Assistant Practitioner Under 18s Admission Avoidance - CATAT

Job summary

Would you like to work in a team that strives to keep children and young people out of inpatient units and stay within the community? Giving them intense support, encourage positive futures and giving them the opportunities to be able to manage in adult life. Then CATAT maybe for you

CATAThave been recently commissioned to support Children and Young People (CYP) under the age of 18. The aim of CATAT 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 are also looking at post discharge support as evidence shows that CYP in the first 5-7 days post discharge may be more likely to re-engage in risk behaviours, which can potentially result in a re admission or attendance at an acute hospital. With this in mind CATAT are looking at it as a preventative rather than a reactive intervention to enable admission avoidance. Using the Ambit & Thrive model this adds to the total offer and supports stabilisation and of the system around the child.

We care for CYP across Norfolk and Suffolk so will have to be willing to travel ( we do car share at times/ take it in turns to drive)

Main duties of the job

CATAT work alongside the core community teams as well as partner agencies to offer young people and children that require additional support and therapeutic input, this allows the community-based services to offer input to all children and young people referred to their services. CATAT are not offering a crisis service, rather a model of a prevention as opposed to reactive when there is a crisis. In a Longitudinal examination of youth readmission to mental health inpatient units by Miller D et al 2020, evidence offered was that-

"In total, 27.8% of admitted children and adolescents experienced at least one readmission within the 10-year period, with 57.3% readmitted to hospital within 90 days following discharge".

We are looking for energised individuals who will be excited to be part of something new and very special. We want creativity, innovative ideas and passion towards providing excellent patient care. If you want to make a difference in young peoples lives and change it for the better than we want you to be part of our fantastic team!

You will be involved in enhanced assessments, risk management, involved in meetings such MDTs, CETRs, LAEPs, care planning, and co-ordination of care delivery. We in CATAT used STORM, Ambit and Thrive models to guide us the interventions we use for our CYP.

About us

Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust are on an improvement journey with a focused sense of direction and an ambition to be in the top quartile of Mental Health Trusts by 2023.

Our Trust values of Positively, Respectfully and Together sum up perfectly what this role encompasses. If you have the right values to join our organisation, you will be supported with a programme of training and development.

There are endless opportunities available, and we are keen to welcome new faces to join our team on a permanent basis. We understand that to attract the best people, we need to develop career pathways and support staff to reach their full potential. We pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing their experiences and learning from each other.

A full induction will be provided to the successful applicant. You will also be allocated to a Buddy to support your induction period.

In addition, we also offer the following benefits:

• 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
• gym membership
• NHS discounts and many more.

Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Address

Herbert Matthes Building, Northgate Hospital

Northgate Street

Great Yarmouth

NR301BU

Employer's website

https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Address

Herbert Matthes Building, Northgate Hospital

Northgate Street

Great Yarmouth

NR301BU

Employer's website

https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

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