Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Liverpool Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) at Alder Hey are looking for maternity cover for a Mental Health Practitioner.
As a B6 Mental Health Practitioner (MHP), you will work across a range of educational, healthcare, and community settings to provide early intervention/evidence-based interventions for children and young people and their families, enabling children and young people to access support in schools.
The successful candidate will have already undertaken further training in one of the IAPT modalities (CBT, SFP, and IPTA is desirable) and will undertake direct work with children and young people, families, and carers as well as education providers. In addition, the post holder will deliver training and work with education providers to develop the Whole School and College Approach.
The post holders may also provide supervision to our Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs). From April 24, 2024, EMHPs will be required to be registered with either the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) or the British Psychological Society (BPS).
Main duties of the job
To communicate to the client and family knowledge of therapeutic processes, confidentiality, and available options involved in their assessment and care plan, to enable them to engage appropriately from a position of informed consent. This will sometimes include communication about highly sensitive material and outcomes.
Utilising analytical skills, specialist knowledge, and experience to provide a comprehensive assessment and formulation of the presenting problem taking into account the child's educational attainment, chronological/developmental stage, inner world/emotional wellbeing, the mental health of the child's parents, the family dynamics and environment, and the broader social context including school.
Develop a planned programme of intervention utilising behavioural, cognitive, psychodynamic, and systemic perspectives as indicated by the formulation, the needs of the client, and the evidence base.
Provide individual, couple, family, and group interventions as appropriate as part of a client's integrated, therapeutic programme.
Undertake, with supervision/consultation, case management of cases of some severity, risk, and complexity, coordinating multi-disciplinary inputs and working in partnership with other agencies where appropriate.
About us
Alder Hey has already earned our place as one of the world's leading children's hospitals, thanks to innovation and pioneering medical work. We treat 250,000 young patients a year and have a broad range of hospital and community services, serving the local population of children, as well as being a tertiary referral centre for children from across Merseyside, Cheshire, and parts of Lancashire, Shropshire, and North Wales.
We would welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds as our ambition is that our workforce is fully reflective of the communities that we serve. Alder Hey is signed up to the disability confident scheme.
Job responsibilities
The post holder will provide a substantial contribution to the clinical work of the team, including accepting, prioritising, assessing, and treating referrals of children and their families. Initially this will be at a level to be agreed with the candidate but over time they will take full case management responsibility for their case load.
In addition, they may provide consultation, under supervision, to professionals from other services and participate in service development. The proportion of direct clinical work, consultation, and service development work undertaken will be negotiated with the clinical team manager and the professional head.
Person Specification
Education and Training
* Qualified in core profession such as Mental Health Nurse (RMN/RLD), Mental Health Practitioner, Clinical Psychologist, Occupational Therapy, Social Work, or creative therapies e.g. Art Therapy - with proof of relevant professional registration or recognised degree level broad-based health & social care qualification which will require completion of The British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) Knowledge Skills and Attributes.
* Training in child & family mental health related field.
* Two years' experience of post-graduate work in core profession/following qualification.
* Two years' experience working collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary setting.
* Experienced in and able to demonstrate proficiency in case management responsibility.
* Experience of working in child and adolescent mental health services.
Knowledge
* Able to demonstrate application of therapeutic and analytical skills.
* Able to demonstrate ability to be self-reflective in relation to practice.
* Able to provide, (with appropriate supervision), assessment of emergency/self-harming behaviour.
* Must demonstrate a working knowledge of health, education, social services, and the voluntary sector.
* Knowledge of relevant, current legislation.
* Knowledge of safety factors in management of self-harming behaviours and child protection issues.
* An understanding of principles underlying psychodynamic, systemic, cognitive, and behavioural therapies.
* Working knowledge of child development.
* Awareness of recent government initiatives.
* Organisational skills to manage and prioritise workload balance appropriately.
* Able to demonstrate a commitment to the overall vision and the development of the professional group of mental health practitioners.
* Must demonstrate utilisation of professional development planning in own career progression.
* Knowledge of audit and evaluation methodology.
Personal Attributes
* Must demonstrate utilisation of professional development planning in own career progression.
* Must show enthusiasm and appreciation for multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working.
* Must demonstrate a professional manner.
* Must demonstrate a high level of communication skills commensurate with the nature of clinical and professional contacts required of the post.
* Works within professional ethics and Trust policies.
* Accountable for own professional actions.
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.
Job locations
Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Reference number
411-COM-24-6464925-A
Full-time, Flexible working, Compressed hours.
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