As a specialist children's service, NHFT's Integrated Looked-after Children (LAC) Health Service works throughout Northamptonshire to support the emotional and physical wellbeing of children in care (or LAC). The Mental Health Team accept referrals from partnership agencies (including social care, education, and other health services) for children in the care of Northamptonshire's Children Trust (NCT), as well as other local authorities. Our population of looked-after children residing within Northamptonshire is approximately 1200 children.

NHFT values staff development and the post holder will be supported with training and development to enable them to achieve their full potential in this role.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be working in an integrated skill mix team that includes Specialist Mental Health Practitioners, Social Workers, and Clinical Psychologists and Specialist Looked after Children Nurses.

The post holder will be responsible for working across multi-agencies to identify and meet the complex needs of looked-after children, including offering social work consultations, initial assessments, and direct therapeutic interventions.

The post holder will also be expected to have oversight of young people in inpatient settings and be the link clinician for discharge planning and care co-ordination, including those children who became Looked After post-discharge or are experiencing delayed discharge from inpatient services.

As a senior clinician within the Mental Health Team, the post holder will be expected to display clinical leadership, inform the development of evidence-based practice to deliver high quality care and optimise service delivery, and offer advice and support to the wider team where required and indicated.

About us

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.

Person Specification

Knowledge and experience

Essential

• Professional registration/ equivalent experience
• Knowledge of mental health needs

Desirable

• Experience in working with children in care
• Experienced of care co-ordination
• evidence of additional training relevant to the role

skills and abilties

Essential

• evidence of previous therapeutic interventions with clients
• To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, highly complex/sensitive information concerning the assessment, formulation, and treatment plans of clients under their care
• Ability to manage the competing demands of the role and demonstrate leadership behaviours on a consistent basis.

Desirable

• Additional Supervision training or experience of giving supervision
• student mentorship back ground

Employer details

Employer name

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Address

Newland House

Northampton

NN13EB

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