Mental Health Specialist - LD/ASC
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This role likely qualifies for a Skilled Worker visa
SOC 2234 (75% match) is an eligible occupation, and Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust is a licensed sponsor. That is our reading of the rules. Whether they issue a Certificate of Sponsorship is still their call.
This could also be SOC 2235 (Registered mental health nurses, Registered mental health nurse if post requires nursing registration). We read the code off the advert, so it is our best guess, not the employer's.
About the role
As a specialist practitioner you will be responsible for leading multi-agency plans to support CYP.
You will deliver therapeutic intervention to meet the needs of CYP and complete appropriate safety plans.
As a specialist mental health practitioner you will be key in developing and supporting local pathways of care and support and evaluation of services and training to the wider system.
You will also offer consultation this includes working with CSC, Education and third sector organisations and is a very important aspect to our work.
This post is subject to an enhanced with children’s and adult’s barred list Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check.
As a Specialist Mental Health Practitioner, the post holder will provide a specialised role in the development and implementation of services and care pathways for children and young people with mental health [CYPMH] ,and Learning Disability / Autistic Spectrum Conditions [ ASC] problems within the THRIVE Framework for service delivery.
The post holder will be expected to provide specialist interventions, advice, consultancy and supervision to both colleagues and colleagues within external partner agencies in line with THRIVE.
As the post is identified within the CYPMH strategy, it is expected the role will continue to develop in line with national and local initiatives.
The post holder will demonstrate an attitude which respects and values service users’ and their carers. The post holder will embrace the core values of the organisation and adopt the principles of Recovery and THRIVE.
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.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfec
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Will Stringer Job title: Team Manager Email address: will.stringer@merseycare.nhs.uk Telephone number: 01925 575904
This description is the source posting as it read when we added it. We are not affiliated with Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, so check their own site for the current details.
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