CCETT Senior Practitioner
Job Description
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has become available for a Band 6 Practitioner to join our award-winning team in CCETT South, working within a busy crisis and home treatment service covering the south of the county.
The team are well established and provide crisis, home treatment and enhanced treatment to children and young people experiencing a deterioration in their mental health, and in some cases at risk of hospital admission.
You will need to be able to drive as work is across the county, and based on the team sharing a caseload of CYP. CYP urgent care also works closely with our CAMHS MHLS who are based between CCETT and the acute hospitals and has a range of Multi-disciplinary professionals working across Urgent care to support our most vulnerable young people who are at risk of admission.
Main duties of the job
Shift co-ordinator role within the team- based on allocation of role fairly among senior practitioners.
Assessment, liaison, risk and care planning skills.
Ability to work with CYP and their families to ensure a collaborative approach to care. Home treatment and provide therapy and risk management in the community.
Access and provide supervision to peers.
Attend MDTS, business and team meetings and engage proactively in discussion about service development.
Provide daily leadership to peers and support the team with managing high risk cases.
About us
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.
You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!
We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.
Whether you're taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has arange of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that's friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life.Visitbeinlincolnshire.comto find out more.
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.
When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:
Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy
Competitive annual leave allowance
Car leasing scheme
NHS pension scheme
Free eye tests
Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme
Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post graduate professional with current registration
- Mentorship Module (degree level)
- Evidence of specialised continued professional training in clinical practice
Desirable
- Leadership training Training in Dialectical behavioural therapy (DBT) or Family systemic practices
Experience
Essential
- Relevant experience of working with people with mental health needs.
- Experience of working with individuals in crisis
- Experience of working with people with severe and enduring mental illnesses
- Experience of managing and developing staff including supervision
Desirable
- Experience of working with children and young people
Skills and Competences
Essential
- Expert knowledge of Child Care legislation, Safeguarding, Mental Health Act, Care Programme Approach and Risk Assessment
- Good knowledge of current local and national strategies concerning CAMHS, Children's Services and mental health
- Good understanding of child and adolescent development, risk assessment and risk management of young people in crisis.
- Experience of using evidence based practice
- Ability to work both as a member of a team and autonomously and to manage own and other colleagues anxieties
- Sound knowledge of clinical/risk assessment and understanding of Information Governance principles.
- Highly developed communication skills
- Ability to delegate whilst maintaining overall responsibility for service users care, where appropriate.
- Highly motivated & able to engage with service users & carers to improve outcomes
- Well-developed IT skills
- Excellent time management skills, organisational skills, ability to work under pressure and to manage own and other workloads efficiently.
Special Requirements
Essential
- Able to travel around the county independently and in a timely manner
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address
The Galaxy Suite, The Archway Centre
Boston West Business Park, Sleaford Road
Boston
PE21 8EG
United Kingdom
