Locality Mental Health Practitioner

The post holder will work as a member of The Single Point of Access Team for Rochdale CAMHS, being co-located in a busy multidisciplinary office. The post holder will be responsible for providing consultations, assessments and very brief interventions to children, adolescents and families using an evidence based approach As part of the Single Point of Access the post holder will support the team to screen, triage and outcome referrals into Mental Health Services for Children and Adolescents, and manage risk accordingly. In addition the post holder will work across the borough from community locations to offer consultations and support to a range of professionals and partner agencies., The post holder will be responsible for providing consultations, assessments and very brief interventions to children, adolescents and families using an evidence based approach As part of the Single Point of Access the post holder will support the team to screen, triage and outcome referrals into Mental Health Services for Children and Adolescents, and manage risk accordingly. In addition the post holder will work across the borough from community locations to offer consultations and support to a range of professionals and partner agencies., To ensure high quality CAMHS assessment of children and families referred to the Tier 3 service. To deliver therapeutic input to children and young people referred to the team. To be responsible for and manage a defined caseload and undertake case management responsibilities within the caseload. To identify and develop strategies to manage risk to the child and others in line with Pennine care and CAMHS procedures and protocols.

• To liaise closely with a wide range of agencies regarding individual care
packages and to promote awareness of child and adolescent mental health issues within these agencies.
• Undertake liaison and joint work with other professionals outside of the MDT
• To provide consultation and training on a wide range of children's emotional
health and well-being issues to professionals from a range of services including GP's, Early Help and Primacy Care Services, Adult Mental Health Services, Youth Offending Services and Education Services. To engage in/deliver managerial and clinical supervision, including with appropriate consent, recording and reviewing of live clinical work. To take part in the CAMHS SPOA duty rota in order to provide mental health triage of referrals for children following and in line with Pennine care protocols to both advise other professionals regarding risk and work with them to develop a plan of care for the child. A hints and tips document is attached below for guidance on completing your application form. Disclosure Barring Certificate check All of our new starters, who are appointed to a post which requires a Disclosure Barring Certificate check (DBS), will be recharged for the full cost of the check (DBS checks for volunteers are free of charge). An enhanced DBS check costs £38 and a standard check costs £18 (plus an administration charge of £3.50). If you are a substantive member of staff, the full amount will be taken from your first month's salary. If you are a member of staff on our bank, you will need to repay the full amount from your first salary. We encourage you to register with the DBS update service at an annual cost of £13 (this is mandatory for bank staff). Other important information + We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) and recognise the importance of ensuring our diverse service user population is reflected within our workforce. Unfortunately, we know that, at present, there is underrepresentation of our communities in our workforce. We welcome applications from people from diverse communities to help us grow, learn, be better and consider brilliant innovation diverse people bring. + Priority will be given to applications from existing NHS employees who have an at risk status + This post is on our terms and conditions (T&Cs). If you are an existing employee currently on transferred terms and conditions (i.e. you transferred from another employer and retained their T&Cs) and you are voluntarily applying for this post; if you are successful, you will be employed on our T&Cs + You will be informed about the progress of your application following shortlisting. Only applicants who clearly demonstrate the criteria listed in the person specification will be shortlisted for interview + We will notify you by email if you have been shortlisted or not. Computer access is available at your local job centre or library. Please make sure you check your spam filter/junk folder. If any mail goes to your junk folder please mark it as safe + If you would like to be considered under the disability confident scheme, you will be guaranteed an interview if you meet the essential criteria on the person specification for the post + If you require reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process please phone us on at the earliest opportunity. We will support you to complete your application + We reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date if a sufficient number of applications have been received + Unfortunately we are not able to guarantee the transfer of lease cars, or cover the costs of early termination charges. + We have a strict policy on unsolicited contact from recruitment agencies. Please do not contact our recruiting managers directly.

Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We're really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we're a great place to work. Our ambition is to maximise people's potential and we aim to promote an inclusive environment and improve the diversity of our workforce so our people truly represent the communities we serve.

If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including: 1. Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff. 2. Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance 3. Access to Continued Professional Development 4. Involvement in improvement and research activities 5. Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service 6. Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel If you are Kind, Fair, Ingenious and Determined then we want you to come and join our #PennineCarePeople https://www.penninecare.nhs.uk/values, + We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop. Our ambition is to maximise people's potential and we aim to promote an inclusive environment and improve the diversity of our workforce so our people truly represent the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer. If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including: 1. Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff. 2. Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance 3. Access to Continued Professional Development 4. Involvement in improvement and research activities 5. Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service 6. Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel If you are Kind, Fair, Ingenious and Determined then we want you to come and join our #PennineCarePeople