Mental Health Practitioner

Main duties of the job Key Responsibilities: Providing consultation to SYJS practitioners where mental health concerns are identified for children and young people open to the service. Consider young peoples presenting mental health needs and the most suitable response. Provide advice and guidance to the SYJS practitioner for working with a young person presenting with emotional wellbeing or mental health needs. Undertaking direct assessments with children, young people and their families. Determining appropriate treatment response plans, whether that be a time-limited intervention the post holder delivers (typically limited to 12 weeks) or consider the most suitable onwards service to meet the young persons needs Supporting the SYJS team through the provision of training and development opportunities. Delivering brief evidence-based interventions, informed by robust formulation of the child or young persons presenting difficulties and needs. Key Service Aims To ensure that vulnerable children aged 0-18 years experiencing emotional or mental health problems have access to timely, integrated, high quality, support from a mental health professional and/or access to suitable referral pathways to specialist mental health assessment, treatment and support for them and their families. Assessment for those with mild-moderate mental health difficulties based upon an outline of concerns identified by Suffolk Youth Justice Service practitioner and in collaboration with the young person and their family/carer network. Signposting or referring on to appropriate services, or transfer to the appropriate mental health team or Forensic CAMHS for those young people whose mental health or forensic needs are more complex or can be better met elsewhere. Provide a face-to-face service for those who dont meet criteria for other mental health services, for either individuals or family, provided they fit the remit of the role and are early and brief in intervention, typically no longer than a 12-session episode. Job description Job responsibilities Main duties of the job Key Responsibilities: Providing consultation to SYJS practitioners where mental health concerns are identified for children and young people open to the service. Consider young peoples presenting mental health needs and the most suitable response. Provide advice and guidance to the SYJS practitioner for working with a young person presenting with emotional wellbeing or mental health needs. Undertaking direct assessments with children, young people and their families. Determining appropriate treatment response plans, whether that be a time-limited intervention the post holder delivers (typically limited to 12 weeks) or consider the most suitable onwards service to meet the young persons needs Supporting the SYJS team through the provision of training and development opportunities. Delivering brief evidence-based interventions, informed by robust formulation of the child or young persons presenting difficulties and needs. Key Service Aims To ensure that vulnerable children aged 0-18 years experiencing emotional or mental health problems have access to timely, integrated, high quality, support from a mental health professional and/or access to suitable referral pathways to specialist mental health assessment, treatment and support for them and their families. Assessment for those with mild-moderate mental health difficulties based upon an outline of concerns identified by Suffolk Youth Justice Service practitioner and in collaboration with the young person and their family/carer network. Signposting or referring on to appropriate services, or transfer to the appropriate mental health team or Forensic CAMHS for those young people whose mental health or forensic needs are more complex or can be better met elsewhere. Provide a face-to-face service for those who dont meet criteria for other mental health services, for either individuals or family, provided they fit the remit of the role and are early and brief in intervention, typically no longer than a 12-session episode.