CYP Crisis Mental Health Practitioner

Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust; Telford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading NHS foundation trust as a Band 6 practitioner focusing on mental health crisis assessment and treatment for young people. This role involves delivering home treatment plans, coordinating care with community teams, and providing evaluations and assessments in a 24-hour environment. Ideal candidates are proactive and have relevant mental health experience, including the ability to manage risk and develop care plans.

Benefits

Excellent NHS Pension scheme

Generous maternity, paternity, and adoption leave

Options for flexible working

27+ days annual leave

Health and Wellbeing support

Mileage paid for community work

Lease car options available

Salary sacrifice benefits available

Free flu vaccinations

Free car parking

Qualifications

• Registered professional required (Nurse, OT, or Social Worker).
• Experience in mental health community and ward settings is essential.
• Knowledge of DBT, CBT, and risk management is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist assessment and care planning for service users.
• Coordinate safe discharges and evaluate treatment plans.
• Triage and assess referrals, responding to needs and risks.

Skills

Mental health assessment

Risk management

Care planning

Education

Registered Mental Health Nurse (RNM)

Occupational Therapist (OT)

Social Worker

Job description

Job Overview

Band 6 practitioners have a crucial role in assessing mental health crisis in children and young people referred to the service and supporting the delivery of safe and effective home treatment for an identified group and in accordance with that persons’ wellbeing and recovery action plan.

The main purpose of the role is to provide mental health assessment, risk assessment and treatment, with the primary focus of the work being the high-quality assessment and treatment of patients presenting with a mental health issue within a physical healthcare setting, may have physical health conditions impacting upon their mental health

You will be assessing a mental health crisis and delivering safe and effective home treatment for young people in accordance with their care plan and risk assessment. Assessing young people who present to our local acute trust, facilitate a holistic assessment along with robust safe discharging plan and risk management

We would welcome applications from registered Mental Health Nurses, Occupational Therapist and Social Workers

Main duties of the job

• Provide specialist assessment and care planning in conjunction with service users and carers, evaluation of individual treatment plans and discharge planning
• Contribution to the delivery of home treatment through nursing care to an identified community client group and within a multi-disciplinary team.
• Support for and facilitation of, early discharge from hospital.
• This is a 24 hour service which will involve shifts including weekends and nights.
• To coordinate the workload of the team on an as required basis.
• To provide an active involvement in the assessment, development, implementation and evaluation of service user care which focuses on ensuring that service users are supported to remain in their own homes wherever hospitalisation can be safely and appropriately avoided.
• To be responsible for an agreed caseload to be determined by the operational lead and reviewed under Clinical supervision.
• Triage and assess referrals received by service in liaison with multi-disciplinary colleagues as appropriate. Formulate and action appropriate response based on need, risk and urgency. Respond to and inform referrers/other professionals and responsible adults as necessary on decisions, plans, policy and best practice. Record this on Trust systems (RIO and Safeguard).
  
  

Working for our organisation

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;

• Supporting your career development and progression
• Excellent NHS Pension scheme
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccinations every year
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)
  
  

And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.

Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

For further information relating to this position please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

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Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• RNM
• OT
• Social Worker
  
  

Desirable criteria

• DBT, CBT, risk management
  
  

Experience

Essential criteria

• Mental health community experience
• mental health ward based experience
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Child and adolescent mental health experience