Mental Health Practitioner - Crisis Care Team
Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
This is an exciting opportunity for a candidate who has an interest and experience in working with young people experiencing mental health crisis. The Crisis Care Service operates 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, and provides intervention and support to children, young people, and families experiencing mental health crisis.
This role is in a department that operates on a 24/7 shift basis and therefore enables staff to qualify for unsocial enhancements in addition to their basic pay.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide a substantial contribution to the clinical work of the multi-disciplinary team, including accepting, prioritising, and assessing urgent referrals for children and their families.
Clinicians will work across Alder Hey Hospital and Ormskirk District General Hospital in both Accident and Emergency Departments and inpatient wards, completing bio-psycho-social assessments on children and young people in mental health crisis.
Another function of this role will be supporting callers to the crisis care line, which offers advice and guidance to those in crisis on a 24/7 basis.
Working as part of the MDT, clinicians will formulate risk plans and a safe discharge process with support from senior clinicians. The post holder will support junior members of staff through supervision and mentorship and will participate in service development and national initiatives.
About us
In April 2020, the Crisis Care team moved rapidly to a 24-hour service to provide support for Children, Young People, and families experiencing Mental Health Crisis in Sefton and Liverpool. The service operates 24 hours per day, seven days per week, and comprises Psychiatry, Clinical Psychology, Psychotherapy, Nursing, Social Workers, Keyworkers, and Assistant Psychologists to provide 24-hour urgent response and assessment to children and young people who are experiencing mental health crisis, as well as support to parents/carers and consultation to other professionals involved in their care.
Job responsibilities
* The post holder must be able to demonstrate a positive attitude which encompasses our Trust Values of excellence, innovation, openness, respect, and togetherness.
* If you are enthusiastic and confident with a friendly and outgoing manner, and a focus on providing the best possible service to patients, we would like to hear from you.
Person Specification
Qualifications, Experience, and Training
* Qualified in core profession or recognised degree level H&SC qualification with completed KSA AND Qualification in a therapeutic modality.
* Professional Registration (where applicable).
* Postgraduate/post qualification experience of working in a mental health or social care setting.
* Experience working in an MDT setting.
* Experience of working in CAMHS.
Knowledge and Skills
* Able to demonstrate application of therapeutic, reflection, and analytical skills.
* Able to provide, with appropriate supervision, assessment of emergency/self-harming behaviour and management of this.
* Must demonstrate a working knowledge of health, education, social services, and the voluntary sector.
* Awareness of recent government initiatives about mental health.
* Organisational skills to manage and prioritise workload appropriately.
* Must demonstrate utilisation of professional development planning in own career progression.
* Knowledge of audit and evaluation methodology.
Personal Attributes
* Enthusiasm for and appreciation of multidisciplinary and multi-agency working.
* Must demonstrate a professional manner.
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.
Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
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