Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
One of the NHS Long Term Plan ambitions is to improve the provisionof crisis assessment and brief response within the Emergency Department (ED)and in community settings. Offering Children and Young People (CYP) assessment,alongside Intensive Home Treatment services for those who might otherwiserequire inpatient care.
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health & Care NHS Trust aredeveloping a consistent home treatment provision, across Herefordshire. Thisteam operates 7 days a week between the hours of 8am and 8pm. The teams will offer an Intensive HomeTreatment service aimed at CYP who might otherwise require inpatient care, orintensive support that exceeds the normal capability of a generic children andyoung peoples mental health community team.
Main duties of the job
The role willbe a little unpredictable, as you can be called at any time during a workingday to support in a crisis. We will complete comprehensive risk assessments forevery CYP; these can be completed independently although will often discuss patientsthat are more complex as a Multi-disciplinary team. The team works hard toprovide a fully integrated service for our CYP, so it is not just about makingsure their needs are catered for while they are in crisis, but also within thewider system. We talk to families and carers, GPs, community mental healthteams, social care teams and voluntary organisations, and ensure the mostappropriate follow up support is in place, be this through an intensive hometreatment package from the team, or Core CAMHS or through the voluntary sector.
Researchindicates that a more timely response to treating YP regarding their mentalhealth leads to them being less likely to require long term mental healthsupport, so this is an amazing opportunity to support the YP and their familieswithin Herefordshire.
About us
At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust,we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitalsand community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental healthand learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people ofall ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over100 sites.
We will support you to thrive; offer flexibleworking options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions,and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We valuediversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures,and ethnicities.
What we offer;
* 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to33 days with long service
* Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you workunsocial hours
* Flexible and agile working opportunities
* Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
* Wide range of supportive staff networks
* Health and wellbeing opportunities
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Job responsibilities
The post holder will:
* Operate as part of a multidisciplinaryteam providing Crisis Intervention and Intensive Home Treatment to CYPcountywide.
* Operate as part of a multidisciplinaryteam providing Crisis Intervention and Intensive Home Treatment to CYPcountywide.
* Use their initiative and takeresponsibility for themselves and the quality of their work and the servicethey provide to CYP.
* Proactively engage in formaland informal education of Acute Trust staff and other partnership agencies,families and children and young people.
* Actively and creatively engageCYP and carers encouraging them to make appropriate use of the mental health,social care and voluntary services available as part of a process of recoveryand crisis management.
* Undertake full psychosocialassessments with those in need of such. Ensuring thorough, precise and timelydocumentation and dissemination of information in line with Trust policy andprocedure.
* Undertake a supervisory role tojunior staff in line with trust policy and procedure.
* Undertake acute risk assessmentand safety planning for extremely vulnerable client groups during times ofcrisis.
* Deliver High quality, evidence basedcare to a defined team caseload
* Proactively support theprevention of YP requiring long-term mental health hospital beds, alsoencouraging and engaging in early discharge from same, should the need had beenidentified.
Ourcommitment is to ensure you have appropriate Continued professional developmentand quality supervision and Appraisal to ensure you are able to reach your fullpotential. We welcome new ideas and training opportunities, should they be inline with your job role and will help to encourage, empower and support our CYP and you, as a member of the teamto ensure job satisfaction and fulfilment.
For full details of the duties and criteriafor the role, please refer to the job description and person specificationattached.
Person Specification
Experience
* Extensive post registration experience in mental health care including mental health assessment and risk assessment
* Use of therapeutic interventions within mental health settings i.e. 1:1, counselling, family therapy and group work
* Delivering teaching / training
* Providing consultation
* Experience of working in a CYP service or Crisis & Home Treatment service
* Formulating and communicating a clinical presentation to an MDT
Qualifications
* Evidence of post registered clinical qualifications/training or be able to demonstrate an equivalent level of training to a minimum of post graduate diploma level
* Current registration with relevant professional body
* I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.
* Evidence of on-going continuing professional development
* Evidence of providing a supervisor role
Skills & Abilities
* Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats.
* Ability to travel to patients at the needs of the service across a wide geographical area in a timely 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.
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
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