Band 7 Senior Mental Health Practitioner

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust; Leicester; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health organization in Leicester is seeking mental health professionals to join their CAMHS team. The role involves working with young people with complex needs and developing holistic care plans. Successful candidates will receive training in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and contribute to a compassionate, multi-disciplinary team environment. Applicants are encouraged from all backgrounds, particularly underrepresented groups.

Qualifications

• Experience working with young people in mental health settings.
• Ability to assess risks and develop holistic care plans.
• Team collaboration skills with multidisciplinary professionals.

Responsibilities

• Assess needs of children and young people (CYP) alongside multidisciplinary team.
• Develop treatment interventions/ care plans for CYP and their families.
• Implement and provide full programme Dialectical Behaviour Therapy.

Skills

Compassion

Adaptability

Creativity

Dialectical Behaviour Therapy

Education

Degree in Psychology or related field

Job description

Overview

The ICST is a CAMHS team set up to enhance the risk support offer to young people, via the provision of an outreach and intensive intervention team to support the CYP with the most complex needs. The service operates at the interface of the Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment team and inpatient admission. The team will prioritise CYP presenting with repeating patterns of crisis presentation and associated high risk behaviour. This service is particularly aimed at meeting the needs of the cohort of young people with complex needs, emotional dysregulation and associated high risk behaviour, for whom an inpatient admission may potentially cause longer term detriment by inadvertently increasing the risk profile. These young people are likely to have emotional regulation difficulties/ extensive trauma histories/ ASD/ Intellectual Disability and present with high-risk behaviours. The team is committed to offering intensive, psychologically informed support to ensure the best possible care, in the community. The team will offer an enhanced model of care to young people and their families working alongside existing services to develop a holistic and integrated personalised plan of care using trauma informed approaches.

Responsibilities

• Working within a multi-disciplinary team to assess the needs of CYP alongside registered Mental Health Nurses, Social Workers, an Occupational Therapist, Psychotherapist, Psychologist and Peer Support.


• Working with young people and their families/ carers to develop holistic care plans / treatment interventions.


• Offering full programme Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (full training as a DBT therapist included).


• Working with other agencies in a collaborative way to manage risk.


• Working within a team who prioritise compassion, adaptability and creativity.


• Line management responsibilities.


• Assessing and responding to risk.

About Us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups. Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants. We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working arrangements.