Senior Mental Health Practitioner

HIOW Healthcare; Newport; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the United Kingdom is seeking a Band 6 Senior Mental Health Practitioner to support the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service. This role involves providing time-limited interventions for children and young people within the Youth Justice Service, collaborating with a multi-disciplinary team to enhance mental health and reduce re-offending risks. Candidates should demonstrate experience in mental health support and effective teamwork, ensuring continuity of care and support for vulnerable individuals. Join us to contribute to innovative psychological solutions!

Qualifications

• Experience in providing mental health interventions to young individuals.
• Ability to work with multidisciplinary teams effectively.
• Skills in developing exit strategies for ongoing support.

Responsibilities

• Provide time-limited mental health interventions for young individuals.
• Support children facing mental health challenges connected to YJS.
• Liaise with service providers for continuous support.

Skills

Intervention strategies

Mental health support

Collaboration with multidisciplinary teams

Job description

We are recruiting for a Band 6 Senior Mental Health Practitioner to join our multidisciplinary Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) as our YJS Senior Mental Health Practitioner.

The Youth Justice Service (YJS) is a multi-disciplinary team which works with children and young people aged 10 -17 years old who have offended and are made subject to a range of community and custodial disposals.

The YJS Senior Mental Health Practitioner will support children and young people by providing time-limited interventions, who are known to the YJS and are experiencing mental health and wellbeing difficulties, as part of an overall plan to reduce their risk of re-offending, harm to others and vulnerability.

This may include signposting or liaison with other service providers, and establishing exit strategies (via onward referral) to ensure ongoing support is available where it is deemed necessary. You will be supported by being co-managed by both CAMHS and the YJS manager, receive regular supervision and access to a wide range of professionals including mental health nurses, social workers, OT, associate practitioners, Psychologists, Psychotherapists, family therapist, CBT therapists, Creative Arts Therapists and consultant psychiatrists.

We pride ourselves in delivering high quality and innovative psychological solutions, working collaboratively with children, young people and their families to deliver dynamic and evidence-based therapies.