Senior Mental Health Practitioner

Senior Mental Health Practitioner - STICK Team - Early help Mental Health. CAMHS

Band 6

The STICK team (part of Forward Thinking Birmingham) provides the following

• SCREENING - Providing assessment and screening of CYP within schools, GP surgeries and family support services to increase early intervention and identify emerging symptoms
• TRAINING - Providing specialist training to professionals working alongside CYP to up skill and equip them to provide low level interventions
• INTERVENTION - Therapeutic menu of interventions for CYP who traditionally would not have met thresholds for a CAMHS Service
• CONSULTATION - Specialist consultation for those working in education, children's services and GP practice - encouraging wrap around care when it is most needed
• KNOWLEDGE - Practitioners include nurses, social workers, Therapists and youth workers. The combined skill of this team brings a specialist knowledge and a comprehensive service

Main duties of the job

We are committed to increasing therapeutic interventions in CYP at the stage of early help, preventing them from needing care from secondary CAMHS service.

This innovative senior mental health practitioner post is a city wide post. On a day to day basis, you will work with a caseload of children and young people, providing therapeutic brief intervention within schools/ educational settings, to prevent these individuals requiring secondary care. You will also work with STICK colleagues to provide creative interventions, support groups and training sessions.

The post is a hybrid style of working between home and city wide.

The post is appropriate for nurses with mental health experience, Occupational Therapists, social workers with a background in mental health and will include a supportive preceptorship programme, as well as opportunity for career development.

About us

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families.

Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas. Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care. Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.

When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).

Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Full driving license with full access to vehicle

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse (RSCN, RMN, RNLD), Therapist (must be accredited),Occupational Therapist, registered social worker

Desirable

• Masters or post graduate qualification
• Experience within community mental health
• Experience within education/social care

Knowledge and Nature of Experience

Essential

• Direct experience working with children and parents or carers in a Health, Educational or Social care setting. Relevant experience within a VCS setting would also be considered
• Significant experience of assessing the mental health needs of children/young people in a community or inpatient setting
• Good communication skills in range of contexts working directly with vulnerable children, parents and carers and a wide range of professionals
• Understanding of normal stages of child development
• Knowledge of Safeguarding procedures and understanding of Right Time Right Service Framework
• Significant post qualification experience of working within a child / family / mental health service within a statutory organisation.
• Knowledge and skills of assessing child, young people/adults mental health needs.
• Knowledge and skills of completing brief mental health interventions with children and young people.
• Experience in providing Training to other professional and non-professional groups.
• Knowledge of the roles of the various professionals within statutory organisations
• Experience of report writing and communicating with other professionals
• Willingness to participate in further training
• Experience of working with children and families from BAME communities.
• Experience of working within complex organisations / systems

Desirable

• Experience in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
• Knowledge of needs or mental health issues of the diverse populations within Birmingham
• Ability to participate in Research and Development.
• Excellent formulation skills
• Line management of a variety of mental health staff
• Contribution to the auditing and improvement cycles of a service
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
• Experience in providing Training to other professional and non-professional groups.
• Experience of multi-agency working.
• Knowledge of the roles of the various professionals within statutory organisations

Personal Skills / Abilities and Attributes

Essential

• Good skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing
• Ability to work within teams.
• Ability to be flexible
• Self-motivating and able to work on own initiative.
• Reliable and organised
• Ability to work with others
• Ability to communicate well and to form positive working relationships with professionals at all levels

Desirable

• Previous management experience
• Experience in developing therapeutic resources

Employer details

Employer name

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Address

1 Printing House Street

Birmingham

B64 6DF

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284-24-6230705-MHSCC