You will work across the transition's pathway, working primarily with young people 17 years and upwards. This is to ensure that young adults are supported through the pathways between children and adult services. You will work as part of a team in delivering care for younger adults who have a wide range of complex mental health needs. To develop your role, you will be supported with an induction package, both local and corporate and you will receive regular supervision and career conversations annually. You will be managed by a senior clinician in the team providing a structured clinical model to the client group.

It is widely recognised that the transition point at the age of eighteen is a challenging one for young adults but particularly if they have mental health difficulties. Somerset NHS Foundation Trust is committed to the development of an improved transition pathway, with the aim of ensuring a smooth transition between services as needed.

This position is for a countywide post and we will accept applicant who are registered with either the NMC or HCPC.

Main duties of the job

You will need to work directly with young people in Somerset with complex emotional needs transitioning from CAMHS to adult services. The people we work with often have extensive trauma histories and have experienced multiple ACEs. Therefore we are looking to recruit someone who can work relationally and in a trauma informed way, while at the same time maintaining professional boundaries. The people we work with can often present with a variety of risks, such as severe self harming behaviour. The post holder will need to have confidence in managing this and be able to use support and supervision appropriately.

Our work involves (but is not limited to)

Stabilisation emotional skills, distress tolerance, risk management, self compassion, interpersonal skills

Pillars of health working on good sleep, good food and fluid intake, environmental stability, reducing drug and alcohol use, learning to live with pain or physical illness, thinking about medication as needed

Reconnection getting back to life. Education, work, volunteering, socialising, hobbies/activities, beginning/maintaining/ending relationships with others.

This is a countywide position, so the post holder will need to have the ability and willingness to travel.

You will be responsible for their own CPD as well as having some supervisory responsibility for junior members of the team.

The main therapeutic model in Connect 18 is MBT. We aim to provide you training in this.

About us

As an organisation, Somerset NHS Foundation Trust offers employees a wide range of benefits including flexible working, NHS pension scheme, generous annual leave allowance and a commitment to career development.You will be eligible for our Blue Light Card and a wide range of NHS exclusive shopping & leisure discounts.We are proud of our skilled, diverse workforce and as an inclusive employer we welcome applications from all backgrounds.Working in Somerset enables you to enjoy the idyllic countryside, areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines whilst still only being a stone's throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable.Somerset offers the countryside and the cosmopolitan -- there is truly something for everyone!

Job description

Job responsibilities

Department Core Purpose

You will work across the transition's pathway, working primarily with young people 17 years and upwards. This is to ensure that young adults are supported through the pathways between children and adult services. You will work as part of a team in delivering care for younger adults who have a wide range of complex mental health needs. To develop your role, you will be supported with an induction package, both local and corporate and you will receive regular supervision and career conversations annually. You will be managed by a senior clinician in the team providing a structured clinical model to the client group.

It is widely recognised that the transition point at the age of eighteen is a challenging one for young adults but particularly if they have mental health difficulties. Somerset NHS Foundation Trust is committed to the development of an improved transition pathway, with the aim of ensuring a smooth transition between services as needed.

Job Purpose:

We are looking to recruit a highly motivated individual to work with us to improve the transition across services for young people.

We are looking for a Band 5 practitioner to join Connect18 based countywide. We are looking for a dedicated and passionate individual who wants to develop their professional skills and gain experience in working in community with young people transitioning from CAMHs and with complex mental health, social, emotional, behavioural, and neurodevelopmental needs.

This post is open to professionals registered with the relevant professional body (NMC/HCPC) and experience of working with young people. This is a developmental role with a focus on developing broader skills in Mentalisation Behaviour Therapy, attachment theory, trauma recovery model, and positive risk taking and behavioural management. The role offers opportunities for you to develop your clinical skills and knowledge.

We will ensure you have all the core skills you need to confidently build relationships with our service users in order to best create and deliver an effective and personalised treatment plan with them. This is an exciting opportunity for anyone wanting to be part of a growing and dynamic transitions service.

You will demonstrate a desire to engage in and promote a wide range of therapeutic activities to support service users. Individuals will hold qualities of patience, enthusiasm and a keen interest in working with young people with complex emotional needs.

You will need outstanding communication skills and be able to apply the philosophies of engagement and recovery in working with young adults. Connect18 has a phased care model which is trauma informed, with a strengths-based approach and practical support alongside. The role involves working under the direction of senior clinicians within the team, but also being accountable for your own practice, and using one's own initiative when appropriate to support smooth transition for young adults.

The successful candidate must have a specific interest and experience in working with young adults, and their people who matter.

Duties and Responsibilities

Communication and Key Working Relationships

Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively with staff, patients, carers and relatives (as appropriate) remaining sensitive and empathetic.

Listens to others' views respecting and valuing individual needs.

Proactive in seeking out different styles and methods of communication to assist longer terms needs and aims.

To communicate/receive complex and sensitive verbal information in an open and sensitive manner and involve the service user in the decision making process.

To actively promote relationships with colleagues that support open communication and collaborative working, taking personal responsibility for one's contribution to the process of MDT working.

