Job Summary
We are looking for a Registered Nurse, Social Worker, Allied Health professional, Psychologist, or Psychotherapist with current registration (appropriate to the job role) to lead in providing specialist trauma-informed mental health support, including multiagency consultation, assessments, risk, and care planning, for young people with complex difficulties that are placed in a Specialist Hampshire Residential Home, Hockley House. You will work with Specialist CAMHS to implement therapeutic care plans and support residential staff to use Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP) skills to provide trauma-informed parenting and practice, to support young people with complex trauma to feel safe. As a Lead, you will provide supervision to Mental Health workers and contribute to mental health training and implementation of therapeutic parenting for all residential staff.
Main Duties of the Job
* In partnership with CAMHS, take a daily lead on clinical matters for young people, and development of policy relating to therapeutic care practice.
* Provide clinical leadership.
* Support all staff in the implementation of trauma-informed care through using PACE to build relationships, help understand what is behind behaviours, and help young people feel safe.
* Offer specialist mental health consultation and advice to all staff.
* Assess and manage ongoing risks as identified during a young person's stay in the home, ensuring collaboration with them and their carers.
* Lead on the implementation of care plans.
* Be part of recruitment and selection process of staff.
* Be aware of Local Authority and Trust policies and protocols within own registering body and the Trust Strategy/Local Authority Strategy.
* Supervise clinical team members and offer group supervision/reflective practice to all staff.
* Be part of own discipline/CIC group for ongoing support and development.
* Ensure staff within service area are compliant with their regulatory body's regulations.
* Take a lead on audits within the team to ensure clinical staff are undertaking mandatory training as indicated.
About Us
Southern Health is one of the largest NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health and learning disabilities, as well as offering physical health community-based services.
With a workforce of more than 7000 and a footprint that spans more than 200 sites across Hampshire, we're committed to providing the best possible healthcare, reaching a range of diverse communities, whilst placing patients and staff at the forefront of all our endeavours.
We are currently working closely with other NHS Trusts to combine all our collective community, mental health, and learning disability services, with the plan to create a new larger, more integrated and accessible organisation.
Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare in Hampshire.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Registered Nurse, Social Worker, Allied Health professional, Psychologist, Psychotherapist with current registration (mental health, LD, Adult) appropriate to the job role. Degree or diploma level supplemented by specialist qualification, training, experience, courses to Master's level equivalent relevant to the care group. Evidence of post-registration training in relevant service area. Completion of Mentorship Course, ENB equivalent.
Experience
Essential
* Extensive post-qualifying experience in relevant service area. Experience of supervising staff and students. Able to manage a caseload of patients with complex mental health needs. Comprehensive knowledge of interventions specific to service area. Awareness of Trust policies and service specification.
Desirable
* Lived experience of mental health issues.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. #J-18808-Ljbffr