Mental Health Practitioner

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust; Winwick; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare organization in the UK seeks a motivated mental health practitioner to join their Warrington CYPMHS Team. The role involves coordinating care for children and young people, assessing cases, and providing treatments as part of a multidisciplinary team. Excellent communication and organizational skills are essential. Experience preferred, but newly qualified clinicians can apply and benefit from a supportive preceptorship program.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Supportive preceptorship program

Qualifications

• Experience in mental health care preferred; newly qualified clinicians welcomed.
• Ability to deliver evidence-based treatments and therapies.
• Commitment to safeguarding practices.

Responsibilities

• Hold a caseload of children and young people to coordinate care and treatment.
• Assess new cases to determine suitability.
• Act as part of an MDT to deliver treatments.
• Liaise with outside agencies for coordinated care.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Organisational skills

Ability to work autonomously

Teamwork ability

Job description

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated mental health practitioner to join our thriving team at Warrington CYPMHS Team. The successful candidate will be enthusiastic and able to work well autonomously and as part of a team.

We care for children and young people with varying mental health issues, providing treatment and therapy to them and their families/carers using the think family approach. We work towards the THRIVE model of care and work very closely with our partners across the borough, so excellent communication skills and organisation is essential in this role. Although we would prefer someone with experience, Mersey Care offers a fantastic preceptorship programme which can help newly qualified clinicians develop their experience and skills effectively within the first 12 months.

Responsibilities

• Hold a caseload of CYP to coordinate their care and treatment
• Assess new cases to ascertain suitability
• Act as part of an MDT to deliver evidence based treatments and therapies
• Liaise with outside agencies to coordinate care
• Act as an advocate for children and young people in your care ensuring the voice of the child is heard
• Attend meetings and events to develop experience and skills as well as share relevant information
• Assist with training
• Ensure safeguarding is considered at every opportunity and follow policies and procedures in relation to any safeguarding concerns
• Ensure policies and procedures of Mersey Care are followed at all times to ensure safe delivery of care

About Mersey Care

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands. We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Flexible Working

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

Contact

For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Will Stringer
Job title: Team Manager
Email address: [e-mail]
Telephone number: 01925 575904