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.
Warrington Council in partnership with healthcare is about to open up a care home which aims to support children and young people with complex mental health needs to live at home and in their communities.
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. The successful candidates will be based within the care home and will receive management and clinical supervision from the CYP Crisis Response Team.
We are looking for experienced and inspiring leaders who share our passion for supporting our most vulnerable children.
As the post is identified within the CYPMH strategy, it is expected the role will continue to develop in line with national and local initiatives.
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 that respects and values service users and their carers. They will embrace the core values of the organisation and adopt the principles of Recovery and THRIVE, which recognize 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, so the successful candidate will share our enthusiasm and hardworking approach.
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, including 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 costs as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Job responsibilities
CLINICAL
1. To hold a caseload of both specialist and generic work depending on clinical competence and experience.
2. To undertake assessments, treatment, and consultation work based upon a conceptual framework and employing research-based evidence.
3. 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.
4. To undertake risk assessments and care plans accordingly, in line with the THRIVE framework.
5. To work in ways that are sensitive to the needs of children and young people from a wide range of racial, cultural, and religious backgrounds.
6. To be responsible for the screening of referrals to children and young people's services.
7. To participate directly in the team's duty rotas.
8. To exercise responsibility and autonomy, within supervisory, managerial, and accountability structures, for the assessment, treatment, and discharge of clients.
9. To deliver care coordination, ensuring effective assessment, care planning, and risk management processes are maintained, involving the views of children, their families, referring agents, and other professionals involved in the network of care.
10. To produce a clinical formulation and intervention plan founded on evidence-based practice in cooperation with the child, young person, and carers.
11. To hold responsibility for standards of clinical practice within the area of specialist knowledge.
12. To work jointly and collaboratively with other team members to enhance and develop the provision of services to young people and their families.
13. To provide consultation, advice, and guidance to junior colleagues and promote effective multi-agency work.
14. To undertake risk management for all children, including the protective and risk factors present in the network of significant relationships.
15. To identify and respond appropriately to child protection issues, as described with the guidelines of Local Safeguarding Children's Board and Northwest Boroughs Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust safeguarding policies.
16. To maintain clear and comprehensive electronic clinical records, ensuring information is accurate and complies with the Data Protection Act and professional body and Trust standards.
17. To engage with using routine outcome measures as clinically appropriate, including their use in clinical practice and inputting data into clinical records.
18. To work collaboratively with children, young people, and their families and contribute to the Trust's service user participation agenda.
COMMUNICATION
1. To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner information concerning the assessment, formulation, and treatment plans of clients and to monitor and evaluate progress during the course of both multi- and uni-disciplinary care.
2. To effectively communicate professional opinions, verbally and in writing, to other relevant professionals.
3. To attend Child Protection Case conferences as a representative from children and young people's mental health services.
4. To provide and receive highly complex, sensitive, or contentious information to children, young people, and families and to other professionals within young people's services.
5. To communicate effectively with children, young people, and their carers when in crisis and in challenging family situations.
6. To organize and facilitate multi-agency meetings and reviews.
7. To elicit highly sensitive information using engagement/communication skills appropriate to the young person's stage of development.
8. To work as part of an integrated multi-professional team, ensuring good communication and working relationships with other professionals.
9. To provide written reports detailing the progress of the mental health intervention.
TEACHING, TRAINING, AND SUPERVISION
1. To participate in regular supervision, engage in reflective practice, and commit to continued development.
2. To provide training to other professionals to improve mental health knowledge and skills in line with the transformation of children and young people's mental health services.
3. To provide specific training and/or presentations to other agencies, statutory and voluntary, and promote and deliver specialist training programmes.
4. To contribute to training placements for a range of professional disciplines from different backgrounds so that trainees acquire the necessary skills, competencies, and experience to contribute effectively to positive change.
5. To assess trainees' competencies and write placement reports for trainees in line with Trust and professional body regulations.
6. To work collaboratively with partner agencies within the principles of THRIVE, including joint working, consultation, and training aiming to develop joint working across agencies.
7. To maintain registration/accreditation requirements in accordance with the appropriate professional body in line with their professional qualification.
8. To be accountable for own clinical practice and professional behaviour.
MANAGEMENT, POLICY, AND SERVICE DEVELOPMENT
1. To identify priorities and initiatives within the service and advise managers on the level of resources for service development.
2. To contribute to the service's evidence-based practice by engaging with audits and evaluations as appropriate.
3. To contribute to recruitment processes by assisting with shortlisting, interviewing, and the induction of recruited staff.
4. To support the workload of colleagues within the service through co-working practices.
5. To contribute to service developments.
RESEARCH AND SERVICE EVALUATION
To maintain an up-to-date knowledge of the evidence base in relation to mental health knowledge and other interventions. To contribute to planning and implementing systems for evaluation and monitoring of therapeutic practice and outcomes of clinical work within the service. Participate in research, evaluation, and audit in response to the clinical and professional interest of the post, and to monitor standards, quality, and consumer reaction to the provision of services in accordance with NICE guidance.
CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
1. To receive and engage in regular clinical supervision in accordance with Trust Clinical Governance Standards and the Code of Practice and ethical guidelines of the professional body.
2. To contribute to the development and maintenance of the highest professional standards of practice through active participation in internal and external CPD training in consultation with the post holder's service manager to meet professional body requirements for CPD and registration.
3. To contribute to the development of best practice in the service by taking part in regular supervision and appraisal and maintaining awareness of current developments in the field.
4. To maintain professional body registration.
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 co-ordination of staff.
* Experience of Care Planning process.
* Working in a multi-agency framework.
* Demonstrate a contribution to change management process.
* Experience in positive leadership of a team.
* Demonstrate experience of problem-solving approaches.
* Recovery Model.
* Mental Health Act (1983).
* Effective Care Coordination.
* Relevant National policies and guidance.
* Evidence-based and reflective practice.
* Mental Capacity Act.
* Vulnerable Adults Procedure and Child Protection.
* Safety, Privacy, and Dignity Guidelines.
Values
* Accountability.
* Support.
* High professional standards.
* Responsive to service users.
* Engaging leadership style.
* Transparency and honesty.
* Discreet.
* Change-oriented.
Skills
* Demonstrate sound leadership qualities and an understanding of management styles.
* Understanding of quality and change in the clinical setting.
* Ability to delegate and coordinate.
* Ability to work to deadlines.
* Ability to utilize assessment skills and tools effectively.
* Ability to communicate in a variety of settings.
* Ability to maintain accurate and up-to-date clinical records.
* Able to present factual information and refer questions to others where appropriate.
* Able to deal with sensitive issues with tact and diplomacy.
* Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues.
* Ability to identify and minimize risk effectively.
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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