Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Development Post - Mental Health Practitioner

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Job summary

The Winchester and Test Valley CAMHS team are seeking a full time Mental Health Practitioner to join the already well established and supportive team. We invite applications at Band 6 level or as a developmental Band 5/6. We will provide opportunities and support you to achieve this in a timeframe that is right for you based on your prior experience and achievements of competencies.

The team is made up of a Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) of innovative and dynamic clinicians who have worked hard to find new ways of providing clinical care to the young people they work with. You will work within a team with a passion for delivering high quality clinical assessment and interventions. Hampshire CAMHS has established care pathways which you will work across, including both supporting neurodevelopmental assessments and individual and group therapeutic work.

The service supports people in their career journey offering development and training opportunities to enhance clinical practice. The service leadership team is supportive and encourages clinicians to prioritise their wellbeing in order to help maintain good work-life balance.

If you:

- enjoy being a part of a team

- are keen to expand and further develop your leadership skills

- wish to hone in on an area of practice which you are passionate about

- are creative and want to make a positive difference to the lives of children, young people and their families

We would be really delighted to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

You will deliver a range of high-quality assessments and interventions for children, young people and families.

You will use your specialist knowledge and skills to undertake initial assessments, manage duty, deliver one to one and groupwork interventions and support neurodevelopmental assessments, as well as mentoring students, and contributing to the overall development of the team and service.

You will support young people across a broad range of pathways and will liaise closely with clinicians from other teams including Single Point of Access, Early Help, Urgent Assessment and Home Treatment (i2i) and Eating Disorders.

Please be aware that anyone applying for a post with CAMHS Hampshire will be subject to TUPE transfer.

Under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment Regulations) (TUPE) all substantive Hampshire CAMHS staff who are employed by Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (SPFT) will transfer to either Southern Health Foundation Trust, or to Surrey and Borders Foundation Trust. The TUPE transfer from Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust effective from 1st February 2024.

The Consultation document for TUPE transfer will be made available for all successful applicants.

About us

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust delivers the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service in Hampshire . There are 7 community CAMHS Teams across Hampshire, a dedicated Eating Disorder Service, an Early Help Team, including our Single Point of Access and an Intensive Home Treatment and Hospital Assessment Service. All of our teams work collaboratively and in partnership to deliver consistent high-quality care and treatment to the young people of Hampshire.

Hampshire is a beautiful county with an excellent transport network linking with the neighbouring counties of Surrey, Wiltshire, Berkshire and Sussex. It has many tourist attractions such as the historical Cathedral City of Winchester, National Parks in the New Forest and the South Downs and two of the largest ports (Southampton and Portsmouth) in England, to name a few.

We encourage flexible working. We know that a positive work/ life balance brings about huge health-related benefits, which has a positive impact on the care we provide. Please speak to us about flexible working, for example, home-working, part time hours, flexible start/ finish times or anything else. If it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

We'd love you to join our Trust, rated 'good' overall and 'outstanding' for caring by the CQC. Our staff agree, in our recent staff survey 82% told us that they recognise that care for patients is our top priority.

Date posted

28 December 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£28,407 to £42,618 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

354-CH-20797

Job locations

Advertiser House

24 - 32 London Street

Andover

SP10 2PE

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the role, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Please ensure that you application considers all elements of the person specification.

Qualifications

Essential

- Registered professional with current registration appropriate to the job role (Social Work, Occupational Therapist, Nurse, Creative Therapist)

- Diploma/Degree in relevant profession

- Evidence of continuous professional development

Knowledge/Skills

Essential

- Experience of working alongside people with complex mental health conditions

- Experience of managing a caseload

- Experience of providing a range of clinical interventions to people in the designated care group with a variety of health problems

- Experience of working consultatively with professionals

- Experience of conducting clinical assessments including risk assessments

- Experience of partnership working within and across various statutory and non statutory teams and agencies

- Experience of working within the CPA process

- Understanding of clinical governance

- Previous experience of working in the community

- Contribute to the implementation of services.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the role, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Please ensure that you application considers all elements of the person specification.

Qualifications

Essential

- Registered professional with current registration appropriate to the job role (Social Work, Occupational Therapist, Nurse, Creative Therapist)

- Diploma/Degree in relevant profession

- Evidence of continuous professional development

Knowledge/Skills

Essential

- Experience of working alongside people with complex mental health conditions

- Experience of managing a caseload

- Experience of providing a range of clinical interventions to people in the designated care group with a variety of health problems

- Experience of working consultatively with professionals

- Experience of conducting clinical assessments including risk assessments

- Experience of partnership working within and across various statutory and non statutory teams and agencies

- Experience of working within the CPA process

- Understanding of clinical governance

- Previous experience of working in the community

- Contribute to the implementation of services.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Professional Registration with current registration appropriate to the job role
Diploma/ Degree in relevant profession

Knowledge/Experience

Essential

Knowledge of MHA (2007)
Knowledge of Mental Capacity Act (2005), to include practical knowledge of FACE documentation, DOLS and Best Interest decisions
Child and Adult safe guarding procedures.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Professional Registration with current registration appropriate to the job role
Diploma/ Degree in relevant profession

Knowledge/Experience

Essential

Knowledge of MHA (2007)
Knowledge of Mental Capacity Act (2005), to include practical knowledge of FACE documentation, DOLS and Best Interest decisions
Child and Adult safe guarding procedures.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).