Mental Health Practitioner - Little Plumstead, United Kingdom - Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

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Little Plumstead, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Hi my name is James, I am the Community Team Manager for the CFYP LAAC team and we have a fantastic opportunity for a qualified Mental Health Practitioner to join us.

The CFYP LAAC team works to support the mental health needs of Looked After and Adopted Children, specialising in supporting children who have attachment difficulties or have experienced developmental trauma.

Our work includes working with carers' groups, foster care groups, work with residential care teams and systemic work with families and multi-agency teams always with a clear focus on improving outcomes for children looked after.

If you feel you would enjoy working within in a multi-disciplinary team committed to dividing both direct work and consultation with other professionals, you will be well suited to this role.

The role will involve both direct and indirect work with children, families and the wider system including assessment, intervention, consultation, training, liaison and signposting to other services.

You will be supported to take a creative and ambitious approach to work, in order to ensure that children looked after are able to experience stability and security as they grow up.

The caseload for this role will be predominately in the East of the County.

We are looking for people who see challenges as opportunities and can influence, inspire and energise others, as well as work with people's strengths to strive service improvement and patient experience.

We are looking for a flexible, dynamic, mental health practitioner to work within this small friendly team to join to help truly meet the needs of young people

You will be offered the opportunity to be mentored and coached and be supported with training and development. If you want to make a difference in young people's lives and change it for the better, we want you to be part of our fantastic team

We want you to come join us to help us lead and develop a team using your skills, knowledge and experience as a to make a difference to families in Norfolk and Waveney.

Please find attached our Job Description for more detail on key accountabilities. If you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click apply