Job summary
Join Young Minds Matter, Navigos Child and Adolescent
Mental Health Service, and help make a real difference to the mental health and
wellbeing of children, young people, and families across North East
Lincolnshire. We are recruiting to three exciting practitioner roles:
supporting children and families in kinship care arrangements, acting as a link
worker with the Complex Emotional Needs Service, and delivering interventions
within Core CAMHS. You will join a supportive, multidisciplinary team that
values collaboration, innovation, staff wellbeing, and professional
development, with access to excellent supervision, training opportunities, and
a modern, welcoming working environment.
Main duties of the job
The Kinship
Practitioner will support children and young people living in kinship care
arrangements, working closely with carers, families, and partner agencies to
promote emotional wellbeing and stability.
The Complex
Emotional Needs practitioner will provide dedicated support across our Young
Peoples Complex Emotional Needs and Transition Pathways within NAVIGO. You
will act as a key worker for young people with complex emotional needs,
supporting engagement in therapeutic interventions, coordinating care, working
with families, and facilitating transitions to adult services.
The Core
CAMHS Practitioner will assess, formulate, and deliver evidence-based
interventions for a range of mental health difficulties.
Across
all roles, we seek compassionate, resilient, and motivated professionals with
excellent communication, relationship-building, and multidisciplinary working
skills, a child-centred approach, and a commitment to achieving positive
outcomes for children and their families
About us
Hello!
We
are Navigo. We look after North East Lincolnshire's mental health and
well-being, an award-winning social enterprise that provides mental health
services to the NHS and beyond.
The
whole basis of our work is to deliver services that we would be happy for our
own family to use.
We
offer a range of mental health services, including acute and community
facilities as well as specialist support such as outstanding older adults
inpatient services, rehabilitation and recovery community mental health and an
outstanding specialist eating disorder facility.
Ranked
as one of the top UK companies to work for, we feature in the Best Companies
top 100 large company list.
As
a social enterprise, we do things a little bit differently and have also
developed income-generating commercially viable businesses that provide
training, education and employment opportunities including Grimsby Garden
Centre.
Working
at Navigo is not like working anywhere else. Lots of places say that, but we
really mean it.
We
like to work with forward-thinking people who want to make a difference.
Come
and Join us !
Please
note: Whilst we value all applications, if we believe an application to be AI
generated, we will use a checking tool and may reject any application that has
been automatically generated.
Should
you require any assistance in completing this application due to a disability
or other needs please contact navigo.recruitment@nhs.net
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide a
high standard of clinical care ensuring safe and effective assessment,
treatment and comprehensive discharge planning using highly developed clinical
reasoning skills and appropriate assessment tools.
Work
collaboratively and promote effective working relationships both with members
of the multi-disciplinary team and other agencies caring for and supporting
children and young people.
Empower
children, young people and their families/carers to influence and use available
services, information and skills and act as an advocate where appropriate.
Provide full
assessment and appropriate follow up care via care planning and clinical
pathways, individual and group interventions in partnership with young people/
families/carers and other workers involved in care delivery.
Provide
therapeutic interventions within relevant care pathways.
Work within
defined waiting times.
Provide an
extended hours service, as required.
Participate
in screening of referrals for appropriateness and onward signposting/referral
as appropriate.
Participate
in the planning, delivery and evaluation of group interventions.
Provide
support, advice, consultation and training to partnership agencies.
Work in
accordance with relevant childcare, health legislation and professional
standards in partnership with wider childrens services and fully engage with
safeguarding, single assessment and other processes which requires working
together with other agencies.
Proactively
involve young people and families in service development including using
service questionnaires to obtain structured feedback.
Provide a
professional, non-stigmatising service to children and families.
Work closely
with other colleagues within the service to enable effective transitions to and
from other areas.
Ensure best
practice by incorporating NICE guidance and meeting healthcare standards.
Always act
in a dignified and responsible manner with service users, families/carers and
colleagues, using appropriate language and communication skills, which
acknowledge barriers to understanding, cultural differences and diversity.