Act as the patient's advocate where necessary working in partnership with other health care professionals, agencies, and independent advocacy.

Key relationships -- Senior mental health practitioners, Connect18 leads, senior support workers, peer support worker and Clinical lead for transitions.

Planning and Organisation & Analytics

To manage own time and plan timed activities.

To manage own caseload and diary planning.

To use own judgement and act on reviewing a range of assessment of a condition.

Report and record, escalate any deficiencies in the service provision through incident reporting and risk assessment and assist in introducing a change in practice and systems as appropriate.

To participate in the development, implementation and audit/review of clinical standards, policies and care pathways to support practice.

Responsibility for Patient / Client Care, Treatment & Therapy

Use interpersonal skills to build a therapeutic relationship with patients and their carers.

Have a broad skill base related to the area of practice maintaining competence and confidence in these skills.

To provide interventions in line with structured clinical model.

Be part of the core team offering MBT

Review and evaluate care

Policy, Service, Research Development Responsibility

To be responsible for own safety following lone working policies where applicable.

Have knowledge of national research, guidelines, policy, and legislation to ensure team and patient safety -- relevant to their area of work.

Participate in Best Practice Groups to devise protocols and guidelines as appropriate to improve practice and patient care in accordance with Clinical Governance.

Responsibility for Finance, Equipment & Other Resources

Has no direct responsibility for finance, equipment or other resources but is expected to maintain stock control and observe personal duty of care in relation to equipment used in own work. IT equipment and mobile phone.

Responsibility for Supervision, Leadership & Management

To ensure you attend supervision regularly and are prepared for this.

Support and work alongside senior support workers in the team. There may be a supervision element to this when the person appointed is felt to be ready to take on a supervision role.

Through appraisal, identify own personal training needs to meet both professional and organisational objectives.

Information Resources & Administrative Duties

Handle information (record, report, and store information) related to individuals in line with local and national policies.

To maintain accurate, contemporaneous records and developing systems, which ensure continuity and standardisation of patients care within Trust guidelines

Any Other Specific Tasks Required

Provide practical support to young people and support them to fulfil their potential.

Provide MBT within the team clinical model.

Provide clear transition pathway for those not in college, training or employment.

General Information

At all times promote and maintain the safety of children by working according to the Trust's Child Protection Policy and supporting guidance. Being pro-active and responsive to child protection concerns by early reporting, recording and referral of issues according to Trust arrangements. Attending child protection training that is appropriate to your role.

Confidentiality

The post holder will maintain appropriate confidentiality of information relating to commercially sensitive matters in regard to Trust business, and also to personal information relating to members of staff and patients. The post holder will be expected to comply with all aspects of the Data Protection Act (1998), the Staff Code of Confidentiality and the IT Security and Acceptable Use Policy.

Equality & Diversity

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust is committed to achieving equality of opportunity for all staff and for those who access services. You must work in accordance with equal opportunity policies/procedures and promote the equality and diversity agenda of the Trust.

Safeguarding

All employees have a duty for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults. Staff must be aware of the Trust's procedure for raising concerns about the welfare of anyone with whom they have contact.

Risk Management / Health and Safety

Employees must be aware of the responsibilities placed on them for ensuring the safety of our patients, service users, visitors and colleagues under the Trust's Risk Management Strategy and policy and under the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974. All employees are expected to be familiar with and comply with the Trust's risk and health and safety policies and procedures and all other policies and procedures relevant to their role.

Records Management

The post holder has responsibility for the timely and accurate creation, maintenance and storage of records in accordance with Trust policy, including email documents and with regard to the Data Protection Act, The Freedom of Information Act and any other relevant statutory requirements.

Clinical Governance

The post holder will be expected to participate in clinical governance activities to assist the Trust to provide high quality services.

Prevention and Control of Healthcare Associated Infection

The post holder is expected to comply with Trust Infection Control Policies and conduct themselves at all times in such a manner as to minimise the risk of healthcare associated infection.

Policies & Procedures

Trust employees are expected to follow Trust policies, procedures and guidance as well as professional standards and guidelines. Copies of Trust policies can be accessed via the staff intranet or external website or via your manager.

Sustainability Clause

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust is committed to creating a sustainable business. Staff employed by the Trust, are required to think about their actions in the course of their work and make positive steps to reducing, reusing and recycling wherever and whenever possible.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Professional knowledge acquired through degree.
• Evidence of continuous professional development
• Training and mentorship qualification or equivalent
• Experience of working with children and young people with mental health difficulties.

Desirable

• Skill based training in a modality applicable to the client group MBT, DBT or CBT

Experience

Essential

• Experience working with young adults have experienced mental illness.
• Experience of working with people who present with unpredictable and extreme challenging behaviour.
• Evidence of undertaking mentorship role
• Experience of working with young adults who have serious mental illness and their families and carersin the community.
• Knowledge of adolescent mental health difficulties
• Solution focussed knowledge
• Knowledge of specialist therapeutic inte
  Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.
  
  184-OL-GR-481