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Job summary

Main area
Mental Health
Grade
NHS AFC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Part time
  • Flexible working
  • Home or remote working
22.5 hours per week
Job ref
354-CS-21428-B
Employer
Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust
Employer type
NHS
Site
West Sussex Wide - North and Coastal West Sussex
Town
Horsham/Worthing/Chichester
Salary
£35,392 - £42,618 pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
02/05/2024 23:59

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Mental Health Practitioner - Incentives Apply

NHS AFC: Band 6

Welcome from our Chief Executive

Our organisation is expanding and we're looking for people with the right values, skills and/or potential to join us. We need people with energy, expertise, enthusiasm to help us provide the very best possible specialist NHS mental health and learning disability care. This involves helping us achieve our strategy to improve the quality of life for the communities we serve through People, Prevention and Partnerships.

So what can we offer you in return?

We're an organisation which puts people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. We'll help you learn, acquire new skills and gain further experience to support your career development. And we'll provide the opportunity for you to bring your fresh ideas to work about how we can do things differently and continue improving.

You will also be joining a health and care system committed to working together to do the best we can for the communities we serve. Above all, at Sussex Partnership you'll have the chance to make a difference to the lives of the patients, carers and families across our communities.

As a Trust we are committed in making a difference. Your development is important to us, so don't forget to ask us during interview what opportunities we can offer. We can offer fully funded lifelong learning opportunities such as an apprenticeship from GCSE to Masters level.

If you like the sound of that, then come and join our team.

Job overview

Mental Health Practitioner

Are you a Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist?

Do you have a passion for improving the lives of children and young people who are experiencing mental health difficulties and approaching the important period in their lives of transition to adult services?

If so, West Sussex CAMHS may have just the opportunity for you!

Coastal and North West Sussex Children Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) have recently received funding to develop and expand the fantastic services we offer to young people in our community. We work with a range of children and young people who present with a multitude of mental health problems.

We are looking for a skilled mental health practitioner who will take the lead in working with our adult colleagues to identify those young people who will require ongoing care in post 18 services and to support their transitions.  We have an identified lead for transitions and an integrative policy framework to guide our practice.

The post will suit a practitioner from either child or adult services who has a commitment to ensuring the achievement of good quality transition plans.

Main duties of the job

Working across West Sussex and in collaboration with CAMHS and AMHS you will play a key role in ensuring our young people will receive a timely and smooth transition from their CAMHS team to their local Adult Mental Health Team. As part of this role you will be involved in working with the family and the MDT to establish the right level of future care needs for each young person. This could involve working with our colleagues in the ADMHS or Tier 2 level services such as Sussex Talking Therapies, Pathfinder and signposting to other local support services.

If this post appeals to you and you don’t have the experience with any of the care groups we have highlighted, don’t let this be a barrier to your application. So if you have experience in any other Mental Health Services such as Forensic Healthcare, Eating disorders, Dementia etc, please do apply as full training and opportunities to shadow staff within our teams will be provided.

Working for our organisation

The post holders will receive clinical and line management supervision and support as well opportunities for in-house training. Some post-registration training would be very welcome, however the Trust is keen to develop its Mental Health Practitioners and there are lots of opportunities for CPD and being part of the wider Sussex CAMHS team through Away Days and other specialist training opportunities. 

This post offers the Trust's £4,000 Incentive for band 5-7 Nurses & Practitioners, as well as a relocation package up to a maximum of £8,000 (subject to terms and conditions).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

In addition to the part of role outlined above, around transitions work. As the role progresses and we begin to fine tune the transition process, their maybe other opportunities with West Sussex CAMHS to gain further experience in assessment and treatment of young people.

This would include undertaking initial assessments for children and young people referred into the service, ensuring safeguarding, risk management and care planning are implemented to the highest standard, and at all times that the service offers effective patient-centred care.  Holding a diverse case load of young people with complex emotional needs which requires significant attention to detail particularly around risk management in the community, thus co-ordinating and working with external agencies such as social care and education etc.  You will have the opportunity to co-facilitate groups and treatment alongside multidisciplinary team colleagues to offer evidenced based care.

The post entails working in a lively, busy multidisciplinary CAMHS Team delivering high quality interventions to children, young people and their families, including assessments, individual and group work.  You will get the opportunity to work with colleagues of all disciplines. 

For further details / informal visits contact:

Person specification

QUALIFICATIONS

Essential criteria
  • Registered Professional Qualification
  • NMC or HPC Registration
  • Post Basic Courses / Study Days
  • Evidence of CPD and professional portfolio

EXPERIENCE

Essential criteria
  • Post qualification experience
  • Experience of working with people with mental Health problems
  • Understanding and contribution to the Clinical Governance Agenda
  • Previous experience in similar role
  • Risk assessment experience

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Sara Slinger
Job title
Service Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Additional information

Or 

Stephen O'Donohue

Service Manager 

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