Specialist CYP Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner Sefton, England
Job description
Are you committed to providing high quality, evidenced based care in the form of therapy to children and young people? If so, we want to hear from you.
We are looking for a Specialist Children and Young Person Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners who will work within the Sefton Building Attachment and Bonds Service (BABS) supporting children and families with there Mental Health.
The post-holders will provide interventions ranging from attachment informed therapeutic interventions, video interactive guidance, psychoeducation, parent interventions, training to internal and external partners on relationships and parent infant attachment, along with supporting children and families with mild to moderate anxiety and depression, offering specialist interventions to a caseload of clients.
You will have access to full support from the team Manager and opportunities to develop and grow working in innovative ways.
The post has two elements to it:
The post holder will work within the parent Infant mental health service (BABS) and Children Looked after Team supporting children and families with there mental health and attachment relationships.
The post-holder will also provide interventions ranging from attachment informed therapeutic interventions, video interactive guidance, psychoeducation, parent interventions, training to internal and external partners on relationships and parent infant attachment, along with supporting children and families with mild to moderate anxiety and depression.
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 11 million people.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
CLINICAL
Accept referrals via agreed protocols within the service.
Undertake a patient-centred interview which identifies areas where the person wishes to see change and or recovery and makes an accurate assessment of risk to self and others.
Make decisions on suitability of new referrals, adhering to the department’s referral protocols, refers unsuitable clients on to the relevant service or back to the referral agent as necessary or steps-up the person’s treatment to high intensity psychological therapy.
Provide a range of information and support for evidence based high-volume low-intensity psychological intervention. This work may be face to face, telephone or via other media.
Educate and involve family members/carers if required.
Adhere to an agreed activity contract relating to the overall number of client contacts offered, and clinical sessions carried out per week in order to minimise waiting times and ensure treatment delivery remains accessible and convenient.
Attend multi-disciplinary meetings relating to referrals or clients in treatment, where appropriate.
Complete all requirements relating to data collection within the service.
Keep coherent records of all clinical activity in line with service protocols and use these records and clinical outcome data in clinical decision making.
Work closely with other members of the team ensuring appropriate step-up and step-down arrangements are in place to maintain a stepped care approach.
Assess and integrate issues surrounding work and employment into the overall therapy process.
Operate at all times from an inclusive values base which promotes recovery and recognises and respects diversity.
Prepare and present clinical information for all patients on their caseload to clinical case management supervisors within the service on an agreed and scheduled basis, in line with clinical supervision structure in order to ensure safe practice and the clinical governance obligations of the worker, supervisor and service are delivered.
Respond to and implement supervision suggestions by supervisors in clinical practice.
Engage in and respond to personal development supervision to improve competences and clinical practice.
MANAGERIAL
To monitor, report, understand and be accountable for key performance indicators for specific staff members.
To assist in the preparation of performance reports where appropriate.
To deliver IAPT compliant weekly Case Management Supervision to Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners and CYP IAPT Trainees and provide information useful for the development of clinical / supervision requirements within the service.
To monitor staff training and CPD compliance and make suggestions for staff training and CPD requirements.
To understand how individual actions, tasks and targets contribute to the attainment of overall service goals and articulate these connections to staff members.
To maintain good relationships with professionals from other agencies as relevant for the service.
To attend management team meetings when required.
To be an escalation point for decisions and provide guidance on the suitability of referrals, risk and incidents within the service.
To keep abreast of developments within the field of primary care mental health and make suggestions on service development as appropriate.
To assist on implementing, advocating and articulating changes within the service.
To articulate group and professional values to staff members.
PROFESSIONAL
Ensure the maintenance of standards of practice according to the employer and any regulating, and keep up to date on new recommendations/guidelines set by the department of health (e.g. NHS plan, National Service Framework, National Institute for Clinical Excellence).
Ensure that client confidentiality is protected at all times.
Be aware of, and keep up to date with advances in the spheres of treatment for common mental health problems.
Ensure clear objectives are identified, discussed and reviewed with senior therapists on a regular basis as part of continuing professional development.
Participate in individual performance review and respond to agreed objectives.
Keep up to date all records in relation to Continuing Professional Development and ensure personal development plan maintains up to date specialist knowledge of latest theoretical and service delivery models/developments.
Attend relevant conferences / workshops in line with identified professional objectives.
To contribute to the development of best practice within the service.
To maintain up-to-date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and procedures in relation to Mental Health and Primary Care Services.
