Assistant Practitioner - Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom - Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
2 weeks ago
Description
Would you like to work in a team that strives to keep children and young people out of inpatient units and stay within the community? Giving them intense support, encourage positive futures and giving them the opportunities to be able to manage in adult life.
Then CATAT might be for you We have 1x 37.5hrs post and 1x 30hrs post
CATAT have been commissioned to support Children and Young People (CYP) under the age of 18 within the Norfolk and Suffolk locality.
The aim of this team is to prevent CYP from having inpatient admissions wherever possible, and to support them and their family in the community.
The team will serve as a gateway in and out of Tier 4 (T4) provision so CYP will be able to access T4 provision / support without the need for admission.
This is a significant change in both the clinical offer and culture.
CATAT look at being preventative rather than a reactive intervention to enable admission avoidance being more successful we do this by using the Ambit & Thrive models this aids and supports stabilisation as well as the system around the child.
What will CATAT offer.
Consultation/Advice
Ensure that children & young people in Norfolk & Suffolk access care in the least restrictive environment possible.
Face to face community-based visits
Attending MDT, LEAPs, CETRs, MALMs, Linking in with inpatient and acute wards.
Therapeutic interventions and approaches in relation to the expressed mental health needs of the CYP. Such as emotional regulation, DBT skills, AMBIT technics, risk management.
Systemic approach to working with CYP, families, carers, and wider professional networks.
Promote joined up working and liaison with other involved services and teams across mental and physical health and children's services.
(The above list is not exhaustive, merely a starting point to show you what we do)
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other.
In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.
Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey.
We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.
Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park.
You will be expected to drive to various locations as we do cover a large geographical area which is both Suffolk and Norfolk.
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY
Some of the benefits you can expect:
- NHS pension
- career progression
- starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
- staff physio service
- NHS discounts and many more.
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