An exciting opportunity has become available for a full time Band 6 Practitioner 37.5 hrs. per week/ part time hours will be considered, to join our award winning ongoing developing CCETTS Team based in Boston/ Grantham.

Our service covers areas across South of Lincolnshire so having a means to travel is essential. We are looking for enthusiastic, highly motivated individuals to join our award-winning team.

Our team looks at providing an alternative to a tier 4 admission and supporting those being discharged from an acute inpatient admission following an episode of care.

Within the team we utilise animal assisted therapy (AAT) and have an established therapy dog within the team. We also welcome the opportunity for further AAT dogs within the team if you have a dog who you feel would be appropriate so not just an exciting role for you but for them too.

You will be expected to work a shift pattern on a rota basis covering 7 days per week: 08:45-19:00hrs.

We are an innovative service and pride ourselves in providing training to enhance the care and support we can provide. We welcome clinicians with creative ideas to help continue to develop the service.For any further enquiries please contact Lisa de la Perrelle Boston on 01205 354202/ 07935 705739 or email: lisa.delaperrelle@nhs.net.

Main duties of the job

You will be providing crisis and enhanced home treatment for young people struggling with acute deteriorating mental health difficulties, including self-harm, suicidal ideation, eating disorders/ disordered eating and psychosis.

The role will include providing Crisis Assessments, 1:1 therapeutic intervention utilising DBT and CBT skills, providing Emotional First Aid group work, and psycho- education with parents and Carers.

You will work closely with our CAMHs Mental Health Liaison service.

About us

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Whether you're taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has arange of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that's friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life . Visit beinlincolnshire.comto find out more.

Job description

Job responsibilities

• To provide a high standard of community clinical care ensuring safe and effective assessment, treatment and comprehensive discharge planning using highly developed clinical reasoning skills and appropriate assessment tools.
• Provide rapid response to children/young people presenting with urgent and emergency mental health presentations over a 24/7 rota.
• Work as part of a team managing referrals for assessment and intensive community treatment for young people experiencing a mental health crisis or at risk of hospital admission.
• Act as bed co-ordinators for out of county placements.
• Support the Access Assessment of new referrals for in-patient beds.
• Act as lead professional for complex cases within the team
• Engage with young people to provide mental health and risk assessment, risk management plans, and taking appropriate therapeutic risk for young people following crisis.
• Provide full assessment and collaborative care planning for implementation by the multi-disciplinary team, in partnership with young people/carers and other workers involved in care delivery.
• Work in accordance with relevant childcare, health legislation and professional standards in partnership with wider childrens services and to engage fully with Safeguarding, Common Assessment Framework and other processes which requires working together with other agencies.
• Proactively involve children/young people and their families/carers in service development including using service questionnaires to obtain structured feedback.
• Provide a professional, non-stigmatising service to children/young people and families/carers.
• Work closely with other colleagues within the service to enable effective transitions to and from other areas.
• Ensure best practice by incorporating NICE guidance and meeting healthcare standards.
• Adhere to Trust Policies in consideration of Children in Need and safeguarding issues and in maintaining accurate and effective written records.
• Help support and develop other staff in the team and provide supervision/line management.
• To be able to travel independently and work flexibly across the county to support the service, from a designated base.
• Use outcome measures to evidence effectiveness of treatments provided.
• Participate in management and clinical supervision.
• Manage case-load and service delivery in accordance with, and in order to contribute towards the attainment of, the Service/Trust productivity requirements including waiting times.
• Participate in all clinical governance and audit developments including post registration education, training and continuing professional development
• Maintain knowledge and standards of medicine management through training and supervision.
• Have an awareness of the mental health act, (MHA) deprivation of liberty, (DOLS), mental capacity act (MCA) and childrens act and how this affects the management of patients at home and as inpatients.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Post graduate professional with current registration
• Mentorship Module (degree level)
• Evidence of specialised continued professional training in clinical practice.

Desirable

• Leadership training
• Training in Dialectical behavioural therapy (DBT) or Family systemic practices

Experience

Essential

• Relevant experience of working with people with mental health needs.
• Experience of working with individuals in crisis
• Experience of working with people with severe and enduring mental illnesses
• Experience of managing and developing staff including supervision.

Desirable

• Experience of working with children and young people

Skills

Essential

• Expert knowledge of Child Care legislation, Safeguarding, Mental Health Act, Care Programme Approach and Risk Assessment.
• Good knowledge of current local and national strategies concerning CAMHS, Children's Services and mental health
• Good understanding of child and adolescent development, risk assessment and risk management of young people in crisis.
• Experience of using evidence based practice
• Sound knowledge of clinical/risk assessment and understanding of Information Governance principles.
• Well-developed IT skills

Special Requirements

Essential

• Able to travel around the county independently and in a timely manner

Employer details

Employer name

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Galaxey Suite Boston Archway

Boston

PE21 8EG

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