Community Mental Health Practitioner

Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust; Lichfield; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

The CYPMH Crisis & Intensive Support team in Lichfield is recruiting a Community Mental Health Practitioner to work 37.5 hours per week, with daytime shifts including weekends and bank holidays. You will assess CYP in mental health crisis and provide intensive support to deliver safe, effective care as part of the CYP wellbeing and recovery action plan.

You will work directly with children and young people with mental health needs and their families, carrying out assessments (including risk

Qualifications

• Experience in CAMHS or crisis services encouraged.
• Experience with MDT working.
• Strong assessment and risk management skills.

Responsibilities

• Assess needs and deliver safe, effective interventions for CYP and families to avoid hospital admission.
• Co-ordinate care of the CYP on caseload.
• Work as part of the MDT and with wider services to meet needs.
• Offer advice, support and supervision to other healthcare professionals.

Skills

CYP Mental Health

Risk Assessment

Communication

MDT Collaboration

Job description

The CYPMH Crisis & Intensive Support team in Lichfield is recruiting a Community Mental Health Practitioner working 37.5 hours per week. This involves shift working, daytime working only including weekends and bank holidays

In the role you will offer an extended service to ensure an appropriate assessment of mental health need for Children and Young People (CYP) in mental health crisis and in need of appropriate intensive support ensuring the delivery of safe and effective practice as part of the CYP wellbeing and recovery action plan.

You will work directly with children and young people with mental health needs and their families, carrying out assessments (including risk management) and effective treatment and/or interventions, with the aim of helping children and young people participate in normal family and community activities and to facilitate positive outcomes of care in relation to young people's mental health needs. The role will also facilitate hospital admission avoidance and seamless transitions between services where appropriate.

You will also be expected to work flexibly within the Team to support a crisis, brief intervention and intensive support function. Dependent on skill and service need they will need to be available to external professionals and carers to offer advice, signposting and guidance (especially in relation to urgency and risk) associated with children and young people's mental health and emotional wellbeing.

You will provide assessments and interventions for CYP as part of the MDT for those experiencing severe to moderate mental health conditions.

Mental Health, Children's and LD Nurses and those with a social work background are encouraged to apply.

Main duties of the job

• The assessment of need and delivery of safe and effective interventions for CYP and families in their communities and in places of safety, working to avoid hospital admission and manage complex risks, in accordance with recognised clinical guidance.
• Co-ordinating the care of the CYP on caseload
• Working as part of the MDT and in an integrated way with wider teams and services to meet the needs of the CYP & Families
• Offering advice, support and supervision to other healthcare professionals