Mental Health Practitioner

Tokitan.TV; Brighton; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

An established health organization is seeking a passionate Mental Health Practitioner to join their innovative team. This role focuses on providing essential support and treatment to young individuals facing mental health crises. You will work within a collaborative multi-disciplinary team, delivering assessments and interventions in community settings. The organization values compassion and accountability, offering opportunities for professional growth and development. Join a team committed to making a difference in the lives of young people and their families across Sussex.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Fully funded lifelong learning opportunities

£2,000 Golden Hello Relocation Incentive

Qualifications

• Registered with NMC or HCPC or Social Work England.
• Experience in mental health settings and risk management.

Responsibilities

• Deliver crisis assessments and brief interventions to young people.
• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate interventions.

Skills

Mental Health Assessment

Risk Management

Crisis Intervention

Communication Skills

Education

Registered Professional Qualification

NMC or HPC Registration

Job description

1 month ago Be among the first 25 applicants

About

We provide NHS care and treatment for people living in south east England. Our mental health services provide care and treatment for people with conditions such as psychosis, depression, anxiety, dementia and personality disorder. Our vision is to provide outstanding care and treatment you can be confident in.

Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust

About

We provide NHS care and treatment for people living in south east England. Our mental health services provide care and treatment for people with conditions such as psychosis, depression, anxiety, dementia and personality disorder. Our vision is to provide outstanding care and treatment you can be confident in.

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Key details

Location

SiteChalkhillAddressPrincess Royal HospitalTownHaywards HeathPostcodeRH164NQMajor / Minor RegionWest Sussex

Contract type & working pattern

ContractPermanentHours37.5 hours per week (Flexible to meet needs of service including bank holidays)

• Full time
• Flexible working
  
  

Salary

Salary£37,338 - £44,962 per annumSalary periodYearlyGrade(NHS AfC: Band 6)

Specialty

Main areaMental Health

Come and join us

We're looking for people who share our values (compassion, accountability and optimism) to help us provide high quality care to the patients, carers, families and local communities we serve. We specialise in providing NHS mental health and learning disability services.

So what can we offer you in return?

We're an organisation which puts people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. We'll help you learn, acquire new skills and gain further experience to support your career development. And we'll provide the opportunity for you to bring your fresh ideas to work about how we can do things differently and continue improving.

You will also be joining a health and care system committed to working together to do the best we can for the communities we serve. Above all, at Sussex Partnership you'll have the chance to make a difference to the lives of the patients, carers and families across our communities.

As a Trust we are committed in making a difference. Your development is important to us, so don't forget to ask us during interview what opportunities we can offer. We can offer fully funded lifelong learning opportunities such as an apprenticeship from GCSE to Masters level.

If you like the sound of that, then come and join our team.

Job Overview

We are seeking to recruit a passionate, knowledgeable and dynamic Mental Health Practitioner to join our well-established and innovative Sussex CAMHS Acute services. This post will be part of the service transformation in the future Hospital@Home, providing alternative to hospital admission treatment to our young community. As a mental health practitioner, your goal is to offer support and treatment to young people and their families during a period of mental health crisis.

You will be joining a friendly, supportive and creative multi-disciplinary team and be integral in an exciting project to develop the service to introduce an intensive pathway. Together with delivering our core business includes assessing young people's mental health, including attention to risk management and care planning, and working with families and the wider systems that support these young people.

This post offers the Trust's £2,000 Golden Hello Relocation Incentive for Band 5-6 Nurses & Practitioners, (pro rata and subject to terms and conditions; please see attached Protocol Document for full details).or

This vacancy is Sussex wide and the ability to travel is essential for the role.

Advert

As a Mental Health Practitioner in our team you will be working as part of a supportive team of mental health practitioners who come from nursing, OT, social work and support worker backgrounds. You will deliver crisis assessments, brief interventions to young people and their families/carers who are experiencing a period of mental health crisis, with a particular focus on maximising skills and competencies in activities of daily living.

Contributing to the management of a team caseload of clients with complex needs, you will assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions, which will be delivered in a community & home setting. We follow a multi-disciplinary approach and as such you will provide specialist assessment and intervention.

The ability to travel across sites is essential for this role.

Working for our organisation

We provide mental health and learning disability care for children, young people and adults across Sussex

Working In West Sussex

Travel easily between coast and countryside, with a blend of picturesque villages and seaside towns theres always new experiences to be enjoyed

Embrace the city life with great access to visit Brighton and London

With easy access to Gatwick and Heathrow and excellent railway links across the UK there is plenty of opportunity for adventure

Wed love you to join our organisation that is rated good overall and outstanding for caring by the Care Quality Commission. Our staff agree, with 82% of people in our recent staff survey telling us that they recognise that care for patients is our top priority.

See the attached Partnership Perks document for details about our benefits package.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

See attached Job Description and Person Specification for full list of responsibilities.

In order to be a successful Mental Health Practitioner in our team you will be:

• Registered with the NMC or HCPC or Social Work England via a core professional qualification
• Experienced in risk management
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced and varied role
• Experienced working within a mental health setting
  
  

It Would Also Be Advantageous If You Are

• Experienced working in CAMHS (Children and Young Peoples mental health services)
  
  

Flexibility with working patterns to include some bank holidays/weekends and evening work is essential, as is own transport as the role involves travel across Sussex.

Please apply using the link in this advert, or for more information explore the attachments or contact:

[email protected]

We are happy to arrange informal visits.

Sussex Partnership NHS FT is committed to supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our communities. Our workforce is currently under-represented from Black and Minority, Ethnic and disabled communities and we would welcome applications from these communities.

We regret that we are unable to advise candidates if they have not been shortlisted. If you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

In the event of an excessive number of applicants the Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy earlier than indicated.

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust takes its responsibilities for the safeguarding and protection of children and young people and vulnerable adults very seriously and expects this of all its employees and bank workers. The Trust works with adult and childrens social care to ensure that the integrated service has systems in place to equip staff and bank workers with the knowledge and skills to recognize abuse, and take action to safeguard and protect vulnerable adults and children and young people. It is expected that all staff and bank workers familiarise themselves with the appropriate structures and policies and with the Sussex child protection and safeguarding procedures and the Sussex multi-agency policy and procedures for safeguarding vulnerable adults and undertake the relevant essential training and further training appropriate to their role.

Successful candidates are normally offered salaries at the bottom of the relevant salary range. However, where previous or equivalent NHS experience in a similar role can be demonstrated and evidenced, this may be taken into consideration when setting the starting salary.

Applicant requirements

warning You must have appropriate UK professional registration. info This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered Professional Qualification
• NMC or HPC Registration
• Post Basic Courses / Study Days
• Evidence of CPD and professional portfolio
  
  

Experience

Essential criteria

• post qualification experience
• Experience of working with people with mental Health problems
• Understanding and contribution to the Clinical Governance Agenda.
• Previous experience in similar role
• Risk assessment experience
  
  

Documents

• MH UHS B6 (, 432.4)PDFKB
• Protocol (, 344.4)PDFKB
• Privacy Notice (, 127.7)PDFKB
• DBS Policy Statement (, 231.7)PDFKB
  
  

Further details / informal visits contact

NameFabio CaggiJob titleClinical Service ManagerEmail address [email protected]Telephone number01444 472 670

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Mental Health Care

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