As a compassionate professional, you'll play a crucial role in delivering high-quality mental health care. You'll engage with families and professionals to assess urgent situations and provide essential support. This position not only allows you to contribute to the lives of children and young people but also offers the chance to mentor and supervise junior colleagues. At BeeU, we value your expertise and commitment, ensuring a supportive environment where you can thrive. Don’t miss out—apply today and be part of a team that truly cares!
BeeU Services Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin (Children and Adolescent Mental Health) are excited to offer a temporary contract of 22.4 hours (09:00-17:00 3 days a week)Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner role with our Assessment Pathway.
This role includes screening referrals within the teams operational framework during a shift co-ordinator role that will be expected one day per week. For the rest of the working week it will include completing initial assessments for children and young people. Following assessments you will be attending the multidisciplinary team meetings to identify the most suited outcome/ intervention for the young person.
The role will require a good understanding of mental health, assessing and managing risks and whilst working within a supportive multidisciplinary team.
You will be involved in the delivery of a high standard of Mental Health Care to Children/Young People who have been referred to the service.
- Your role as a shift coordinator will entail screening referrals to establish if they are urgent, crisis or routine. Taking calls from professionals and parents/ guardians when there are possible concerns around mental health and risks.
- Work within the guidance of the service wide operational framework alongside the Thrive Model to identify stages of care needs- signposting, assessment and discharge.
- You will be required to complete face to face urgent assessments and routine assessments and then discuss the outcome within the daily MDT outcome meeting and identify the most appropriate treatment/ intervention.
- The documentation that is required within the role is expected to be of a high standard and completed within the correct timeframe as shown in the services operational framework.
- You will be expected to provide supervision and mentorship to junior colleagues/ students.
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BeeU Assessment Mental Health Practitioner role is described within the attached job description and person specification.
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Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.
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