Children & Young People Senior Primary Care MH Practitioner - Band 6

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To lead on the liaison relationship between Rise CYP Mental Health services and Primary Care. Your role will be to support clinical decisions and discussions for CYP who are not known to Rise services or those who are open to Rise Mental health care so as to support GPs who need advice. You will lead in the approach to review CYP referred from primary care and assess where there needs can be best met. Your role will involve offering professional advice, joint support, and advice to aid discussions on CYP needs in primary care who have been discharged or not engaged with Rise services, ensuring that the needs of the CYP are navigated to the right place alongside the GP.The role will provide an opportunity to support primary care and increase access for clinically evidence based interventions for mild to moderate MH needs of CYP. The roles will enhance CYP journeys and create better joint working across primary care and CYP mental health care services.To offer brief interventions to CYP who have mild to moderate mental health needs in their community. The role will include delivering low intensity Evidence based interventions with some short term case management. You will in your role co lead on the youth worker role as part of the PCN offer as well as work closely with social prescribers and other professionals within the PCNs multi-disciplinary teams, to support the CYP to access the right services in the right place and at the right time.To provide support to the locality PCNs as part of a team to ensure patients are seen and provided support/interventions/therapies based on needs chairing the referral meeting and ensuring relevant actions are coordinated to support plans of care for CYP.The post holder will be a resource of clinical knowledge and competence in the service area. The post holder will be expected to supervise other staff.Provide dedicated support and presence within primary care settings Build long-term relationships and improve communications with primary care colleagues and other stakeholders.For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.Are you a Mental Health Practitioner looking for an exciting opportunity to be part of a new Children and Young Peoples mental health initiative?Do you have a passion to support CYP Mental Health needs by increasing access to early intervention and Evidence based programmes of care?Then we would love to hear from you.This band 6 role would suit a Mental Health Nurse, Social worker, Occupational Therapist, CBT practitioner with CYP experience or Senior Childrens Wellbeing Practitioner.In return we can offer: -

• Ongoing opportunities for further training eg . Postgraduate study with Reading and Coventry Universities.
• Regular clinical, management supervision and appraisal
• Flexible working patterns and hours, which will include some virtual working
• Opportunities for creative specialised or shared roles
• Reflective practice and complex case discussion groups
• Friendly experienced MDT settings
• A service that is at the forefront of development with opportunities to lead transformation
• A chance to be part of a service with a “Good” CQC rating, QNCC (Quality Network Community CAMHS) membership and CORC (Child Outcome Research Consortium) accreditation

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Rachel Nightingale Job title: Clinical Lead Email address: rachael.nightingale@covwarkpt.nhs.uk Telephone number: 024 76961585For Any Queries About This Post Please ContactRachael Nightingale (Clinical lead PMHT)Tel: 07584 103724