Senior Mental Health Practitioner - Under 18's Community
- Employer
- Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust
- Location
- Great Yarmouth
- Salary
- £37,338 to £44,962 gross per annum
- Closing date
- 27 Nov 2024
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- Profession
- Nurse, Mental health, Mental health nurse, Community nurse, Mental health nurse - community, Mental health practitioner, Adult mental health nurse, Community mental health nurse
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Job Details
CATAT have been commissioned to support Children and Young People (CYP) under the age of 18 within the Norfolk and Suffolk locality. The aim of this team is to prevent CYP from having inpatient admissions wherever possible, and to support them and their family in the community. The team will serve as a gateway in and out of Tier 4 (T4) provision so CYP will be able to access T4 provision / support without the need for admission. This is a significant change in both the clinical offer and culture.
CATAT look at being preventative rather than a reactive intervention to enable admission avoidance being more successful we do this by using the Ambit & Thrive models this aids and supports stabilisation as well as the system around the child.
CATAT work alongside the core community teams as well as partner agencies to offer CYP increased/additional support. This helps with a jointly holding risk, collaborative working, and continuity of care.
Main duties of the job
What will CATAT offer.
- Consultation/Advice
- Enhanced assessments
- Ensure that children & young people in Norfolk & Suffolk access care in the least restrictive environment possible.
- Case Formulation and ongoing case management to formulate the CYP care pathway.
- Face to face community-based visits
- Attending MDT, LEAPs, CETRs, MALMs, Linking in with inpatient and acute wards.
- Therapeutic interventions and approaches in relation to the expressed mental health needs of the CYP. Such as emotional regulation, DBT skills, AMBIT technics, risk management.
- Systemic approach to working with CYP, families, carers, and wider professional networks.
- Training and education for other services
- Promote joined up working and liaison with other involved services and teams across mental and physical health and children's services.
(The above list is not exhaustive, merely a starting point to show you what we do)
About us
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.
Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.
Why Norfolk and Suffolk?The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be expected to travel around bothNorfolk and Suffolk
Treat adolescents under 18 years of age who reside in either Norfolk or Suffolk. Any exceptions will be reviewed on an individual case basis
Treat CYP at home or in a Place of Safety and identified as potentially needing admission to CAMHS in-patient provision. This may be young people either known, or not known to specialist mental health services
Undertake individualised risk assessments taking into account strengths/needs of CYP including safeguarding risk assessments and develop individualised programmes of care in coproduction with the CYP, parent/carer and existing professional networks.
Support the process of safe discharge planning with other partnership agencies to ensure that the mental health needs of the CYP have been addressed appropriately and that the CYP has been offered a range of treatment modalities and therapeutic interventions according to their care pathway, prior to the return to the care of their Lead Care Professional.
Deliver training with/to service users, significant others, families, other professionals, and agencies.
Offer person-centred care around the clinical need and risks. Alongside their core team and professionals assessments to target reduction and or prevention of admission.
CATAT will look at treatment, therapeutic work within a community setting, which offers the safest least restrictive option for the young person. The amount of contact the team has with the young person will depend on assessed clinical needs.
CATAT will work jointly with other professionals involved in individual care packages alongside joint interventions core teams/other health services.
CATAT will work with young people and offer a 6-week review. If a longer period of additional support by CATAT is assessed as appropriate, CATAT will continue therapeutic interventions.
Discharge planning from CATAT will evidence a reduction in the additional support/therapeutic interventions which will include a handover period to make a seamless transition of care, to aid a safe and supportive discharge.
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
Some of the benefits you can expect:
- NHS pension
- a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
- career progression
- starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
- staff physio service
- NHS discounts and many more.
Interview dates are yet to be set you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.
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Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Mental Health Nurse/ Social Worker or Occupational Therapist.
- Evidence of ability to facilitate learning within clinical practice
Experience
Essential
- Minimum 2 years post registration experience
- Sound knowledge and understanding of current issues in speciality
Desirable
- Experience of working across a range of mental health settings at a senior clinical level
- Experience and knowledge of quality, standard setting and audit
- Experience in both managing complaints and quality assurance
Skills
Essential
- Negotiation and conflict management skills
- Good time management skills, with the ability to meet deadlines and work effectively under pressure
- Strong commitment to improving patient services with a clear focus on achieving performance goals
Desirable
- Proven ability to effectively manage change
Other
Essential
- The ability to travel independently between Trust sites during the course of a working day
Employer details
Employer name
Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust
Address
Herbert Matthes Building - Northgate Hospital
Great Yarmouth
NR301BU
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.
