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Senior Mental Health Practitioner - Mental Health Liaison

Oxford Health

Salisbury

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GBP 32,000 - 42,000

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Job summary

A leading mental health service provider in Salisbury seeks a Senior Mental Health Liaison Practitioner to support children and young people within a dynamic multidisciplinary team. The role involves conducting assessments, providing day support, and participating in a 24-hour on-call service. Candidates must have relevant training and experience, particularly in mental health policy and working with young individuals. Opportunities for professional development and a supportive work environment are offered.

Benefits

27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays

Access to tailored learning and development

Competitive pension scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Mental Health First Aiders

Qualifications

Essential: RMN/OT/Social Worker trained in mental health.
Experience with children and young people with mental health needs.
Ability to assess mental health risks and crisis planning.

Responsibilities

Conduct assessments of young people with mental health needs.
Provide support to patients admitted with eating disorders.
Deliver liaison support in a multidisciplinary team.

Skills

Knowledge of mental health and community care legislation

Assessment of mental health risks

Recovery Focused Practice

Working with children and young people

Education

RMN/OT/Social Worker with mental health training

Current registration with relevant professional body

Evidence of continuous professional development

Job overview

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 full time 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.

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 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
Competitive pension scheme
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

Detailed job description and main 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 service’s 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

Essential criteria

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

Desirable criteria

Knowledge and experience of a range motivational interviewing, solution focused therapy and a psychological therapy (i.e. CBT/DBT)

Qualifications – Academic/Skills/Professional

Essential criteria

RMN/OT/Social Worker with mental health training
Current registration with relevant professional body; NMC, HCPC
Evidence of continuous professional development

Desirable criteria

Non-Medical Prescribing qualification
Leadership Training/ Experience

Experience

Essential criteria

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

Desirable criteria