mental health counselor Lichfield, England
Job description
To offer an extended service to ensure an appropriate assessment of mental health need for children and young people in mental health crisis and in need of appropriate intensive support ensuring the delivery of safe and effective practice as part of the wellbeing and recovery action plan. You will work directly with children and young people with mental health needs and their families, carrying out assessments (including risk management) and effective treatment and/or interventions, with the aim of helping children and young people participate in normal family and community activities and to facilitate positive outcomes of care in relation to young people’s mental health needs. The role will also facilitate hospital admission avoidance and seamless transitions between services where appropriate. You will participate in the education and management of junior staff.
1. Delivery of holistic assessment, intensive support and treatment for the identified community client group and within a multi-disciplinary team.
2. Support for hospital admission avoidance and facilitation of, timely discharge from hospital.
3. This is an extended service, 8am – 10pm, which will involve shift working, including weekends and bank holidays
4. To coordinate the workload of the team on an as required basis.
5. To provide an active involvement in the assessment, development, implementation and evaluation of CYP care which focuses on ensuring that CYP are supported to remain in their own homes wherever hospitalisation can be safely and appropriately avoided.
By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;
- Supporting your career development and progression
- Excellent NHS Pension scheme
- Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- Options for flexible working
- Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
- Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
- If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
- Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
- Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, milage paid at business rate s
- Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
- Free car parking at all trust sites
- Free flu vaccinations every year
- Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)
What we ask from you
Working in a multi-disciplinary team , you will
- Provide specialist assessment, care planning and risk management to children, young people and families.
- Evaluate treatment plans and undertake discharge planning
- Triage and assess referrals received by the service in liaison with multi-disciplinary colleagues
- Co-ordinate the work of the Team
- Respond to and inform referrers / other professionals and responsible adults as necessary on decisions, care plans, policy and best practice
- You are a registered Mental Health Nurse, that conforms to the NMC requirements
- You work well as part of a multi-disciplinary team, and enjoy developing and training others
- You have some experience of working with children, young people and families, and have completed post registration training in some of these areas
- Managing stressful situations in a calm manner, in order to achieve the best result for the child, young person and family
- Post registration training on psychological interventions
- You are friendly, approachable and work well with children, young people and families
