Mental Health Practitioner

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk. We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience Job overview This is an exciting opportunity for existing clinicians or newly qualified mental health nurses/social workers/occupational therapists to join the Central Community Mental Health team based at Mary Chapman House, Norwich as a Band 5 Mental Health Practitioner. This is a full time (37.5 Hours) post, working with children and young people aged between 0-16 years of age. You will be working in highly skilled multi-disciplinary team with a strong team ethos of supporting each other. You will be supported to develop a strong understanding of your role to manage a caseload, complete assessments, cover duty and delivering evidence-based treatment interventions for our service users. Working in partnership with other agencies will be a big part of the job so good communications skills will be vital. What you can expect is a thorough induction and training / preceptorship period, and opportunities for ongoing development and well as regular and supportive managerial and clinical supervision. If this sounds like the role for you and you wish to become part of a fantastic team and play your part in delivering great care and shaping our future, then please do not hesitate to APPLY! We welcome you to contact us to discuss more about the role and arrange a time for you to have an informal visit and a chance to meet with members of our friendly, dedicated and supportive team. Main duties of the job Day to day the role will involve core duties some of which are listed below: You will enjoy plenty of opportunities for joint working, training, and a sound supervision structure. You can expect a manageable case load and a supportive management team to ensure you’re able to work independently but support is never far away if needed. The ideal candidate should have experience in working in a mental health environment and ideally experience in working in community teams. Working in a busy and dynamic Child and Adolescent Mental Health Team means every day will be different: Managing a caseload via face to face, online and telephone contacts Undertaking initial assessments on behalf of the service Undertaking face to face visits in the community setting including home visits Working with service users and their families/carers to care plan holistic goal setting and engage in treatment planning and working in collaboration with internal/external stakeholders Attending regular MDT meetings and liaising with colleagues from other services (both internally and externally such as Social Care, Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team, U18 Crisis Team CAIST, Adult Community Mental Health Teams, MHT, Acute Hospitals A&E, and third sector organisations) Participating in the duty worker rota (Monday to Friday 09:00am to 17:00pm) may be part of this role moving forward Valid UK Driving licence is required for this post Working for our organisation Norfolk is a fantastic county with a mixture of rural and urban areas. We have miles of beautiful coastlines with swathes of green and open spaces for you to enjoy. Why work for us? At NSFT and within the Central CAMHS team 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. Like with most NHS trust NSFT does have its challenges, however, we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey so that together we strive to make continual improvements in the care that we deliver. Some other benefits of working for the organisation are: Starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays) Detailed job description and main 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 and be part of our exciting and forward-thinking team, then please click APPLY! We look forward to hearing from you Person specification Qualifications Degree or Diploma in Occupational Therapy Or, Nursing degree or equivalent RN (MH) Professional Registration Other Ability to travel independently Skills Clinical Assessment Safeguarding training Prevention and management of suicide training Knowledge Knowledge of psychosocial interventions An understanding of the policies and guidelines both local and national e.g. National Institute for Clinical Excellence guidelines (Government initiative) Developing knowledge of local wider systems and networks Knowledge of health promotion Please be aware that, due to the high number of applications for certain roles, this vacancy may close earlier than the advertised closing date. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible.

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We can provide all our job application materials in alternative formats so that these are accessible to everyone. Should you require any documents within this job pack in an alternative format, please do not hesitate to contact us at View email address on click.appcast.io. PLEASE NOTE: If you use a hotmail, msn or yahoo e-mail account, you will need to check your "junk" mail regularly as these email providers will divert any communication from this Trust/NHS JOBS straight into your " junk" inbox. EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES Apart from its legal duties in relation to equality and diversity, the Trust recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief. As a part of the Disability Confident Employer Guaranteed Interview Scheme we interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job vacancy (outlined in the Person Specification). We encourage you to indicate your eligibility through TRAC jobs when applying. Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post may be 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. Employer certification / accreditation badges You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. #J-18808-Ljbffr Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust