CLOSING DATE: Tuesday 5th November2024
Job Title:Senior Mental Health Practitioner (12 Month Fixed Term Contract)
Reports to:RSI -Team Leader
Salary: £46,148 per annum, pro rata
Hours of work:Part Time (30 hours per week)
Key Responsibilities:
* To participate in street outreach to engage with young people who may be rough sleeping or at risk of.
* Assess the needs of young people and formulate a plan of care in collaboration with RSI team colleagues with a view to delegating to other St Basils colleagues and referring to statutory services and other third sector providers including mental health teams, GPs, primary care nurses.
* Manage a caseload, and act as the young person's advocate by providing information and support, facilitate the young person’s own choices about their care, promoting independence and self-care; as appropriate.
* Adopt a proactive, flexible, and opportunistic approach to promote continuity of care.
* Undertake a comprehensive range of activities and have key delegated responsibilities for defined areas of care.
* Autonomously assess and provide brief crisis interventions and referral to other sources of support, for young people presenting with significant mental health issues.
* To support young people to understand mental health processes and pathways, in order that they can make informed decisions about their consent for relevant assessment and associated interventions, as appropriate.
* Utilise best evidence to undertake a core mental health assessment to Triage, Assess, Formulate, Plan, implement and evaluate care for young people.
* Responsible for the delivery of targeted interventions and where appropriate specialist interventions.
* Ensure the therapeutic interventions provided are appropriate to meet the specific needs of the young person based on their diagnosis and abilities.
* Ensure that young people on their caseload have up-to-date safety plans in place, completed in collaboration and shared where appropriate.
* Responsible for assuring young people on their caseload have a personalised plan of care that is collaboratively formulated, with agreed outcomes.
* The post holder will ensure that the physical health needs of young people are screened, monitored and appropriately responded to.
* To support and advocate for young people, for example when a specialist placement is required.
* The post holder will be expected to provide interventions to young people experiencing a wide variety of mental health problems.
* Interventions provided will be within the practitioner’s sphere of competency and within their major skill set, the practitioner is expected to liaise with colleagues who may be more experienced within a particular field, as and when required.
* To act as a resource for the young people, outreach colleagues, wider health community and other agencies on issues relating health and homelessness.
* Ensure that a multi professional/agency approach to care is maintained, valuing the interface of role and responsibilities and through multi-disciplinary team working.
* Liaise with general practitioners, other health services (including mental health and drug and alcohol services), housing services including St Basils Youth Hub, and social services to ensure a co-ordination of services for young people.
* Utilise evidence-based practice and National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidance to demonstrate the knowledge and skills required to support a young person’s mental social and physical wellbeing in a community setting.
* Support young people who use the service with promoting effective change to positively impact individual outcomes.
* You will create a positive and motivational environment which allows young people we support to thrive.
* To provide support to the wider RSI team to think about the impact of the work on their wellbeing.
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential:
* Professional degree or diploma in relevant field, i.e., Nursing, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist, Applied Psychologist or Psychological Therapist.
* Appropriate statutory professional body registration NMC/SWE/HCPC/BACP.
* Must be willing to participate in any relevant training identified to develop skills required to carry out duties.
Desirable:
* Post graduate learning to Masters level or above.
* Specific CPD modules relevant to specialist field.
* Additional therapeutic training in relevant therapy models such as Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Mentalisation Based Therapy or Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.
* Training, teaching or mentorship qualification or experience to an equivalent level.
ROLE EXPERIENCE
Essential:
* Experience of working with young adults and teenagers who have severe and enduring needs and who may be experiencing a crisis in their mental health.
* Experience of working effectively with young people experiencing a dual diagnosis.
* Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team setting.
* Clinical experience including individual and group work.
* Knowledge and application of theoretical models of practice.
* High level understanding of mental health disorders and treatment models.
* Extensive knowledge of the principles of safety planning.
* Understanding of Professional Code of Conduct, revalidation and core skills, and their application in practice.
Desirable:
* Experience of working within a community team.
* Experience of mentorship.
* Working with young people in the following settings/Types of work – Youth Work,
* Residential or Social Work, Probation, Community Work, Education and Training, Housing.
KNOWLEDGE
Essential:
* Detailed knowledge of legislation relevant to Mental health and Specialist practice where appropriate.
* Knowledge of current policy documents and their impact on the primary care services agenda.
* Knowledge of the issues that characterise the provision of health services to those experiencing homelessness.
* Knowledge of local health priorities.
Desirable:
* Housing Legislation, i.e., Housing Act and Homelessness Reduction Act Incl. Rough Sleepers Strategy.
* Knowledge of local support services for young people.
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