management experience
* Experience in the delivery of clinical interventions
* Experience in supporting service development
Skills
* Risk assessment knowledge and skills
* Basic computer skills including use of email/internet
Knowledge
* Knowledge of psychosocial interventions
* An understanding of the policies and guidelines both local and national e.g. National Institute for Clinical Excellence guidelines (Government initiative)
* Developing knowledge of local wider systems and networks
* Able to time manage and reflect on clinical practice PMA Training Prevention and Management of Suicide training
Other
* Ability to travel independently
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is 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.
£37,338 to £44,962 a year gross per annum (pro rata)
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