To provide
supportive and sensitive communication, written and verbal advice to service
users, families/carers and staff, whilst demonstrating an understanding of the
nature and effects of some information and of barriers to effective
communication e .g., sensory or cognitive impairment and unrealistic
expectations whilst being considerate of client confidentiality.
Develop and
maintain communication (sensitive, complex and contentious) with other teams
and/or external agencies, in order to promote good care.
To
confidently convey complex written and verbal information on both clinical and
non-clinical issues and to support the development of these skills with
individuals within the team.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide a
high standard of clinical care ensuring safe and effective assessment,
treatment and comprehensive discharge planning using highly developed clinical
reasoning skills and appropriate assessment tools.
Work
collaboratively and promote effective working relationships both with members
of the multi-disciplinary team and other agencies caring for and supporting
children and young people.
Empower
children, young people and their families/carers to influence and use available
services, information and skills and act as an advocate where appropriate.
Provide full
assessment and appropriate follow up care via care planning and clinical
pathways, individual and group interventions in partnership with young people/
families/carers and other workers involved in care delivery.
Provide
therapeutic interventions within relevant care pathways.
Work within
defined waiting times.
Provide an
extended hours service, as required.
Participate
in screening of referrals for appropriateness and onward signposting/referral
as appropriate.
Participate
in the planning, delivery and evaluation of group interventions.
Provide
support, advice, consultation and training to partnership agencies.
Work in
accordance with relevant childcare, health legislation and professional
standards in partnership with wider childrens services and fully engage with
safeguarding, single assessment and other processes which requires working
together with other agencies.
Proactively
involve young people and families in service development including using
service questionnaires to obtain structured feedback.
Provide a
professional, non-stigmatising service to children and families.
Work closely
with other colleagues within the service to enable effective transitions to and
from other areas.
Ensure best
practice by incorporating NICE guidance and meeting healthcare standards.
Always act
in a dignified and responsible manner with service users, families/carers and
colleagues, using appropriate language and communication skills, which
acknowledge barriers to understanding, cultural differences and diversity.
To provide
supportive and sensitive communication, written and verbal advice to service
users, families/carers and staff, whilst demonstrating an understanding of the
nature and effects of some information and of barriers to effective
communication e .g., sensory or cognitive impairment and unrealistic
expectations whilst being considerate of client confidentiality.
Develop and
maintain communication (sensitive, complex and contentious) with other teams
and/or external agencies, in order to promote good care.
To
confidently convey complex written and verbal information on both clinical and
non-clinical issues and to support the development of these skills with
individuals within the team.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Relevant post-registration experience of working with people with mental health needs, including those with severe and enduring mental ill health.
- Experience of using evidence-based practice.
Desirable
- Post registration experience of assessing, formulating, and treating children and young people presenting with mental health needs.
Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to work both as a member of a team and autonomously and to manage own and other colleagues anxieties.
- Highly motivated and able to engage with service users and carers to improve outcomes.
Qualifications
Essential
- RNMH / RNLD / Social Worker / Occupational Therapist or equivalent with current professional registration
- Or RN (child) / RSCN with evidence of specialised continued professional training in clinical practice
Desirable
- Additional therapy qualification (e.g., DBT, CBT, EMDR, family therapy or systemic practice)
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Relevant post-registration experience of working with people with mental health needs, including those with severe and enduring mental ill health.
- Experience of using evidence-based practice.
Desirable
- Post registration experience of assessing, formulating, and treating children and young people presenting with mental health needs.
Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to work both as a member of a team and autonomously and to manage own and other colleagues anxieties.
- Highly motivated and able to engage with service users and carers to improve outcomes.
Qualifications
Essential
- RNMH / RNLD / Social Worker / Occupational Therapist or equivalent with current professional registration
- Or RN (child) / RSCN with evidence of specialised continued professional training in clinical practice
Desirable
- Additional therapy qualification (e.g., DBT, CBT, EMDR, family therapy or systemic 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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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