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Company
“Welcome to Norfolk and Suffolk foundation Trust, we provide an extensive range of mental health services across two counties , working with our communities and partners we continue to develop and transform our services so we can really meet the needs of the people we serve .We are an organisation which truly values nurses , acknowledges the special , unique skills they bring and is committed to developing clinical, academic and leadership pathways whilst supporting, nurturing and caring for you .We have strengthened nurse leadership, created Nurse Consultant , Advanced Nurse Practitioner and Clinical Nurse Specialist roles with many more expected . We have over 80 Non medical prescribers and will continue to support more each year . Nursing In NSFT is not without its challenges but we have used them to create opportunities, to learn, to improve and to work differently . Our absolute priority , our number one aim is to improve the care we provide and we will achieve this. Join us and be part of something very special" - Diane Hull, Chief Nurse
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust is the main provider of specialist mental health services for the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, serving a population of 1.6 million people. We are a large organisation covering a wide geographical area divided into ‘Care Groups'. There are also Care Groups supporting children, family and young people’s services, and specialist services, including Forensic mental health services.
Each Care Group has its own Leadership team, with the aim of supporting clinically led decision making locally, to support the needs of people accessing services.
We have inpatient facilities across both counties with smaller bases in rural locations. Many of the Trust’s services are offered in the community, enabling people accessing services to receive the support they need in an environment familiar to them.
At NSFT we believe in recovery and wellbeing, and understand the importance of good physical health, maintaining relationships and achieving a balance between treatments and continuing an active life.
The people in our care, families and carers are at the centre of all aspects of all we do and are vital in helping shape and support our service strategy. Our strategy supports and enables people with mental health problems to live a fulfilling life and make their personal recovery journey.
Norfolk and Suffolk, in the East of England are some of the safest places to live in the UK, with low crime rates making it a community to be proud of. Housing prices are frequently cited as a reason to move here, as you get an incredible amount for your money compared with other major UK cities.
About our location
Norwich in Norfolk has something for everyone. It has retained a strong local identity and, with that, a sense of community. Locals say hello to each other, baristas remember our coffee orders and you’ll be among the first to know about interesting local projects. This strong sense of community, along with excellent shopping, eating out, affordable house prices and excellent schooling is why Norwich has been ranked by the Guardian as the UK’s best city to work in.
Ipswich in Suffolk is steeped in history, yet full of life. According to The London Economic, affordable house prices and hourly commutes to London have earned Suffolk’s county town a slot in their top ten property destinations. “In Ipswich we have got a fantastic cultural offer far better than what towns and cities bigger than us are offering. We have got very good transport links, especially to London, and house prices are a lot cheaper in the area.
One of Norfolk’s most famous stretches of beaches, Great Yarmouth attracts around six million tourists each year! Situated at the mouth of the River Yare, this old port town is home to beautiful golden sandy beaches and neighbouring towns and villages with scenic views and homely charm.
Full to the brim of history and with a vibrant town centre, King’s Lynn is the ideal destination to enjoy the superb mix of history, shopping and entertainment on offer! A small, historic market town, King's Lynn is the perfect place to live and work, with fantastic train links and short drives to fantastic beaches.
Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk is a unique and dazzling historic gem. An important market town with a richly fascinating heritage, the striking combination of medieval architecture, elegant Georgian squares and glorious cathedral and abbey gardens provide a distinctive visual charm. With prestigious shopping, an award-winning market, plus variety of attractions and places to stay, Bury St Edmunds is under two hours from London and convenient for Cambridge.
Travel
For family members who love (or need) to travel, you’re ideally located. Trains run to and from London every 30 minutes from both Ipswich and Norwich, and there are direct rail services from Manchester, Nottingham and Cambridge. Both counties are well connected to major road networks and Norwich has an international airport.
Some of our valued employees have told their story of working at Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust... use the links below to read these.
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