Primary Mental Health Specialist - Target Youth Services
South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust
The Primary Mental Health Specialist (Targeted Youth Service) post is an exciting opportunity to make a positive difference to the mental health of children and young people involved within the Target Youth Justice Services. The post will be collocated within the base of the targeted youth services in Sunderland. This role has been developed to work closely with the targeted youth services, offering mental health assessments, interventions, as well as consultation and advice to stakeholders and practitioners.
The post is part of the Sunderland Community Children and Young Peoples Mental Health Service (SCCYPMHS), which is leading the way in children and young people's mental health services. We deliver high-quality interventions and develop the skills and knowledge of universal child practitioners.
Main Duties of the Job
The post holder will be collocated in the Youth Justice Service and will also be part of the multi-disciplinary team within SCCYPMHS. The service offers interventions to children and young people with mental health difficulties at the earliest stage, promoting resilience and enabling positive mental health.
This post aims to increase access to mental health services for children and young people involved in the Youth Justice Service. The intentions of the post include offering consultation, training, and supervision to youth justice practitioners, as well as providing effective interventions directly to children, young people, and their families.
The candidate needs to have an understanding of child and adolescent mental health, will work autonomously as a practitioner, and collaboratively with colleagues across a wide range of professions and organizations.
The service is part of the well-established CYP-IAPT national programme and has a robust needs-led in-house training programme.
About Us
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One Team One Trust - There are many reasons to work at our Trust. From our commitment to putting people first to our accessible services and award-winning teams, we have a passion for research, innovation, and tackling inequalities. We are committed to respect, fairness, and civility, promoting a compassionate, caring, and positive culture/work environment.
We welcome all applications irrespective of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion/belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity, and in particular those from under-represented groups. Looking after our workforce's health and wellbeing is a priority for STSFT. We also provide access to high-quality education, training, career progression, and support. Flexible working is supported via the Trust's Flexible Working Policy.
The Trust employs around 8,300 people and provides a range of hospital services to a local community of around 430,000 residents. We also provide a range of more specialized services outside this area, in some cases to a population as great as 860,000. We offer our staff outstanding benefits - Fitness Centre (SRH), libraries at both hospital sites, chaplaincy support, and access to a Childcare Coordinator to help staff with childcare arrangements.
The Trust will not accept applications which are found to be AI generated.
Job Responsibilities
* Work as a member of the Sunderland Community Children and Young Peoples Mental Health Team in Sunderland, providing mental health interventions to children and young people in the targeted youth service.
* Work alongside targeted youth justice staff in providing initial assessments and treatments to children, young people, and families who present with mental health difficulties.
* Provide evidence-based, outcome-focused standards of care to children, young people, and families and deliver high-quality training, consultation, and support to other providers.
* Deliver services from community bases as part of a multi-agency CYPMH provision.
* Lead, motivate, and support the team through supervision and clinical expertise.
Person Specification
Skills and Knowledge
* Excellent interpersonal skills
* Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
* Excellent project management skills
* Good knowledge and understanding of schools and education systems
* Negotiation, influencing, and conflict management skills
* Ability to provide clinical and professional supervision, training, and consultation to universal child practitioners and CAMHS colleagues
* Organizational and time management skills
* IT Skills (word processing and presentations)
* Understanding of clinical governance, research, and evaluation
* Highly motivated and enthusiastic
* Ability to work with teams from a range of agencies
* Commitment to extending knowledge, personal and professional development of self and others
* Ability to work and move between sites
* Experience of data collection and management skills in statistical analysis
Physical Skills
* Valid full driving license
* Ability to travel throughout the area
Experience
* Significant experience of working to support the mental health needs of children, young people, and families
* Experience of working within a relevant specialty
* Experience of working within a forensic setting or with children in conflict with the law
* Experience of working in collaboration with service users and carers
* Experience in supervising professional colleagues
* Experience at a senior level within the NHS, Social Services, or a public sector organization
* Experience of service development, delivery, and organizational change
* Teaching experience
* Experience of multi-agency work
* Experience of working in a specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service
* Experience of working in the area of research or clinical audit
* Experience of working in a targeted youth service
Qualifications
* Ed, or CYP-IAPT qualification
* Additional post-graduate qualification in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, therapeutic training, or other relevant area
* Teaching qualification
* Supervision qualification
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.
South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust
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