Mental Health Practitioner – Rise Navigation Hub

Job summary

At the Mental Health Worker you will work closely alongside the Band 7 Navigation hub team leader and the Senior band 7 Clinical lead to effectively triage referrals for Children and Young People presenting with Emotional Wellbeing and Mental health difficulties.

You will within the post facilitate good links between other agencies and CAMHS and signpost to other services where appropriate within the role of triage and ensuring that the referral needs are met.

The role will involves working as one of the clinical mental health practitioners in the team. The role will include delivering some direct clinical work, where possible jointly with other professionals as well as consultation for others.

Main duties of the job

• To lead on the triage and acceptance of referrals direct from other professionals such as GP's, Schools, Social care, and Children Young People organisations in order to signpost, refer and support appropriate and timely access to mental health services.
• Responsibility of the day-to-day clinical management for the Navigation hub. clinical responsibilities to include patient, team activity, performance, quality and staffing matters.
• To identify urgent and non-urgent referrals and respond accordingly within the Navigation Hub process to ensure the Child and Young Persons identified needs are allocated to the appropriate pathway /To work collaboratively within the Navigation Hub team with both admin colleagues and our partners from Coventry and Warwickshire Mind and Compass to provide a high-quality triage service to the Trust and other Health Care Professionals.To lead in the development of close working relationships with the referral sources by assisting in the development of clinical algorithms and pathways to ensure effective sign posting and pathways are maintained.Where necessary and clinically appropriate to make telephone enquires with the referrer, other identified professionals, and the Young Person/carer to assist with the triage decision and outcome.

About us

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

These include:

• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• staff networks and support group

We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.