Senior Mental Health Practitioner

Calling all Mental Health Practitioners. If you are looking for your next challenge and want to make a difference to the lives of disadvantaged young people then we urge you to apply today!

CLOSING DATE: Wednesday 2nd October 2024

Job Title: Senior Mental Health Practitioner (12 Month Fixed Term Contract)

Reports to: RSI - Team Leader

Salary: £46,148 per annum, pro rata

Hours of work: Part Time (30 hours per week)

Key Responsibilities:

• To participate in street outreach to engage with young people who may be rough sleeping or at risk of.


• Assess the needs of young people and formulate a plan of care in collaboration with RSI team colleagues with a view to delegating to other St Basils colleagues and referring to statutory services and other third sector providers including mental health teams, GPs, primary care nurses.


• Manage a caseload, and act as the young person's advocate by providing information and support, facilitate the young person’s own choices about their care, promoting independence and self-care; as appropriate.


• Adopt a proactive, flexible, and opportunistic approach to promote continuity of care.


• Undertake a comprehensive range of activities and have key delegated responsibilities for defined areas of care.


• Autonomously assess and provide brief crisis interventions and referral to other sources of support, for young people presenting with significant mental health issues.


• To support young people to understand mental health processes and pathways, in order that they can make informed decisions about their consent for relevant assessment and associated interventions, as appropriate.


• Utilise best evidence to undertake a core mental health assessment to Triage, Assess, Formulate, Plan, implement and evaluate care for young people.


• Responsible for the delivery of targeted interventions and where appropriate specialist interventions.


• Ensure the therapeutic interventions provided are appropriate to meet the specific needs of the young person based on their diagnosis and abilities.


• Ensure that young people on their caseload have up-to-date safety plans in place, completed in collaboration and shared where appropriate.


• Responsible for assuring young people on their caseload have a personalised plan of care that is collaboratively formulated, with agreed outcomes.


• The post holder will ensure that the physical health needs of young people are screened, monitored and appropriately responded to.


• To support and advocate for young people, for example when a specialist placement is required.


• The post holder will be expected to provide interventions to young people experiencing a wide variety of mental health problems.


• Interventions provided will be within the practitioner’s sphere of competency and within their major skill set, the practitioner is expected to liaise with colleagues who may be more experienced within a particular field, as and when required.


• To act as a resource for the young people, outreach colleagues, wider health community and other agencies on issues relating health and homelessness.


• Ensure that a multi professional/agency approach to care is maintained, valuing the interface of role and responsibilities and through multi-disciplinary team working.


• Liaise with general practitioners, other health services (including mental health and drug and alcohol services), housing services including St Basils Youth Hub, and social services to ensure a co-ordination of services for young people.


• Utilise evidence-based practice and National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidance to demonstrate the knowledge and skills required to support a young person’s mental social and physical wellbeing in a community setting.


• Support young people who use the service with promoting effective change to positively impact individual outcomes.


• You will create a positive and motivational environment which allows young people we support to thrive.


• To provide support to the wider RSI team to think about the impact of the work on their wellbeing.

QUALIFICATIONS

Essential:

• Professional degree or diploma in relevant field, i.e., Nursing, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist, Applied Psychologist or Psychological Therapist.


• Appropriate statutory professional body registration NMC/SWE/HCPC/BACP.


• Must be willing to participate in any relevant training identified to develop skills required to carry out duties.

Desirable:

• Post graduate learning to Masters level or above.


• Specific CPD modules relevant to specialist field.


• Additional therapeutic training in relevant therapy models such as Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Mentalisation Based Therapy or Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.


• Training, teaching or mentorship qualification or experience to an equivalent level.

ROLE EXPERIENCE

Essential:

• Experience of working with young adults and teenagers who have severe and enduring needs and who may be experiencing a crisis in their mental health.


• Experience of working effectively with young people experiencing a dual diagnosis.


• Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team setting.


• Clinical experience including individual and group work.


• Knowledge and application of theoretical models of practice.


• High level understanding of mental health disorders and treatment models.


• Extensive knowledge of the principles of safety planning.


• Understanding of Professional Code of Conduct, revalidation and core skills, and their application in practice.

Desirable:

• Experience of working within a community team.


• Experience of mentorship.


• Working with young people in the following settings/Types of work – Youth Work,


• Residential or Social Work, Probation, Community Work, Education and Training, Housing.

KNOWLEDGE

Essential:

• Detailed knowledge of legislation relevant to Mental health and Specialist practice where appropriate.


• Knowledge of current policy documents and their impact on the primary care services agenda.


• Knowledge of the issues that characterise the provision of health services to those experiencing homelessness.


• Knowledge of local health priorities.

Desirable:

• Housing Legislation, i.e., Housing Act and Homelessness Reduction Act Incl. Rough Sleepers Strategy.


• Knowledge of local support services for young people.

Locations

Birmingham, Deritend, Head Office

Remote status

Hybrid Remote