Main area: Community CAMHS
Grade: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Shifts Monday to Friday)
Job ref: 350-CC6789695-A
Site: Knowsley Resource and Recovery Centre
Town: Whiston
Salary: £37,338 - £42,618 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 03/02/2025 23:59
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.
We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnic minorities, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce. Furthermore, we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces personnel as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us.
Job Overview
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 health are about to open 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, receiving 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 which respects and values service users and their carers. The post holder will embrace the core values of the organisation and adopt the principles of Recovery and THRIVE, recognizing 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 so is continually developing innovative and creative practice - the successful candidate will share our enthusiasm and hard-working approach.
Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities
Clinical
To hold a caseload of both specialist and generic work depending on clinical competence and experience. To undertake assessments, treatment and consultation work based upon a conceptual framework and employing research based evidence.
1. 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.
2. Undertake risk assessments and care plans accordingly, in line with the THRIVE framework.
3. Work in ways that are sensitive to the needs of children and young people families from a wide range of racial, cultural and religious backgrounds.
4. Be responsible for the screening of referrals to children and Young People’s services.
5. Participate directly in the teams duty rotas.
6. Exercise responsibility and autonomy, within supervisory, managerial and accountability structures, for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients.
7. Deliver care co-ordination, ensuring effective assessment, care planning and risk management processes are maintained.
8. Produce a clinical formulation and intervention plan founded on evidence based practice in co-operation with the child, young person and carers.
9. Hold responsibility for standards of clinical practice within area of specialist knowledge.
10. Work jointly and collaboratively with other team members to enhance and develop the provision of services to young people and their families.
11. Provide consultation, advice and guidance to junior colleagues.
12. Undertake risk management for all children including the protective and risk factors present in the network of significant relationships.
13. 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.
Communication
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.
1. Attend Child Protection Case conferences as a representative from children and young people’s mental health services.
2. Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information to children, young people and families and to other professionals within young people’s services.
3. Communicate effectively with children, young people and their carers, when in crisis and in challenging family situations.
4. Organise and facilitate multi-agency meetings and reviews.
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 utilise 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 minimise risk effectively.
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Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who consider themselves to be disabled who meet the minimum (essential) criteria for the role in the person specification.
Should you require a reasonable adjustment to our recruitment process please email recruitment@merseycare.nhs.uk to ensure that measures can be put in place to support you.
The Trust expects all post holders who require an enhanced DBS for their role subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
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