Mental Health Practitioner with £3k Welcome bonus (T& C'S APPLY)
We are delighted to be recruiting a Mental Health Professional within the Central Norfolk Youth Service for young people aged between 14-25 years old.
We are looking for a professional with either a Nursing, Social Work or Occupational Therapy qualification - who will provide mental health assessment and intervention to the people we support. It is a role that is about building relationships, inspiring others, and working as part of a vibrant and skilled team.
If you're inspired to offer support through difficult times, and to help young people and families to thrive, then you may be the right person for our team.
We are open to accommodate a variety of working patterns including part time applicants.
Please note that we currently have one vacancy in our Central Youth Teams. One of these positions is in our North Norfolk Youth Team, and one in our South Norfolk Youth Team. Both are primarily based in 80 St Stephen's Road, Norwich.
Main duties of the job
This is currently an exciting time for our team, as we develop our service to meet the needs of our young people in Norfolk.
In our service we support young people (aged 14-25 years) who are experiencing moderate to severe mental health difficulties. We have enthusiastic and skilled staff who provide the support that is needed - and they are motivated to make a real difference to young people, their families and carers.
Whilst experience working with children and young people would make you perfectly suited to this role, we are really open to welcoming people from clinical backgrounds who have experience in other areas of mental health. We understand that you will be able to bring with you a wealth of skills and experience to the team and would welcome fresh ways of thinking.
In this role you will be responsible for assessing the mental health of young people, and collaborating with them to plan their recovery. Going forwards this could involve providing interventions to the young people you support, or helping them to find other services inside and outside of our team.
We will want to hear your voice throughout your work with us, so it's also crucial that you help us with developing our service by contributing to project groups, and by helping other members of the team to grow through supervision and peer-mentoring.
About us
As an employer, I and Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust are particularly committed to enabling our staff to do the very best they can through support and training, as well as opportunities for progression. We are confident, therefore, that the right candidate will have a real chance to make a positive impact to the lives of young people in Norfolk.
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.
Why work for us?
We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.
Why Norfolk and Suffolk?
The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We are looking for people to join us with enthusiasm, optimism, fresh ideas and energy. We will expect you to want to work clinically but be equally as comfortable being part of strategic decision making.
This post attracts a recruitment premium of £3,000 (pro-rata for part time roles). This is a one off payment with half paid on appointment and half paid after the completion of a satisfactory probation period (6 months). The premium is taxable. Please note that should you leave employment, or choose to move to an alternative post within the Trust that does not attract this recruitment premium, you will be required to reimburse all or some it, as follows: 100% of the value of the premium in the first 12 months 50% of the value of the premium in the period 12 months to 2 years following appointment. Please note this recruitment premium is for external applicants only.** Not applicable to newly qualified applicants **
For further information, please contact Melanie Harris at melanie.harris@nsft.nhs.uk or Kirstie Harvey at kirstie.harvey@nsft.nhs.uk or refer to the attached job description on the vacancy.
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
Some of the benefits you can expect:
* NHS pension
* a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
* career progression
* starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
* staff physio service
* NHS discounts and many more.
Interview dates are yet to be set you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.
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* Previous applicants need not apply *
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Nursing degree or equivalent, Dip OT, Clinical Psychology or equivalent
Desirable
* Good to great management course, or equivalent
Experience
Essential
* Able to demonstrate an appropriate level of knowledge of mental health practice from previous experience
* Demonstrate effective risk assessment and risk management experience
* Experience in the delivery of clinical interventions
Desirable
* Experience in delivering group based interventions
Knowledge
Essential
* Knowledge of medication and the monitoring of its effects
* Knowledge of psychosocial interventions
* An understanding of the policies and guidelines both local and national e.g. National Institute for Clinical Excellence guidelines (Government initiative)
Desirable
* Developing knowledge of local wider systems and networks
* Knowledge of health promotion
Other
Essential
* Ability to travel independently
Employer details
Employer name
Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust
Address
Central Youth Service
80 St Stephen's Road
Norwich
NR1 3RE
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