Intensive Children & Youth Mental Health Practitioner

Rotherham Doncaster & South Humber NHS Foundation Trust; Doncaster; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

The Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting an Intensive Community Support Team Practitioner in Doncaster. You will work within the Children and Young People’s ICST as a Band 6 practitioner, undertaking specialist assessments and delivering evidence-based interventions to children, young people and families.

You will collaborate with education, CAMHS and social care, manage a clinical caseload, and contribute to governance and service development in a seven-day

Qualifications

• Experienced mental health professional seeking to make a difference for children and families.
• Band 6 Practitioner within a multidisciplinary team.
• Ability to undertake specialist assessments and develop formulations.

Responsibilities

• Undertake specialist mental health assessments for children and young people with complex or escalating mental health needs.
• Develop clinical formulations, care plans and risk management plans in partnership with young people, families and their wider networks.
• Deliver evidence-based, person-centered interventions that promote recovery, resilience and safe care within the community.
• Manage a clinical caseload, ensuring care is safe, responsive, timely and effectively coordinated.
• Assess and respond confidently to risk, complexity and changes in clinical presentation, escalating concerns appropriately.
• Work collaboratively with families, CAMHS, acute services, GPs, education, social care and other partner agencies.
• Provide specialist advice, consultation and support to colleagues and professionals.
• Contribute to clinical supervision, learning and development within the team.
• Maintain high-quality clinical records and contribute to governance, audit, quality improvement and service development.
• Work autonomously within the multidisciplinary team, supporting effective management of clinical priorities, capacity and demand.
• Participate flexibly in delivery of the seven-day ICST service.

Job description

The Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting an Intensive Community Support Team Practitioner in Doncaster. You will work within the Children and Young People’s ICST as a Band 6 practitioner, undertaking specialist assessments and delivering evidence-based interventions to children, young people and families.

You will collaborate with education, CAMHS and social care, manage a clinical caseload, and contribute to governance and service development in a seven-day