Mental Health Practitioner - CYP Crisis Pathway

Job Reference: 311-CCP05-19-H

Employer:: Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
Department:: Rapid Response Team
Location:: GM wide
Salary:: £31,365 - £37,890 pa

We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.

Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We’re really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we’re a great place to work.

Our ambition is to maximise people’s potential and we aim to promote an inclusive environment and improve the diversity of our workforce so our people truly represent the communities we serve.

All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.

If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:

1. Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.

2. Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance

3. Access to Continued Professional Development

4. Involvement in improvement and research activities

5. Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service

6. Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel

If you are Kind, Fair, Ingenious and Determined then we want you to come and join our #PennineCarePeople

Service/Ward/Department Summary

The Crisis Care pathway for children & young people across Greater Manchester (GM) is being totally transformed. Four new multi-agency, multi-disciplinary Rapid Response teams serving the whole of GM are at the heart of the transformation. These teams will provide crisis assessment and management and will offer intensive support post crisis for children, young people and families. The post holder will work predominantly within 1 geographical cluster, however some working across the whole GM area will be required

These posts are being advertised by multiple trusts across Greater Manchester. You only need to apply ONCE. All responses will be pooled for short-listing but if you have a preference for a specific organisation, you can state this within your application.

Organisations recruiting for these posts are Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust (covering Bury, Rochdale and Oldham; Tameside and Glossop, Stockport and Trafford); Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (covering Manchester and Salford); and Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust in alliance with North West Boroughs NHS Foundation Trust (covering Bolton and Wigan).

Role Summary

The post holder will have the opportunity to make profound improvements in how crisis care is experienced by children, young people and those who care for them. As a member of the Rapid Response Team you will be at the heart of a well funded, well organised, hugely valued work-stream. You will link with emergency services and with primary care to offer first response assessment and intervention for children and young people in actual or emerging crisis. You will offer intensive follow up for up to 72 hours and will develop longer term care plans to identify and address the holistic needs of young people and families across Greater Manchester. You will also link with specialist in-patient services, referring and co-managing admissions within a recovery model.

The Rapid Response Teams and the overall pathway emphasise a culture of accessible, high quality, holistic, child centred, recovery focused care, enabling you to effectively address the needs of children and families when they are at their most vulnerable. As such these posts will be enormously rewarding. The new crisis care pathway enjoys a high degree of national & local recognition and interest. Therefore these are high profile posts offering you potential opportunities to conduct service based research and to present at conferences and other events. You will also receive a structured induction and comprehensive training programme.

Key Responsibilities of the Post

Deliver community based assessment, de-escalation and interventions to young people presenting in crisis within a new Assessment and Reduction of Risk framework.
Offer up to 72 hour intensive support and intervention, jointly with VCSEs and other agencies across all GM boroughs
Work across traditional boundaries to develop holistic, recovery focused care plans to promote resilience and prevent relapse
Refer to specialist in-patient services and co-manage admissions to reduce Length of Stay
Provide, or provide access to, a range of quality psychotherapeutic interventions in accordance with CYP assessed needs
To provide advice, guidance or consultation to team members and other professionals contributing directly to children and young people’s formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan

Key Requirements of the Person Specification

You will have a relevant core professional qualification in mental health or social care plus evidence of continued professional development in a CAMHS related area.
You will have evidence of professional registration.
You will have substantial experience of risk assessment and risk management.
Have experience of assessment, formulation and managing complex cases and risk within a mental health service
An extensive range of clinical experience within the speciality or within a care pathway
Experience of exercising clinical responsibility for patients’ care and treatment and case management
Experience of working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers
You will have a genuine and passionate belief in the child centred, needs led, recovery focused values base of the service.
You will need to recognise the value of flexibility and availability for young people and be able to work weekends, unsocial hours and have use of a car or suitable means of transport to enable support of young people across GM.

For further details / informal visits contact:

NameRebecca PackTelephone number0161 902 3411Additional contact information

Rebecca Pack

0161 902 3411

All new starters to Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust who are appointed to a post which requires a Disclosure Barring Certificate check (DBS) will be recharged for the full cost of the check. Substantive staff will have the amount deducted from their first months’ salary. Members to the Trust bank must repay the full amount from their first pay. The Trust encourages all staff and bank workers to register with the DBS update service at an annual cost of £13, for bank members this is obligatory. The cost of an enhanced DBS check is £40 and for a standard check £23, both attract an administration charge of £3.50.

Priority will be given to applications from NHS employees with an at risk status
This post is on PCFT T&C's. If you are an internal employee currently on transferred T&C's and you are voluntarily applying for this post please be aware that should you be appointed the T&C's of this post will transfer to PCFT.
Applicants will be informed about the progress of their application following shortlisting. Applicants who clearly demonstrate the criteria listed in the person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
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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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see applying from overseas.


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