Children & Young People | Sr Mental Health Practitioner

NHS; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A national health service provider in Aylesbury is seeking a Senior Mental Health Practitioner to support children and young people. The role involves working in a multi-disciplinary team, conducting assessments, providing interventions to prevent hospital admissions, and supporting junior staff. Ideal candidates will have a mental health nursing, OT, or social work qualification and relevant experience. This position includes participation in on-call rota and offers opportunities for career progression.

Benefits

Excellent opportunities for career progression

27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays

NHS Discount across various shops and restaurants

Competitive pension scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Post qualification experience in a mental health setting, working with young people or adults with mental illness.

Responsibilities

• Provide quality needs-led services as part of the multi-disciplinary team.
• Conduct psychosocial assessments and evidence-based interventions.
• Collaborate with agencies to develop integrated care packages.
• Support and supervise junior staff and students.
• Maintain accurate clinical records and engage in reflective practice.

Skills

Ability to manage a caseload of high-risk young people

Psychosocial assessment

Crisis intervention

Education

Mental Health Nursing, OT or Social Worker qualification

Job description

Are you looking for an exciting new role working with children and young people? Or wanting a change of pace in your clinical work?

We're looking for a Senior Mental Health Practitioner to join our CAMHSOutreach team. The team aims to support and engage children, young people and families with complex needs by means of individualised home and community treatment packages.

You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team that offers a whole systems approach to the short and long term management of mental illness that works across the whole CAMHS service with the OSCA team picking up the highest levels of need.

You will be required to participate in the Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire out of hours on- call rota and will be expected to work evenings and weekends as per the team rota.You will also be required to work within the teams Crisis rota, to support the facilitation of the service in-hours (8-8pm) as required for the needs of said population.

Main duties of the job

• Provide a quality needs-led service as part of the multi-disciplinary team, which will include working flexibly across a 7-day week on a shift rota between 8am and 8pm, and participating in the on-call cover as noted above. Responding promptly to urgent and emergency requests for assessments and meeting young people wherever they may feel most comfortable.
• Provide prompt psychosocial assessments and evidence-based interventions for children and young people, aiming to prevent hospital admissions and support recovery in the least restrictive environment.
• Collaborate with a wide range of agencies, including social care, education, police, and voluntary sector partners to develop integrated care packages for high-risk and hard-to-reach young people.
• Support and supervise junior staff and students, contributing to their development through mentoring, appraisal, and clinical supervision.
• Maintain accurate clinical records, engage in reflective practice, and participate in ongoing professional development and training to ensure best practice standards are met.

About us

Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application please read the "candidate guide to making an application" and ensure your supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses any essential criteria.

As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: "Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team"

Our values are: "Caring, safe and excellent"

Benefits

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

Job responsibilities

The OSCA Service aims to:

• Reducing children and young peoples vulnerability to mental health crisis
• Enabling children and young people with high levels of mental health need to be supported in their own homes or placements
• Offering choice to children, young people and their families and carers
• Offering advice, support and supervision to systems supporting young people, such as addiction, adoption, Childrens Care and youth offending services.

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the supporting statement element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.

The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview, and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.

We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values.

Person Specification

Knowledge

• Ability to jointly manage a case load of high risk young people

Qualifications

• Mental Health Nursing, OT or Social Worker qualification

Experience

• Post qualification experience in a mental health setting, working with young people or adults with mental illness.

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.