Mental Health Nurse - Cherry Tree Cottageband 6

Hertfordshire Partnership University; Watford; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Cherry Tree Cottage, Baldock, GB (HPFT) is recruiting a Band 6 Mental Health Nurse to work within a multidisciplinary team alongside social care colleagues. The role involves crisis containment and therapeutic support for children and young people with co-morbid mental health difficulties, using the ARC framework and non-violent resistance ethos to foster a warm, nurturing environment.

The post-holder will be part of a professional team, receiving supervision from the Team Leader and the

Qualifications

• Band 6 mental health nurse with experience in children and young people

Responsibilities

• Plan, develop, provide and review a service-user focused service providing crisis containment and therapeutic support to children and young people with social and co-morbid mental health difficulties.
• Work within ARC framework (Attachment, Regulation and Competency) and Non-violent Resistance ethos under supervision of the Team Leader and Registered Manager.

Job description

Main duties of the job This is an exciting opportunity to join this innovative service as a Band 6 mental health nurse working alongside social care colleagues at Cherry Tree Cottage. As part of an MDT, the candidate will work collaboratively with the Registered Manager, Team Leader, HPFT Clinical Lead, Consultant Psychiatrist, and other clinicians in the team with the planning, development, provision and review of an excellent, service-user focused service providing crisis containment and therapeutic support to children and young people with social and co-morbid mental health difficulties. The home uses the ARC theoretical framework (Attachment, Regulation and Competency) and Non-violent resistance interventions and ethos in the provision to create a warm and nurturing environment to enhance wellbeing of the CYP. Training is provided and all workers are expected to work within this framework. The post-holder will work within professional guidelines and under the clinical and professional supervision of a Team Leader alongside the Registered Manager.

Mental Health Nurse - Cherry Tree CottageBand 6 Baldock, GB