Young People's Transition Practitioner - London, United Kingdom - HF Mencap

HF Mencap

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

beBee Recruiter

Description

Job Title:
Young People's Transition Practitioner

Salary:
£27,000 per year

Responsible to:
Chief Executive Hammersmith and Fulham Mencap and Senior YPTP

Clinical Consultation:
Clinical Psychologist West London Mental Health Trust

Hours: 36 hours per week

Company is actively interviewing for this position._
Applications will be accepted until 21st March 2023 however we reserve the right to close the advert early should the position be filled._

Context:

This role is commissioned by the CCG.

Following four successful years in Hammersmith & Fulham the project is set to continue to run for a further 18 months across 3 London Boroughs during and be led and managed by HF Mencap with support from the CCG, CAMHS, and adult and children's social care services.

CAMHS and Social Care colleagues form an important part in the referral, liaison, and delivery of services to families (for example clinical consultation, joint group work, and appointments with families), accountability for any services delivered to families by the post-holder will be held solely by HF Mencap.

***
Purpose of the Job:To work with Hammersmith and Fulham Mencap to deliver a transition service to young people aged and their families, with a learning disability or Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD), in transition, who also have a mental health disorder. The core purpose of this role is to ensure young people are accessing mental health services.

The role involves supporting 14-21-year olds with a learning disability and/or Autistic Spectrum Disorder, who also have a mental health disorder, as they make the transition from child to adult services, higher education, or employment.

The role will involve working directly with the young person and their family to develop person-centered transition plans and provide transition support.

Such support may include supporting the person with uncertainty surrounding transition and appropriate pathways, the complexity around multiple service involvement, the complexity around additional medical needs, and/or the need for additional signposting to other services.

These might be young people who are doing quite well academically but who lack the required social or living skills to go to university, for instance.

Other cases might involve young people with additional medical needs moving hospitals.

The practitioner works with them and their families to develop an integrated pathway, signposting where they can get the skills or support to get them where they want and need to be.

Key core agencies that will interface with the service include:

CAMHS Services, particularly HF Specialist CAMHS Team.
Disabled Children's Team (DCT).
Adult Learning Disability Teams (ALDT).
Adult Mental Health Teams.
Adult Autism Team.
Voluntary Sector Agencies.
Parent Representative Groups.
Youth Development Project.
Special Schools and Colleges.
Adult IAPT & Clinical Psychologist colocated with ALDT.
GP's.
Child Development Centres, including Community Pediatrics and Psychology.
SEND Team.

Main duties:

Identify young people, with learning disabilities or Autism with mental health disorders over the age of 14 who will be transitioning into adult services, education, or employment.
Create a personcentered plan for young people to be supported to transition successfully.
Provide the opportunity to support young people to access voluntary sector services in the local community
Identify beneficial life skills support to young people that aid them to access employment, further education, and housing and to develop a social network.
Work in partnership with the local parent forum to support families of children within this cohort.
To work in partnership with other agencies to help remove barriers and increase opportunities for this cohort.
To attend meetings and forums and to raise awareness of the issues faced by this cohort
To work by HF Mencap Policies and Procedures.
To carry out the duties of the post within an equal opportunities framework.
To be aware of the issues of culture, race, age, gender, class, sexuality, and disability and to challenge prejudicial attitudes and discriminatory behavior
To maintain effective records and contribute to monitoring processes. To ensure case records accurately reflect the activities carried out on behalf of service users.
To work as part of the HF Mencap team and attend meetings and other events as appropriate.
Attend line management supervision and clinical consultation regularly and participate in the appraisal process.
To undertake any other duties as may be required as a team member of HF Mencap.
Attend H&F CAMHS NDLD team meetings monthly at a minimum (held weekly)
Attend any other meetings as appropriate
To signpost families and Young People to other relevant services, and to escalate risk issues where appropriate to the local adult and child safeguarding agenci