Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a young adult ( 18-25) senior mental Health Practitioner ( band 7) - this is a newly developed post.
The post holder will require vision and drive to support and implement new ways of working to shape transition care pathways in supporting young adults in preparing for adulthood. The newly created role will be pivotal in shaping the care pathway from children services to adult services, to ensure high quality, timely, accessible, evidence based service and improving service user outcomes.
The post holder will be required to be able to be operational and clinical lead the service.The post holder will work along side the newly transformed Mental Health and Wellness Teams providing locality based care within the borough of Barking and Dagenham.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will be a qualified practitioner (e.g. mental health nurse, social worker or Occupational therapist), fully registered with the appropriate professional or regulatory body (e.g. HCPC, NMC or Social Work England).
The post-holder will provide operational and clinical/practice leadership to the Young People and Adult Mental Health Professionals working in the care pathway across children and adult mental health services from aged 18 to 25 years.
They will be responsible for assessment, intervention systematic outcome measurement in the care pathway for this service user group.
They will ensure that a high quality, timely, accessible and evidence-based service is available to all service users who need it and who use the care pathway transitioning from children services to adult services
The post-holder will establish and maintain excellent working relationships with wider mental health and wellbeing services and ensure adherence to evidence-based interventions by staff.
The post-holder will ensure that there are no delays in young people accessing timely adult services.
The post-holder will be directly involved in delivering a range of therapeutic and practice interventions across children and adults services from aged 18 years to 25 years. They will be an effective care pathway leader working on their own initiative.
About us
Starting with NELFTNELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focusing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
COVID-19 VaccinationWe continue to encourage all staff to ensure that they have been double vaccinated and received their booster. We recognise that taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID 19 for our patients, our staff and their families.
Probationary PeriodThis post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).High Cost Area Supplement - LondonThis post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,313 and a maximum payment of £5,436 per annum pro rata).
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide an efficient, effective, comprehensive and specialist care pathway for young people aged 18-25 with emotional and mental health problems, their carers/parents and families, providing and ensuring the provision of multi-disciplinary assessment and intervention.
- To undertake a range of generic clinical work, urgent assessment work, parenting support and specialist cases.
- To provide consultation on care pathway cases to other multi-disciplinary staff within CAMHS and Adult Mental Health.
- To contribute to audit and research.
- To actively engage in treatment and outcome monitoring.
- To work in professional practice, making use of supervision, within the overall framework for mental health in line with Trusts policies and procedures
- To use where appropriate, an assertive outreach approach to minimise the risk of YP/YA falling between services
Please see the attached job description and person specification for further details on this vacancy.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide an efficient, effective, comprehensive and specialist care pathway for young people aged 18-25 with emotional and mental health problems, their carers/parents and families, providing and ensuring the provision of multi-disciplinary assessment and intervention.
- To undertake a range of generic clinical work, urgent assessment work, parenting support and specialist cases.
- To provide consultation on care pathway cases to other multi-disciplinary staff within CAMHS and Adult Mental Health.
- To contribute to audit and research.
- To actively engage in treatment and outcome monitoring.
- To work in professional practice, making use of supervision, within the overall framework for mental health in line with Trusts policies and procedures
- To use where appropriate, an assertive outreach approach to minimise the risk of YP/YA falling between services
Please see the attached job description and person specification for further details on this vacancy.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- A professional qualification in a core profession and registration with the associated professional body e.g. RMN, Occupational Therapist, Social Worker,
- Evidence of post registration training
Demonstation of Trust values
Essential
- Understanding and application of trust 5 P's
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with young adults with Mental Health problems in a variety of community settings
- experience of working with server and enduring mental health needs, co- morbidities and complex emotional needs
- Experience of working therapeutically with parents/ carers / families of young people with complex mental health problmes
- experience of using observations to contribute to assessments of young people
- Experience of carrying out generic assessments with other colleagues in the MDT
- Experience of providing specialist individual interventions with young people.
- Experience of initiating, organising and planning inter-agency meetings aimed at setting in place a treatment package tailored to the individual needs of a child/young person.
- Experience of providing professional teaching and training for other professionals working with the client group within the service and within related agencies
Knowledge
Essential
- An awareness of relevant legislation and policy guidance
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of relevant intervention in mental health.
- Knowledge of risk management and ability to monitor and assess risk and act accordingly to ensure safety.
- Knowledge of research methodology and outcome research methodology and outcome research design and ability to critically interpret research findings.
- Knowledge of electronic record systems, ie Rio
Skills
Essential
- Good IT Skills across the office suite
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively highly complex and sensitive matters to service users, which give rise to psychological distress.
- Highly developed ability to integrate complex information into a coherent formulation
- Specialist skill in the ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing complex, and sensitive information to service users, their families, carers and other professional colleagues
- Ability to tolerate anxiety without recourse to premature action whilst appreciating the role of the supervisor.
- Capacity to work alone, involving colleagues and manger as relevant
- Capacity to write clear records and observe policies, procedures and guidelines
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- A professional qualification in a core profession and registration with the associated professional body e.g. RMN, Occupational Therapist, Social Worker,
- Evidence of post registration training
Demonstation of Trust values
Essential
- Understanding and application of trust 5 P's
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with young adults with Mental Health problems in a variety of community settings
- experience of working with server and enduring mental health needs, co- morbidities and complex emotional needs
- Experience of working therapeutically with parents/ carers / families of young people with complex mental health problmes
- experience of using observations to contribute to assessments of young people
- Experience of carrying out generic assessments with other colleagues in the MDT
- Experience of providing specialist individual interventions with young people.
- Experience of initiating, organising and planning inter-agency meetings aimed at setting in place a treatment package tailored to the individual needs of a child/young person.
- Experience of providing professional teaching and training for other professionals working with the client group within the service and within related agencies
Knowledge
Essential
- An awareness of relevant legislation and policy guidance
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of relevant intervention in mental health.
- Knowledge of risk management and ability to monitor and assess risk and act accordingly to ensure safety.
- Knowledge of research methodology and outcome research methodology and outcome research design and ability to critically interpret research findings.
- Knowledge of electronic record systems, ie Rio
Skills
Essential
- Good IT Skills across the office suite
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively highly complex and sensitive matters to service users, which give rise to psychological distress.
- Highly developed ability to integrate complex information into a coherent formulation
- Specialist skill in the ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing complex, and sensitive information to service users, their families, carers and other professional colleagues
- Ability to tolerate anxiety without recourse to premature action whilst appreciating the role of the supervisor.
- Capacity to work alone, involving colleagues and manger as relevant
- Capacity to write clear records and observe policies, procedures and guidelines
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
