Senior Mental Health Practitioner

Are you looking for a role where you can make a real difference to the lives of children, young people and their families? With a big national focus on improving services for children and young people's mental health and wellbeing, there has never been a better time to join Oxford Health CAMHS and make a positive difference to children and young people's life chances. If you're a Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapists or Social Worker , we're looking for you to join our Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service team based at Salisbury CAMHS, Swindon and support the delivery of our Mental Health Liaison provision. As a Senior Mental Health Liaison Practitioner you will work closely with our Liaison Lead and deliver Hospital Liaison at the acute district general hospital in Salisbury. You will provide day-to-day liaison and clinical support for the Liaison Service and ensure a consistent, responsive, high quality and user-friendly service is delivered. You will have the opportunity to make an active and meaningful contribution to our exciting service modernisation and redesign that is based on the 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. You can start getting to know about us by having a look at our recruitment video: BSW RECRUITMENT - YouTube Main duties of the job Salisbury CAMHS is a supportive multidisciplinary team who offer assessment, treatment, and consultation either in the clinic base or out in the community. In this role, you will undertake comprehensive assessments of young people with mental health needs who present to the acute District General Hospital in Salisbury. Risk assessment and management including the need for positive risk taking is an important part of the role. You can expect a comprehensive induction programme, including a range of shadowing opportunities to fully support the post holder in the role, ongoing in-house training and opportunities to attend external trainings. The team fully supports and delivers regular managerial, professional, peer, clinical, and safeguarding supervision to build upon confidence, competence, and commitment to developing self and the role. About us 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 progression Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers Lease car scheme Cycle to work scheme Employee Assistance Programme Mental Health First Aiders Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply) Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team Job responsibilities Assessment of deliberate self-harm Support to patients admitted with an eating disorder Contribute a psycho-social perspective to patients admitted Provide day support and consultation to hospital staff where a mental health need is identified Identify and provide CAMHS training (this may involve other CAMHS colleagues) Provide a link to CAMHS within the acute District General Hospital. Within the team, we work on a flexible working pattern within the multi-disciplinary team to provide cover for a core day 8am-8pm Monday-Friday and 10am-6pm Saturday Sunday and Bank Holidays. The flexible working patterns allows team members to work hours flexibly and for days off during the week. You will participate in covering the services 24 hour on call service on a rota basis. There is a robust system of support available from on call colleagues including the manager, consultant psychiatrist and senior manager on call. For more information or to arrange an informal visit please do contact us. We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the supporting statement element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview. We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values. Person Specification Knowledge Requirements Knowledge of mental health and community care legislation and policy Knowledge of Recovery Focused Practice Knowledge of Safeguarding policy and procedures Knowledge and experience of assessing mental health risks and safety/crisis planning Knowledge and experience of a range motivational interviewing, solution focused therapy and a psychological therapy (i.e. CBT/DBT) Qualifications - Academic/Skills/Professional RMN/OT/Social Worker with mental health training Current registration with relevant professional body; NMC, HCPC Evidence of continuous professional development Leadership Training/ Experience Experience Experience as a Band 5, or equivalent, Mental Health professional Understanding and experience of working with children and young people with a wide range of mental health needs or relevant Mental Health experience Experience of and commitment to working in a multi-agency setting working in partnership with a range of health, social care and education professionals Experience of working with young adults or young people or experience of working in a community setting Experience of care coordination/role of Lead Professional Ability to carry out assessments and psycho-social interventions Experience of providing training/supervision for junior staff and students on placement 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. £38,682 to £46,580 a yearPer annum | pro-rata #J-18808-Ljbffr