Senior Mental Health Practitioner

An opportunity has arisen to join the Youth Team in Great Yarmouth and Waveney. This is an innovative service working with young people aged 14-25 and their families. We are a friendly and supportive multidisciplinary team and are passionate about working together to offer treatment and care to the young people who we support.

The role will involve working with young people with a range of complex presenting problemsand will include direct therapeutic work. We offer an environment where you can learn and further develop your skills. Supervision will be available from within the team to support you. We have regular education sessions that are led by different members of the multi-disciplinary team and visiting professionals that aim to keep us all updated with the latest and best clinical knowledge. As a whole team we are keen to continue developing and to ensure that we are offering the best possible service to the young people we work with. We are looking for motivated people, with good interpersonal and communication skills, enthusiasm and drive, for working with children and their families whilst they are going through a difficult and stressful period in their lives, in terms of their mental health and well-being.

Main duties of the job

We're a very experienced group of professionals and are looking forward to welcoming new members of staff to the team. You can expect plenty of support, training and opportunities to develop and progress your career with us.Working as a registered practitioner with a client group with stable needs, under supervision.The management of a defined caseload with the support and supervisionResponsible for the joint assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of service user care packages, in consultation with the Care Co-ordinator.To work towards and participate in the model of care appropriate to area i.e. the social inclusion and recovery with the service user. To identify any carers involved and ensure statutory obligations are met.The post holder will be responsible for a delegated case-load.

About us

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

Job responsibilities

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

Person Specification Qualifications

• Nursing degree or equivalent, Dip OT,
• Ongoing professional development working towards degree level
• Higher degree or post graduate certificate in area of clinical / therapeutic practice

Experience

• Able to demonstrate an appropriate level of knowledge of mental health practice from previous experience
• Demonstrate effective risk assessment and risk management experience
• Experience in the delivery of clinical interventions
• Experience in working in team delivering person centred treatment packages
• Experience in delivering group based interventions
• Experience in supporting service development

Skills

• Excellent communication skills, Competent assessment skills, Risk assessment knowledge and skills, competent and effective treatment skills, able to effectively prioritise own work load, Satisfactory verbal and written language skills
• Able to time manage and reflect on clinical practice
• PMA Training
• Prevention and Management of Suicide training
• Safeguarding training

Knowledge

• Knowledge of medication and the monitoring of its effects
• Knowledge of psychosocial interventions

other

• Ability to travel independently

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.