Mental Health Practitioner

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Are you a dynamic and enthusiastic Mental Health Practitioner? Do you want to join our thriving Early Help Team as part of our Specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS), now known as Children and Young People's Services (CYPS)? Are you passionate about delivering excellent care to our young people and their families? If yes, then this is the perfect opportunity for you!

Our CYPS Early Help Team are highly supportive, friendly and innovative. As part of our i-THRVE framework, this team is focused on Advice & Signposting, and Getting help. You would join a strong multidisciplinary team offering assessments and interventions to children and young people experiencing psychological distress as well as providing support for the Clinic Duty System.

In addition, the role could provide opportunities within our neurodevelopment team if Autism Spectrum Condition/ADHD was a specialist interest of yours.

We are seeking those professionally registered with NMC, HCPC or SWE and have significant experience of working with under 18yr olds.

Main duties of the job

My job makes better lives by providing timely interventions that contribute to the care of young people with mental health problems and their families. I will put the experience of the CYP using the service at the centre of my decision making whilst building a supportive and responsive relationship with colleagues.

Mental Health Assessments
Risk Assessment and implementation of risk management plans
Delivering evidenced based Group interventions
Use of outcome measures to evidence good practice
Supervise and support students nurses

About us

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.

We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.

Surrey and Hampshire are beautiful counties lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.

Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.

For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

Eligibility to high cost area supplement is conditional upon candidates residence and will be discussed on offer.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Date posted

13 December 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£39,205 to £47,084 a year incl 5% fringe HCAS pro rata per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

325-6487492-CYPS-C

Job locations

CYPS Early Help Team Northeast Hampshire, Aldershot Centre for Health

Hospital Hill

Aldershot

GU11 1AY

Job description

Job responsibilities

To manage a caseload of young people to assist them to overcome the obstacles they face and to achieve their potential

Work in partnership with young people, families/carers regarding decision making and planning to help them to make informed decisions, to enable them to clarify and express their needs and to co-produce solutions.

Please see the Job Description for further details of responsibilities.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To manage a caseload of young people to assist them to overcome the obstacles they face and to achieve their potential

Please see the Job Description for further details of responsibilities.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Degree or diploma level qualification in Nursing, Occupational Therapy or Social Work
Registered professional with current registration, appropriate to the job role (NMC, HCPC or SWE)
Evidence of continuous professional development

Experience

Essential

2-year post qualification experience of working in the community with young people with mental health difficulties and their families
Experience and ability to undertake Mental Health Assessments, Risk Assessments and use outcome measures to evidence good practice

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Degree or diploma level qualification in Nursing, Occupational Therapy or Social Work
Registered professional with current registration, appropriate to the job role (NMC, HCPC or SWE)
Evidence of continuous professional development

Experience

Essential

2-year post qualification experience of working in the community with young people with mental health difficulties and their families
Experience and ability to undertake Mental Health Assessments, Risk Assessments and use outcome measures to evidence good practice

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.