Senior Practitioner Harm Minimisation Lead inMansfield inMansfield PUBLISHED TUE 17 DEC 2024

You will support a team to deliver person centred outcome focused evidence-based interventions for children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties to support them to improve their emotional health and build resilience. This will include (F2f & virtual) individual, group work and peer support.

This post will work under the line management of the Head of Service at Be U Notts. Managerial and clinical supervision will be provided. You will lead on providing harm minimisation advice to young people and families where they are presenting with risk. You will be assisting with the triage and assessment of clients and delivering interventions. The role will be varied, challenging, and rewarding as you will work as part of a diverse clinical team pro-actively developing the service through co-production, delivery, and ongoing innovation.

About us

Main Duties and responsibilities:

• Providing detailed safety plans with CYP who are showing signs of risk to self via self-harm and/or suicidal ideation, via telephone or MS Teams
• To be able to use risk assessments to understand YP level of risk
• To be able to provide support and intervention to manage YP risk.
• To be able to escalate risk identified when working with YP appropriately to safeguard the YP.
• To escalate/signpost YP risk where appropriate to local services.
• To liaise with other services to ensure YP gains appropriate harm minimisation advice.
• Provide detailed and timely record keeping of YP risk and support given to YP.
• To support the wider staff team with day-to-day risk and clinical support where required
• Delivering professional training where required
• Supporting with clinical record audits where required
• Supporting with more information calls to YP, professionals and families where required
• Utilising analytical skills, specialist knowledge and experience provide a comprehensive assessment and formulation of the presenting problem taking into account the childs educational attainment, chronological/ developmental stage, inner world / emotional wellbeing, the mental health & wellbeing of the childs parents/carers, the family dynamics and environment, and the broader social context including school.
• Develop a planned short-term intervention utilising behavioural, cognitive, psychodynamic, and systemic perspectives as indicated by the formulation, the needs of the client and the evidence base.
• To deliver one-off or short-term therapeutic interventions to children and young people, working independently which may at times mean lone working.
• To develop alternatives to one-to-one therapeutic work i.e., group work, play therapy
• To facilitate peer support with and for children and young people.

• To provide information, advice, guidance, and support as part of the single point of access function and support service with triage and assessment of CYP referrals.

• To maintain confidential case notes and records in a timely manner ensuring that these are stored securely using the specified case management systems.
• To develop links to other agencies and services and have a good understanding of local services for signposting and onward referrals
• To support/cover other senior practitioners with tasks to support the team where required.

Communication

• Be able to communicate and engage with children and young people appropriate to individual needs.
• Ensure young people feel listened to, feel in control, and are respected
• To be able to confidently liaise with parents of CYP presenting with risk to support minimisation of harm to the YP.
• The ability to communicate sensitively and compassionately with CYP and parents.

Skills & Competencies required:

• An experienced and qualified mental health practitioner supervisor used to a fast-paced environment and supporting a team of counsellors
• Experienced in working with children and young people across early intervention / mental health settings and experienced in engaging the whole family
• Confident in supporting / offering interventions to children and young people presenting mild to moderate risk behaviours
• Able to build strong therapeutic relationships in a short period of time
• Positive and proactive to achieve the highest standards and outcomes in engagement with children, young people, their parent/carers and professionals
• Adept in communication and confident communicating with CYP (Children and Young Peoples), their parents/carers and health professionals
• Open, respectful, committed to equality and inclusiveness and motivated by new ideas and perspectives
• A team player
• Be able to work independently using initiative and problem-solving skills to ensure best outcomes for CYP.
• Be able to manage own diary effectively.
• Any other duties appropriate to role