Senior Mental Health Practitioner - Worthing, United Kingdom - Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust

Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust

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Worthing, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Based across West Sussex

As a DLT Senior Mental Health Practitioner you will work a shift pattern covering the hours of 9.00am - 8.00pm Monday to Friday and 10.00am to 6.00pm weekends and public holidays.

You will be supporting young people and their carers who are presenting with a mental health crisis across a range of settings; in General Hospitals, CAMHS Offices, online/ via phone and occasionally at home.

This is a developing service and there will be an opportunity in this role to deliver therapeutic interventions alongside crisis care planning and management.

You will be supporting young people who are waiting for interventions from tier 3 CAMHS as part of the duty role as well as those presenting to General Hospitals in crisis.

To contribute to the day to day leadership of a clinical team providing a high quality service within the resources available in a defined area, and specifically to deliver on the following key areas.

To offer specialist mental health assessments to Young People who present in crisis during the hours of the service.

This role includes both Community CAMHS Duty and A&E Liaison work on a rotating shift basis covering a 7 day rota.

Assessment includes care and safety planning, risk assessment and management and facilitating safe discharge.

In line with COVID safe practice and service developments these assessments may be offered using remote platforms for appropriate referrals as well as some face to face work.

Where clinically indicated to provide a single intervention model to CYP not currently open to CAMHS.

You will also be expected to offer 7 day follow up appointments where indicated and act as Lead Practitioner as part of the duty team if required.

This role involves liaising with other agencies and professionals and developing ongoing positive working relationships with them to support young people who present in crisis.

The role aims to reduce the number of presentations and admissions to acute hospitals and to reduce length of stay and facilitate discharge once physical health needs have been addressed.

You will act as a liaison to acute care colleagues for YP with MH needs that are admitted to A&E or acute paediatric wards.

It will be your responsibility to provide specialist mental health assessments and interventions to these young people and to provide advice and consultation on appropriate mental health care planning to support a holistic care and discharge plan (including risk and safety).