Mental Health Practitioner - Nurse - Crisis/Home Treatment - Salisbury

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, 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.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.We can offer bespoke training, including specialised Crisis training as well as access to our in-house Master's Programme or our "Flyer" programme aimed at newly qualified practitioners.
We can offer this as a developmental role for a newly qualified practitioner, or a support you as a registered practitioner returning to practice after a break.
This is a great opportunity for you to explore and experience working in Mental Health and can be a solid stepping stone in your long-term career plans.We welcome applications from Mental Health Nurses, Social Workers or Occupational Therapists.Check us out online at: Main duties of the job 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.
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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.As one of our Mental Health Practitioners, you'll be responsible for undertaking initial assessments and delivering short term interventions to support CYP in crisis with their mental health, by visiting them in schools, at home, or within the wider community.
You might support CYP and their families with psycho-social education or provide practical support, drawing upon evidence-based interventions.Risk assessment and management, including the need for positive risk assessment is also key in this role.The team operates Monday to Friday 9am – 5pm and 10am – 6pm on Saturdays.
The service development plan will encompass working 8am -8pm Monday to Friday on a rota system, and Saturday and Sunday 10am – 6pm, again, on a rota system.
Working for our organisation Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides 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"Our values are: "Caring, safe and excellent"At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing.
These include: Excellent opportunities for career progressionAccess to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous serviceNHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailersCompetitive pension schemeLease car schemeCycle to work schemeEmployee Assistance ProgrammeMental Health First AidersStaff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team Detailed job description and main responsibilities You will have the opportunity to make an active and meaningful contribution to our exciting service modernisation and redesign that is based on the i-Thrive model, ensuring children and young people get the right support, at the right time, in the right place, from individuals with the right skills.
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.This is an exciting opportunity to join a very supportive team.
Clinical supervision and professional development are priorities for the service and preceptorship is supported.This is a varied and exciting role, an example of some typical duties are: Undertake a lead role for children and young people open to the team and work collaboratively with young people, their families and GMH Keyworker in addition to a wider care team in the context of their environment.
Providing effective assessment, planning and review of care needs using the CPA process.Establishing, maintaining and ending purposeful, therapeutic relationships with children and young people experiencing severe mental health difficulties.
Practice will be creative and underpinned by specialist knowledge of, and skills in, evidence based and psychosocial interventions.Supporting the delivery of the Liaison Service by working closely with the CAMHS Liaison Practitioner.Supporting the delivery of the Community Model for Eating Disorders, including mealtime supports within the home or school.
Using knowledge of psychological therapies, for example CBT, DBT and Solution Focused approaches.Providing time-limited intervention, often during periods of increased need related to crisis or deterioration in mental health in order to provide intensive community support as an alternative to inpatient care.
Identifying appropriate discharge goals and working positively with risk using own professional judgment and team processes.
*This advert may close once sufficient applications are received* Person specification Qualifications Essential criteria Relevant professional mental health qualification - Mental Health Nurse/Learning Disability Nurse/Occupational Therapist/Social Worker/Clinical PsychologistCurrent registration with relevant professional body – NMC, HCPC Desirable criteria Training in supervision and appraisal Knowledge Essential criteria Knowledge of mental health and community care legislation and policyKnowledge of Safeguarding policy and proceduresKnowledge of Recovery Focused Practice Desirable criteria Knowledge and experience of a range of evidence-based interventions i.e., motivational interviewing, solution focused therapy and a psychological therapy (i.e., CBT/DBT)Knowledge and experience of Child and Adult Protection work Experience Essential criteria Understanding and experience of working with children and young people/adults with a wide range of mental health needsExperience of working with families, carers and significant othersAbility to carry out assessments and psycho-social interventions 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.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.Oxford Health is 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