Mental Health Practitioner

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity for a clinician, with experience working with children and young people, to join our Community Child and Adolescent Mental Health Team on the Isle of Wight. The community CAMHS Team is CQC rated Good and the team is a multidisciplinary team of approximately 40 members of staff who provide services to children and young people on the Island that are experiencing emotional health and wellbeing difficulties.

As part of your job role as an Inreach / Outreach Mental Health Practitioner it will be your responsibility to deliver brief therapeutic interventions for children and young people who have experienced mental health crisis.

Main duties of the job

• Responsibility for assessing, devising, planning and instigating appropriate treatment plans that are evidence based, in support of the organisational and individual professional guidance and policies.
• Liaise with other agencies in planning and assessing programmes of care, providing consultation and training where appropriate.
• To carry out assessments (including emergency and urgent assessments) of children and families (on a joint or solo basis) who have been referred to Crisis and Community CAMHS.
• The need to promote a service that is safe, respects the views of the patient/client by actively promoting choice, engagement and involvement together in partnership with families and other agencies is fundamental to the delivery of the service.
• This is not an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities and the post holder may be required to undertake other duties which fall within the grade of the job and/or hours of work at your initial place of work or at any of the Trusts establishments, in discussion with the line manager.
• Ensuring that child development and family dynamics are fundamental in the assessment when considering emotional health and wellbeing in an age appropriate and family context.

About us

Southern Health is one of the largest NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health and learning disabilities, as well as offering physical health community-based services.

With a workforce of more than 7000 and a footprint that spans more than 200 sites across Hampshire, we're committed to providing the best possible healthcare, reaching a range of diverse communities, whilst placing patients and staff at the forefront of all our endeavours.

We are currently working closely with other NHS Trusts to combine all our collective community, mental health, and learning disability services, with the plan to create a new larger, more integrated and accessible organisation.

The transformation will happen in stages; Hampshire CAMHS, part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust joined Southern Health in February 2024, with Isle of Wight NHS Trust mental health and community services transitioning across in May 2024. The final combination of Southern Health and Solent NHS Trust services is expected in late 2024, when our new organisation, to be known as Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, will be formed.

Our new Trust will continue to cater to the unique needs of different communities, making healthcare across the county more accessible, as well as offering staff more opportunities for career development, training and partnership working.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare in Hampshire.

Employer details

Employer name

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Newport Clinic

7 Pyle Street

Newport

Isle of Wight

PO30 1JW

Employer's website

https://www.southernhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Newport Clinic

7 Pyle Street

Newport

Isle of Wight

PO30 1JW

Employer's website

https://www.southernhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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