Senior Access and Assessment Practitioner

NELFT NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Romford; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Romford is seeking dynamic individuals to enhance mental health assessments for young people. The role includes overseeing workloads and collaborating with various partners in Health, Education, and Social Care to empower young people. Successful candidates will join a supportive team environment committed to employee wellness and development.

Benefits

Proactive health and wellbeing support

Flexible working opportunities

Award-winning commitment to equality and diversity

Qualifications

• Dynamic individuals passionate about assessments for young people and families.
• Experience working collaboratively across Health, Education, and Social Care.
• Ability to organise and prioritise workloads.

Responsibilities

• Organise, prioritise, and allocate workloads in line with Key Performance Indicators.
• Work from Havering based children sites.
• Oversite of the Access and Assessment service demands.

Job description

Overview

CAMHS within the London Borough of Havering are looking for dynamic individuals who are passionate about ensuring there are robust and informative assessments in place for your young people and their families and are committed to collaborative working across the Borough and utilising the skills experience ad contribution of delivery partners across Health, Education and Social Care to ensure our young people are well looked after and are empowered to meet their potential. The post holder will work in close collaboration with the Access and Assessment manager and develop positive working relationships with senior staff across London NELFT particularly Havering locality.

Responsibilities

• To be responsible for the day to day organising, prioritising, and allocating of workloads in line with Key Performance Indicators
• To work from Havering based children sites for the duration of working hours
• To have oversite of the demands of the Access and assessment service, including referrals for mental health, referrals for Neurodevelopment
• To work in close collaboration with the service managers advising of current demands, work allocation, challenges, and solutions
• To promote the development of an effective team and the development of productive working relationships throughout the Trust
• To advise, encourage and share knowledge utilising the latest research and practice development, through literature and peer reviews
• To provide patients and relatives with information and education thus ensuring they have meaningful choices that promote dignity, independence, and quality of life

This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

Starting with NELFT

NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focussing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

High Cost Area Supplement - Outer London

This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,551 to a maximum of £5,735 p.a. pro rata for part time).

Use of AI

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically.

Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:

• A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
• A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our efforts to support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a 'Top 10 Family Friendly Employer' from the Working Families Charity.
• Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
• Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.
• As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.
• We recognise the valuable contribution that the Armed Forces community make to our organisation. We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and achieved Gold Award under the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme. We have supportive policies, guaranteed interview schemes for veterans, reservists and military spouses and give additional leave to our Reservists so that they can attend their annual camp.

Team and Trust Overview

Joining #TeamNELFT means you'll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We're CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.

Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video.