We are seeking to recruit a passionate, knowledgeable and dynamic Mental Health Practitioner to join our well-established and innovative Sussex CAMHS Acute services. This post will be part of the service transformation in the future Hospital@Home, providing alternative to hospital admission treatment to our young community. As a mental health practitioner, your goal is to offer support and treatment to young people and their families during a period of mental health crisis.
You will be joining a friendly, supportive and creative multi-disciplinary team and be integral in an exciting project to develop the service to introduce an intensive pathway. Together with delivering our core business includes assessing young people's mental health, including attention to risk management and care planning, and working with families and the wider systems that support these young people.
This post offers the Trust's £2,000 Golden Hello or Relocation Incentive for Band 5-6 Nurses & Practitioners, (pro rata and subject to terms and conditions; please see attached Protocol Document for full details).
This vacancy is Sussex wide and the ability to travel is essential for the role.
Main duties of the job
As a Mental Health Practitioner in our team you will be working as part of a supportive team of mental health practitioners who come from nursing, OT, social work and support worker backgrounds. You will deliver crisis assessments, brief interventions to young people and their families/carers who are experiencing a period of mental health crisis, with a particular focus on maximising skills and competencies in activities of daily living.
Contributing to the management of a team caseload of clients with complex needs, you will assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions, which will be delivered in a community & home setting. We follow a multi-disciplinary approach and as such you will provide specialist assessment and intervention.
The ability to travel across sites is essential for this role.
About us
We provide mental health and learning disability care for children, young people and adults across Sussex.
Job responsibilities
In order to be a successful Mental Health Practitioner in our team you will be:
* Registered with the NMC or HCPC or Social Work England via a core professional qualification
* Experienced in risk management
* Comfortable working in a fast-paced and varied role
* Experienced working within a mental health setting
It would also be advantageous if you are:
* Experienced working in CAMHS (Children and Young Peoples mental health services)
Flexibility with working patterns to include some bank holidays/weekends and evening work is essential, as is own transport as the role involves travel across Sussex.
Please apply using the link in this advert, or for more information explore the attachments or contact:
We are happy to arrange informal visits.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered Professional Qualification
* NMC or HPC Registration
* Post Basic Courses / Study Days
* Evidence of CPD and professional portfolio
EXPERIENCE
* Experience of working with people with mental health problems
* Understanding and contribution to the Clinical Governance Agenda.
* Previous experience in similar role
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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