Job overview

An opportunity has arisen for an Assistant Practitioner 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 problems and will include direct psychologically informed interventions. We offer an environment where you can learn and further develop your skills, and your 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, with the enthusiasm and drive, for working with children, young people 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.

We're a very experienced group of professionals and are looking forward to welcoming new members of staff to the team.

Main duties of the job

Responsibility for actively participating as a key member of the clinical team for providing quality 
services for an identified client group under the supervision of a registered professional. 
Having undertaken a Foundation Degree level qualification will maintain, develop and evidence 
clinical knowledge, skills and competencies at all opportunities and through the competency 
framework 
Demonstrate an attitude which respects and values service users and their carers. 
Be accountable and work autonomously within clearly defined boundaries of the Assistant 
Practitioner competencies and carry out specific delegated tasks. This may include extended 
roles delegated by a registered professional. 
Expected to deliver care and services within the strategic objectives of the organisation and 
promote the principles of Recovery. These principles will recognise the need to promote safe 
practice; value the beliefs and aims of service users and carers; work in partnership and offer 
meaningful choice; and value social inclusion 
Assist in care clustering in relation to Payment by Results on admission and discharge under 
the direction of a practitioner. 

Working for our organisation

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.