Senior Mental Health Practitioner- Occupational Therapist

TieTalent; Swindon; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 44,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading mental health service is seeking a passionate Senior Mental Health Practitioner- Occupational Therapist in Swindon. The role involves delivering high-quality support to children and young people experiencing mental health challenges, providing impactful, short-term interventions, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams. A supportive working environment with opportunities for professional development awaits the right candidate.

Benefits

Excellent opportunities for career progression

27 days annual leave, rising to 33 days

NHS Discount

Pension scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Registered to practice in the UK.
• Significant post-qualifying mental health experience is essential.
• Experience with children and young people with mental health difficulties.

Responsibilities

• Provide initial assessments and time-limited support to young people in crisis.
• Deliver evidence-based interventions to children experiencing complex mental health needs.
• Participate in a flexible working pattern to cover service hours.

Skills

Effective communicator

Organisational skills

Reflective practice

Engagement with children and young people

Education

Registered Mental Health Nurse/Social Worker/Occupational Therapist qualification

Job description

Senior Mental Health Practitioner- Occupational Therapist

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Senior Mental Health Practitioner- Occupational Therapist

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Senior Mental Health Practitioner- Occupational Therapist

Job Overview

Are you dedicated to improving the lives of children and young people?

Do you thrive in environments where you can help to deliver impactful, short-term interventions?

We’re looking for an enthusiastic Registered Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist to join the Crisis and Home Treatment Service (CAHTS), embedded within the Bath, North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire (BSW) Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), are looking for a Mental Health Practitioner to join us, based in Swindon.

We work closely alongside and liaise with the Getting More Help Teams on supporting children, young people (CYP) and their families experiencing complex mental health needs.

Our CYP might be at risk of inpatient hospital admission or transitioning out of inpatient care; our role is to provide intensive, short-term support within the community. No two days are the same, with plenty of variety in this role and lots of opportunities for learning.

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This role carries an incentive premium of £3,500 which will be paid in instalments over an 18th month period. Please note that this scheme is not open to existing employees of Oxford Health and is subject to a claw back clause. Further information will be provided.

Main duties of the job

In CAHTS, we’re committed to deliver a high quality, comprehensive mental health services for children, young people and their families who are experiencing additional mental health needs.

Children and Young people within our service are often experiencing an increased level of mental health needs, including exhibiting increased risk behaviours. Whilst this can sometimes feel daunting, we have a strong multi-disciplinary leadership team who are responsive to the needs of the team.

You might support CYP and their families with psycho-social education or provide practical support, drawing upon evidence-based interventions.

Liaison, advice and consultation with wider CAMHS, colleagues in Children Services and a range of external agencies such as Children’s Social Care, Education and many more.

In this role, you would be responsible for initial assessments and delivery of time limited, short term interventions to address emotional and mental health needs of young people in crisis, with the aim of reducing longer term mental health problems.

We'll need you to participate in a flexible working pattern within the multi-disciplinary team to provide cover for a core day 8am-8pm Monday-Friday and 10am-6pm Saturday –Sunday and Bank Holidays.

You will also participate in covering the service’s 24 hour on call service on a rota basis.

Working for our organisation

Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application you are encouraged to read the “candidate guide to making an application” which is attached to all roles.

Please include details around qualifications (including years these were gained particularly if we need to assess for clinical roles that these are still valid) and ensure that the supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses the essential criteria found in the JD.

As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”

At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount
• Pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (waiting lists may apply)
• Staff networking and support groups
  
  

Job Description And Responsibilities

The role will involve offering emotional support to adolescents and/or their parents who are in mental health crisis or are being supported to leave psychiatric inpatient care.

We can offer you a variety of training including Positive Behaviour Support, AMBIT, DBT coping skills, and Family Based Therapy for Eating Disorders. There will also be the opportunity for further training based around individual learning needs.

If you have any questions about the role or the team, and you'd like to find out more, please contact Clare Fry.

Person specification

Qualification

Essential criteria

• RMN/Social Worker/OT/other relevant professional qualification
• Registered to practice in the UK
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of DBT and CBT
• Non-medical prescriber qualification.
  
  

Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant post qualifying mental health experience
• Caseload management/complex conditions & cases
• Experience of care coordination/lead professional
• Evidence based, reflective practice & clinical reasoning skills in assessment & treatment
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working with children and/or young people with mental health difficulties
• Experience of being a Care co-ordinator or managing a case load.
  
  

Professional & Personal Skills

Essential criteria

• Effective communicator with patients, carers & staff
• Organisational skills for own & others workload
• All new starters have a thorough induction process, both local and Trust wide, which aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
• Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
• We’re advocates of flexible working and many of our roles offer a range of employment options to help you balance your work and personal life.
• Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
• We are ambitious in our pursuit of excellence, driven by the belief that a fair, just and fully inclusive organisational culture enables our teams to deliver the best quality of care and services possible and we work hard to ensure that our diverse workforce reflects the communities that we serve.
• We welcome applications from all sections of the community, are an Equal Opportunities employer with a number of internal networking groups to support our employees and where possible will always look to make reasonable adjustments in order that you can fulfil the role to recognise your full potential. All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values – safe, caring and excellent.
• We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
• Oxford is a world-renowned centre of excellence for research. Oxford Health works closely with the University of Oxford department of Psychiatry and the Department of Primary care, has a Biomedical Research Centre dedicated to improving mental health and the NIHR Clinical Research Facility at the Warneford site. The Trust also hosts the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) which carries out applied research that directly impacts patient health and wellbeing
• Swindon, England
  
  

Languages

• English

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Part-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Technology, Information and Internet

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