Community Mental Health Transition Practitioner
We are looking to recruit six Band 6 Mental Health Transition Practitioners to support transition for young adults 18-25, into Community Mental Health Teams across Liverpool & Sefton and connect the young adult to their chosen pathway and interventions. The successful applicants will engage the young adult, carer and referrer prior to referral, where possible, and support the young adult to make informed decisions around their treatment plan and transition.
The Transition Practitioners will strive to achieve the transition standards identified by NICE and will ensure the Mersey Care principles of transition are promoted.
The Transition Practitioners will become an integral member of the Community Mental Health Team/ MDT, whilst working closely with Children and Young People services and developing a good working relationship with services across the wider system, who are also supporting 18-25 transition throughout primary care and VCFSE's.
Please note these posts will be based at the following HUBs:
Moss House HUB x 1
Norris Green HUB x 1
Southport Community HUB x 1
Main duties of the job
The Transition Practitioner will work within the CMHT but will display initiative and flexibility to support all potential referrals of young adults, 18-25 years of age. They will support young adults for a limited time period, until the young adult has successfully achieved their transition goals and begun treatment within the team. They will act as their keyworker for this period of time, helping the young adult to navigate a complex mental health system and will support in being a point of contact for the young adult and carer.
The Transition Practitioner will regular analyse the performance against the transition standards to understand where quality improvements can be made and to help shape the role across Community Mental Health Services.
About us
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 and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Job responsibilities
To oversee the implementation of National Institute for Health and Social Care Excellence (NICE) Quality Statements for transition for children and young people, aged 18-25, between CYP to AMHS and AMHS to AMHS services.
Young people who will move from children to adults services start planning their transition with health and social care practitioners by school year 9 (aged 13 to 14, or immediately if they enter childrens services after school year 9.
Young people who will move from children to adults services have a coordinated transition plan.
Young people who will move from children to adults services have an annual meeting to review transition planning.
Young people who are moving from children to adults services have a named worker to coordinate care and support before, during and after transfer.
Young people who are moving from children to adults services meet a practitioner from each adults service they will move to before the transfer.
Young people who have moved from children to adults services but do not attend their initial meetings or appointments are contacted by adults services and given further opportunities to engage.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Degree level training or equivalent
* Professional registration i.e. NMC, Social Work England, Occupational Health and Care Professions Council
* The practitioner has acquired at least one years additional post-registration knowledge and experience, allowing them to be autonomous in their practice
* The practitioner had developed knowledge and skills to enable them to teach and educate other professionals
* Evidence of CPD and working towards master level qualification
Experience/ Knowledge
* Experience of providing care for people with mental health difficulties within a secondary care environment and working as a care co-ordinator/key worker
* Experience of working autonomously and recognising professional limitations
* Experience of developing and implementing collaborative care plans
* Experience of developing risk formulations and managing risk accordingly
* Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team and contributing to an MDT approach to care delivery
* Experience of supporting families and carers
* Experience of supporting and mentoring students and other junior members of staff
* Experience of utilising a problem-solving approach and implementing quality improvement ideas
* Evidence of keeping up to date with relevant literature and evidence based practice
* Working knowledge of the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act
* Knowledge and experience in safeguarding children and/or adults
* Experience of working with external partners with the wider system
* Experience of working across CYPS and AMHS
* Experience of working as a transition practitioner
Skills
* Up to date knowledge of relevant legislation
* Ability to work independently and also as part of a team
* Ability to engage service users and carers and work collaboratively to develop and implement a transition plan
* Ability to utilise appropriate measuring tools and generate/review associated reports
* Ability to problem solve
* Ability to identify and implement risk management strategies
* Ability to provide education/training to relevant stakeholders
Values
* Accountability
* Support
* High professional standards
* Responsive to service users
* Engaging leadership style
* Transparency and honesty
* Discreet
* Change oriented
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.
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