Mental Health Practitioner (LD Nurse)

The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building newly relocated, and opened on the hospital site.

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

As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.

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:

• Great flexible working opportunities
• Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
• Generous annual leave and pension scheme
• Extensive staff health and well-being programmes

Job overview

1. 5hrs per week

Permanent

The post holder will work as part of a multidisciplinary CAMHS team in Liverpool. They will work to engage children, young people with a learning disability and their families in the therapeutic process, supporting the assessment and implementation, under the supervision of an experienced CAMHS clinician, of complex mental health interventions for children and young people

The post holder will be expected to liaise with external agencies including health, education, social care and the voluntary sector and act as a named key worker to children, young people and families accessing Alder Hey CAMH services. 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.

The post holder will also be responsible for enabling effective and meaningful service user participation in the design and delivery of our services through individual and group engagement, facilitation of events/focus groups, supporting the wider CAMHS participation agenda and that of Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.

The post holder will have the ability to self-reflect and be aware to work within their job remit. They will also attend team meetings, regular supervision and will be willing to joint work cases with all members of the multidisciplinary team

Main duties of the job

• To work directly with children and young people with a learning disability and their families as directed by senior clinicians.
• To maintain patient records (including care plans and risk assessments) in line with trust policy.
• To escalate any risk or safeguarding concerns to senior colleagues and other relevant agencies in line with trust policy.
• To work in the community, including home visits and through agreed activities to positively improve a young person's social and emotional development.
• To work flexibly in order to maximise opportunities for engagement of children, young people and families.
• To develop positive relationships with children, young people and families which actively supports their engagement.
• To identify appropriate activities for young people and develop a local knowledge of youth groups and alternative voluntary projects young people can link with.

Working for our organisation

The post holder will provide a range of appropriate, evidence based clinical interventions informed by assessed individual need.

Alder Hey is signed up to the disability confident scheme and we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the vacancy.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see full Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information and details about this role.

Person specification

Education, training and experience.

• Registered LD Nurse
• Current Registration with NMC

• Completed Preceptorship

Experience

• Experience of working with children and young people and their families in either Health, Social or Education settings
• Experience of working with children and young people who have social, emotional and/or behavioural difficulties
• Experience of the delivery of specific therapeutic interventions to children, young people or their families
• Experience of working and liaising with a wide variety of agencies and stakeholders.
• Experience of working with cultural diverse populations and adapting services to improve access

• Experience of liaising and working effectively with the wider network around the child including educational, social care, family and health.
• Experience of delivering group interventions.

Knowledge

• Understanding of how to work with children and young people who have social, emotional and/or behavioural difficulties
• Knowledge of safeguarding issues and relevant legislation.
• Knowledge of child development

• Knowledge of audit processes

Skills

• Ability to carry out therapeutic mental health interventions with children, their families or parent/carers.
• Assessment and management of children and young people who present with risk.
• Awareness of cultural diversity and ability to incorporate this into care planning and delivery.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work on own initiative, with reference to policies and procedures.

• Skilled at engaging and building relationships with children young people and their families
• Skilled at undertaking holistic assessments of emotional and mental health needs alongside coexisting physical and environmental factors that impact on wellbeing.

We reserve the right to close vacancies without notice when we have received a sufficient number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.

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We actively promote equality and diversity and operate a Zero Tolerance policy to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment.

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