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Coastal West Sussex CAMHS DLT Senior Mental Health Practitioner

Employer
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Location
Worthing, Chichester & Horsham
Salary
£40,057 to £45,839 a year PA / Pro rata for part time
Closing date
2 Jul 2022

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Grade
Band 7
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
West Sussex CAMHS Duty and Liaison Service

Senior Mental Health Practitioner - B7

Based across West Sussex

As a full time Senior Mental Health Practitioner you will work a shift pattern covering the hours of 9am - 8pm Monday to Friday and 10am to 6pm weekends and public holidays.

The CAMHS Sussex Duty and Liaison Team is developing their Urgent Health Care service and as a result an exciting opportunity has arisen for a 2 full time Senior Mental Health Practitioners and one 30 hours per week position. The role will be variable and exciting, sometimes challenging and there is a need for flexibility but it is always very interesting and rewarding. You will need to be motivated, forward thinking and have a strong commitment to providing high quality care to provide the best outcomes for young people. Excellent risk assessment and safety planning skills are essential to this role.

To protect the health and safety of our staff/workers, patients, and those attending our sites, we encourage our workforce to get fully vaccinated against COVID

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job

Primarily you will be supporting young people and their carers who are presenting with a mental health crisis via telephone, Attend Anywhere or offering face to face assessments. There will be an opportunity in this role to deliver therapeutic interventions alongside crisis care planning and management. You will be supporting young people who are waiting for interventions from tier 3 CAMHS as part of the duty role.

About us

About us

We are looking for an experienced mental health practitioner, preferably with some previous experience of duty and A&E Liaison within a community based mental health team with excellent risk assessment and care planning skills. You should be willing to work autonomously as well as part of a team. The team thrives through being supportive to each other in an environment that can be changeable due to service capacity and demand. You will need to be flexible, be able to participate in the shift pattern of the team and have excellent communication skills. In return you will be well supported by experienced clinicians who will help you to develop and thrive in this environment. All your skills and training will be fully utilised and developed through clinical supervision and training opportunities.

Job description Job responsibilities

Job responsibilities

To respond to referrals made to the duty team from a variety of sources. To prioritise work according to the level of urgency. To work closely with young people, their carers and other professionals in order to facilitate a safe plan of care.

To support tier 3 CAMHS with young people who are awaiting allocation of a Lead Practitioner, therapeutic work or are waiting for an initial assessment with therapeutic interventions.

To respond to referrals from A&E and acute hospital wards and carry out comprehensive assessments including risk assessment and safety care planning. To ensure high quality communication and effective relationships within the Duty and Liaison Team and our general hospital colleagues, other agencies and carers.

To work with general hospital staff providing interventions and support to patients who are staying on acute hospital wards awaiting the allocation of appropriate mental health services.

CAMHS services recognise that young people may be affected by challenges to their emotional wellbeing and mental health at all times. With this in mind our responses are required to be dynamic and needs led,. As part of our exciting transformation agenda colleagues may be required to work outside of the 9 - 5 working pattern .

This would be negotiated on an individual basis and as part of Sussex Partnership NHS trusts wider commitment high quality services, that are both flexible and accessible to all our users whilst supporting colleagues in pursuit of their own work life balance

Person Specification Criteria Essential
  • Degree/Diploma in occupational therapy or Nursing/Social Work Or Doctorate in Clinical Psychology
  • Registration with HCPC/NMC/Social Work England
  • Training in the use of standardised assessment tools
  • Extensive experience as a qualified mental health practitioner
  • Broad experience of working with clients with a range of mental health problems
  • Experience in leadership - this can involve leading on a project
  • Experience of multidisciplinary working
  • Experience of supervising staff and students
  • Experience as a Care Coordinator
  • CAMHS or crisis experience
  • Experience of multi-agency work
  • Able to communication complex information to service users, carers and colleagues
  • Lead others in the development of knowledge, ideas and work practices including policies and strategies.
  • Develop partnership working with individuals, groups, communities and agencies.
  • Delegate work to others
  • Demonstrate support for the values and beliefs of the Care Group and those of the Trust
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the practices of Human Rights in the delivery of this role
  • Team working
  • Ability to travel across sites
  • Punctual and flexible across hours of work when required
Desirable
  • Evidence of post qualification study
  • Experience with Looked after and Adopted A / C / I / children
  • Experience in applying a range of assessment tools and a comprehensive knowledge of clinical approaches
  • Research experience
  • Lived experience of mental health issues
  • Experience of providing professional support/supervision to staff


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