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.
Open only to applicants from Hampshire & Isle of Wight NHS system, which is limited to; Hampshire IOW Healthcare NHS Trust, Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB, Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trust, University Hospital Southampton Foundation Trust, South Central Ambulance Service or Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust
Main duties of the job
1. In partnership with CAMHS, to take a daily lead on clinical matters for young people, and development of policy relating to therapeutic care practice.
2. To provide clinical leadership.
3. To support all staff in the implementation of trauma informed care through using PACE to build relationship, help understand what is behind behaviours and help young people feel safe.
4. Offer specialist mental health consultation and advice to all staff.
5. Assess and manage ongoing risks as identified during a young person's stay in the home, ensuring that this is done in collaboration with them and their carers.
6. To lead on the implementation of care plans
7. To be part of recruitment and selection process of staff.
8. To be aware of Local Authority and Trust policies and protocols within own registering body and the Trust Strategy/ Local Authority Strategy
9. To supervise clinical team members and offer group supervision/reflective practice to all staff.
10. To be part of own discipline/CIC group for ongoing support and development.
11. To ensure staff within service area are compliant with their regulatory body's regulations.
12. To 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.
The transformation will happen in stages; Hampshire CAMHS, part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust joined Southern Health in February 2024, with Isle of Wight NHS Trust mental health and community services transitioning across in May 2024. The final combination of Southern Health and Solent NHS Trust services is expected in late 2024, when our new organisation, to be known as Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, will be formed.
Our new Trust will continue to cater to the unique needs of different communities, making healthcare across the county more accessible, as well as offering staff more opportunities for career development, training and partnership working.
Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare in Hampshire.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
13. Registered Nurse, Social Worker, Allied Health professional, Psychologist, Psychotherapist with current registration (mental health, LD, Adult) appropriate to the job 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 areaCompletion of Mentorship Course, ENB equivalent
Experience
Essential
14. Extensive post qualifying experience in relevant service areaExperience of supervising staff and studentsAble to manage a caseload of patients with complex mental health needsComprehensive knowledge of interventions specific to service areaAwareness of Trust policies and service specification
Desirable
15. Lived experience of mental health issues