Senior Mental Health Practitioner - Youth Justice Service inExeter inExeter PUBLISHED
THU 12 SEP 2024
Devon Partnership NHS Trust rQSZNtRl
Key responsibilities include managing a defined caseload, conducting expert assessments, providing evidence-based treatments, and engaging in both planned and urgent community interventions. The position requires strong communication skills, adaptability in addressing individual needs, and a deep understanding of child development and protection procedures. Additionally, the successful candidate will contribute to team development, providing clinical supervision and support while participating in service evaluations and audits to ensure high standards of care. Candidates should be passionate about supporting children and young people in the community and eager to collaborate on continual improvements in mental health services.
Child Family Health Devon (CFHD) has developed an innovative, integrated model of childrens community services and are looking for enthusiastic individuals to join our friendly and dedicated pathways. Come and join us in beautiful Devon!
You will join a strong, enthusiastic and supportive group of professionals who will be your peers, your phone a friend network and your inspiring colleagues. This brings professional collaboration that will be an asset to your daily work, development, and support network.
Do you have an interest in working with children and young people in the youth justice service?Are you interested in working with young people together with multi-agency colleagues using a Child First approach to create positive outcomes?
We are looking for a Band 6 Senior Mental Health Practitioner to be a key member of the Devon Youth Justice team. You will also link with and have support from the small team of wider Devon Youth Justice practitioners.
You will use your skills and experience as a mental health practitioner to deliver high-quality care, develop and sustain relationships across agencies and work as a core member of the Youth Justice multi-agency and disciplinary team.
You will be responsible for providing therapeutic intervention that is strengths-focused, evidence-based and tailored to meet the needs of the child/young person and their family/carer.
You will be an experienced and qualified CAMHS professional (RMN, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist) with experience of working with children and young people with complex needs.
You will have a particular interest to support young people who require mental health support within the criminal justice system. You will be able to work alongside colleagues in a multi-disciplinary team and develop strong working relationships across agencies to meet the complex needs of vulnerable children, young people and their carers/families. The ability to adapt communication and intervention style to meet individual need is important and you will have knowledge of child development and child protection procedures.
Assessing and managing multiple risks and being able to assess mental health presentations in the community is a core part of this role, responding to both urgent and routine, planned and unplanned need. You will be required to work flexibly across a range of clinical, community and home-based settings to meet the needs of the child/young person. You will be patient and tolerant and able to connect with children and young people who may demonstrate complex social and emotional connections.
We are looking for individuals who are passionate about working with children/ young people in the community with the confidence to intervene to meet a range of mental health needs and a desire to work with others to continually improve what we do.
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The post holder will deliver high quality comprehensive mental health services. The role involves managing a defined caseload with a focus on providing expert assessment and evidence-based treatment for children and young people with complex mental health difficulties and their parents/carers. Collaborative working with a wide range of statutory and non-statutory agencies is central to this role.
The post holder will contribute to the multi-disciplinary approach of the team, providing integrated healthcare for children across Children and Family Health Devon. Bringing professional expertise, skills and knowledge to multi-disciplinary team work, the post holder will work with, and offer supervision/consultation/advice to others. With a focus on providing high quality, safe and compassionate care to children/young people the post holder will engage in team and service development including participating in audit, evaluation and review.
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