B6 Mental Health Practitioner

Are you a dynamic and enthusiastic Mental Health Practitioner? Do you want to join our thriving Specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS), now known as Children and Young People's Services (CYPS) for a year on a fixed term contract, 26.25 hours per week? Are you passionate about delivering excellent care to our young people and their families? If yes, then this is the perfect opportunity for you!
Our CYPS Community Team are highly supportive, friendly and innovative. As part of our i-THRVE framework, this team is focused on Getting More Help. You would join a strong multidisciplinary team offering assessments and interventions to children and young people experiencing psychological distress as well as providing support for the Clinic Duty System. In addition, the role could provide opportunities within our neurodevelopment team if Autism Spectrum Condition/ADHD was a specialist interest of yours.
We are seeking those professionally registered with NMC, HCPC or SWE and have significant experience of working with under 18yr olds.
This is a part time role of 26.5 hours which can be worked over 3-4 days., The post holder will be an autonomous practitioner who will carry continuing responsibility for a defined caseload of children and young people by undertaking the following duties:
+ To undertake assessments of individuals and their families in the designated care group with complex health presentations, including those children and young people presenting with higher levels of risk. To develop care plans alongside the child or young person.
+ To offer specialist assessment and advice where required.
+ To assess and manage on going risks as identified during the assessment, ensuring that this is done in collaboration with the child, young person and carers. To regularly review risk factors and make changes to the management of them as necessary.
+ To contribute to the maintenance and development of the Trust Nursing and Mental Health Strategy.
+ To ensure that clinical practice is evidence based and consistent with relevant NICE guidelines and Trust policies and procedures.
+ To provide supervision of junior staff and trainees where appropriate.
+ To act within the professional body's code of conduct at all times., + Carry own caseload and undertake holistic assessments including risk of the child/adolescent /family needs, either individually or in identified complex cases jointly with another member of the CYPS Community Team.
+ Provide short term treatment to CYP individually or Group based.
+ To liaise with Social Care, Education and other appropriate agencies/professionals /carers to ensure best outcomes for CYP.
+ Act as a lead professional for CYP following initial assessment. Developing appropriate plan of care.
+ Offer support for Students on placement.
Please see the Job Description for further details of responsibilities.
We are seeking to enrich the diversity of our Trust to better reflect demographic needs of the populations we serve and to enhance the skills of our workforce. We actively encourage applicants with underrepresented personal characteristics to apply for this role if you match the job description. Please note that you are not restricted from applying for this role if you do not identify with these characteristics and all applicants will be considered fairly against the job description.

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.
We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.
Surrey and Hampshire are beautiful counties lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.
Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.
For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.