The Primary Mental Health Specialist ( Targeted Youth Service) post is an exciting opportunity to make a positive difference to the mental health of children and young people who are involved within the Target Youth Justice Services The post will be collocated within the base of the target youth services in Sunderland. The post is in its infancy and has been developed to work closely with the targeted youth services offering mental health assessments , interventions as well as consultation and advice to the stakeholders and practitioners. The targeted youth services, include the Youth Justice Service, Substance misuse and the prevention service.

The post is part of the Sunderland Community Children and Young Peoples Mental Health Service (SCCYPMHS) which is a service that is leading the way in children and young peoples mental health getting help services. We deliver high quality interventions, and develop the skills and knowledge of universal child practitioners.

Main duties of the job

Although the post holder will be collocated in the Youth Justice Service they will also be part the multi-disciplinary team within Sunderland Community Children and Young Peoples Mental Health Service (SCCYPMHS)

SCCYPMHS offers interventions to children and young people with mental health difficulties at the earliest stage. The service facilitates the provision of services that promote resilience, and enable positive mental health.

This post aims to increase the access of mental health services to those children and young people who are involved in the YJS. The intentions of the post will be to widen the understanding by offering consultation, training and supervision to the youth justice practitioners as well as providing effective interventions directly to children, young people and their families.

The candidate needs to have an understanding of child and adolescent mental health , will work autonomously as a practitioner and collaboratively with colleagues across a wide range of professions and organisations

The service is part of the well established CYP-IAPT national programme as well as having a robust needs led in house training programme.

About us

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One Team One Trust - There are many reasons to work at our Trust. From our commitment to putting people first to our accessible services and award winning teams. We have a passion for research, innovation and tackling inequalities. We are committed to respect, fairness and civility and promote a compassionate, caring and positive culture / working environment.

We welcome all applications irrespective of peoples race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion/belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups. Looking after our workforces health and wellbeing is a priority for STSFT. We also provide access to high quality education, training, career progression and support. Flexible working is supported via the Trust's Flexible Working Policy.

The Trust employs around 8,300 people and provides a range of hospital services to a local community of around 430,000 residents. We also provide a range of more specialised services outside this area, in some cases to a population as great as 860,000. We offer our staff outstanding benefits - Fitness Centre (SRH), libraries at both hospital sites, chaplaincy support and access to a Childcare Co-ordinator to help staff with childcare arrangements. The Trust will not accept applications which are found to be AI generated.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To work as a member of the Sunderland Community Children and Young Peoples Mental Health Team in Sunderland providing Mental Health interventions to Children and Young People in the targeted youth service.

To work alongside targeted youth justice staff in providing initial assessments and treatments to children, young people and families who present with mental health difficulties.

This includes the direct provision of evidence based, outcome focused standards of care to children, young people and families and the delivery of high quality training, consultation and support to other providers.

The service will be delivered from community bases as an integral part of an agreed model of multi-agency CYPMH provision.

To lead, motivate and support the team through the provision of supervision and clinical expertise.

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Person Specification

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
• Excellent project management skills
• Good knowledge and understanding of schools and education systems
• Leadership skills
• Negotiation influencing and conflict management skills
• Ability to provide clinical and professional supervision, training and
• consultation o universal child practitioners and CAMHS colleagues
• Organisational and time management skills
• IT Skills (word processing and presentations)
• Understanding of clinical governance, research and evaluation
• Highly motivated and enthusiastic.
• Self directed
• Ability to work with teams from a range of agencies
• Commitment to extending knowledge, personal and professional
• development of self and others
• Ability to work and move between sites

Desirable

• Experience of data
• collection and
• management skills in
• statistical analysis

Physical skills

Essential

• Valid full driving license
• Ability to travel throughout the area

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience of working to support the mental health needs of children,
• young people and families.
• Experience of working within a relevant specialty -Experience of working
• within a forensic setting or those children in conflict with the law
• Experience of working in collaboration with service users and carers
• Experience in supervising professional colleagues
• Experience at a senior level within the NHS, Social Services or a public
• sector organization
• Experience of service development, delivery and organisational change
• Teaching Experience
• Experience of multi agency work

Desirable

• Experience of working in
• a specialist Child and
• Adolescent Mental Health
• Service.
• Experience of working
• in the area of research
• or clinical audit
• Experience of working
• in a targeted youth
• service

Qualifications

Essential

• Appropriate professional qualification e.g. RGN, RMN, RNMH, RSCN, OT, DipSW, B
• Ed, or CYP-IAPT qualification
• Additional post graduate qualification in Child and Adolescent Mental Health,
• therapeutic training or other relevant area

Desirable

• Teaching Qualification
• Supervision
• Qualification

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
• Excellent project management skills
• Good knowledge and understanding of schools and education systems
• Leadership skills
• Negotiation influencing and conflict management skills
• Ability to provide clinical and professional supervision, training and
• consultation o universal child practitioners and CAMHS colleagues
• Organisational and time management skills
• IT Skills (word processing and presentations)
• Understanding of clinical governance, research and evaluation
• Highly motivated and enthusiastic.
• Self directed
• Ability to work with teams from a range of agencies
• Commitment to extending knowledge, personal and professional
• development of self and others
• Ability to work and move between sites

Desirable

• Experience of data
• collection and
• management skills in
• statistical analysis

Employer details

Employer name

South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Stansfield Centre

Addison Street

Sunderland

SR2 8SZ

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