Mental Health Targeted Support Officer - Liverpool, United Kingdom - Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

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Liverpool, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Description

Following a successful bid the North Mersey Region has been selected as a pilot site to implement the Integrated Care Framework (Community) including the establishment of Complex Needs Teams in Liverpool and Sefton.

The intention is to strengthen existing community services and enable collaboration with the vision to facilitate integrated trauma-informed responsive systems.

The target young people are those who present with high-risk/harm behaviours and vulnerability. They are likely to have difficulties which are persistent, severe and framed by social contexts.

This may include involvement in youth justice services, NEET, substance misuse, have multiple adverse childhood experiences, who have a learning disability and/or autism, or who engage in sexually harmful behaviour.

The Framework aims to meet 6 overarching objectives:

Improved CYP wellbeing
Reduction in highrisk behaviours
Reduced mental health concern
Organisations are more traumainformed
Improved purpose/occupation
Improved stability of home

We are looking to recruit Targeted Support Officers into Liverpool and Sefton Complex Needs Teams.

The post holder will be a member of a multidisciplinary team and will work to increase engagement, provide coaching and advocate for CYP and families referred to the Complex Needs Team.

The post holder will also aid CYP and families in navigating services including supporting access to education, employment and training.

Responsibilities include liaising with external professionals on the convening of case formulation meetings, provide support and advice to external professional on preparing genograms and case information summaries, championing trauma informed approach by providing information to colleagues and other agencies to support implementation and delivery.

The post holder will engage children, young people and families in the therapeutic process, supporting the implementation, under the supervision of an experienced CAMHS clinician, of complex mental health interventions.

Under supervision the post holder will carry out effective and evaluated assessments in line with their own knowledge base and the Trust's policies and procedures.

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care to over 275,000 children and young people each year.

In addition to the hospital site located in the West Derby area of Liverpool, Alder Hey has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients' homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man.

The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Alder Park building in the nearby borough of Sefton.

We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites.

We are also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.

You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Childrens NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours.

At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:

Experience and knowledge

Ability to form appropriate relationships with children, young people and families.
Ability to engage and maintain engagement of children, young people and families in the therapeutic process.
Ability to assess, plan and implement a care plan with weekly supervision.
Knowledge and practical understanding of child development.
Experience of working with families with various or multiple socioeconomic difficulties.
Knowledge of behavioural based interventions.
Knowledge and understanding of the needs of children, young people and families with varying or multiple protected characteristics: ethnicity, disability, culture, sexuality, religion etc.
Ability to engage with a team of multidisciplinary professionals both internally and externally in a child/family centred way.
To demonstrate a commitment to working with a diverse group of families and professionals form a variety of backgrounds.
Experience of communicating sensitive issues.
Experience of facilitating groups of young people and enabling their effective participation in service design and development.
Knowledge and experience of safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and the ability to act in accordance with Trust procedures.

Analysis and Judgement in Decision Making

Support the day to day implementation of therapeutic care plans.
Will be able to make judgements to tailor treatment to the needs of the young person and their family. This will include the ability to work flexibly within a variety of settings in order to optimise engagement.
Ability to assess and analyse risk fact