Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Mental Health Practitioner
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An exciting opportunity for a mental health practitioner at Knowsley CYPMHS Team
The successful candidate will be enthusiastic and able to work well autonomously and as part of a team.
We care for children and young people with varying mental health issues, providing treatment and therapy to them and their families/carers using the think family approach.
We work towards the THRIVE model of care and work very closely with our partners across the borough so excellent communication skills and organisation is essential in this role. Although we would prefer someone with experience, Mersey Care NHS FT offers a fantastic preceptorship programme which can help newly qualified clinicians develop their experience and skills effectively within the first 12 months.
Key Responsibilities
- Hold a caseload of CYP to coordinate their care and treatment
- Assess new cases to ascertain suitability
- Act as part of an MDT to deliver evidence-based treatments and therapies
- Liaise with outside agencies to coordinate care
- Act as an advocate for children and young people in your care ensuring the voice of the child is heard
- Attend meetings and events to develop experience and skills as well as share relevant information
- Attend and assist with training
- Ensure safeguarding is considered at every opportunity and follow policies and procedures in relation to any safeguarding concerns
- Ensure policies and procedures of Mersey Care NHS FT are followed at all times to ensure safe delivery of care.
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About Us
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
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.
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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.
Flexible Working
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Kerry Hughes
Job title: Clinical Lead
Email address: kerry.hughes@merseycare.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 0151 351 8610
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