Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner - Bristol

at  Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

Are you a Qualified Nurse who would like to work with young people aged 10-17 in a Secure Children’s Home?
Vulnerable children are placed in Secure Children Homes when they are remanded to custody by the courts or are serving a custodial sentence. They usually have a range of complex needs and may have missed a lot of education , have unmet emotional and physical health needs and have suffered a great deal of trauma in their lives. SCHs provide a safe place where these vulnerable children can receive the care, education and support they need, with the aim of encouraging them to develop a range of personal skills, supported by changes in behaviour and attitude, which will enable them to manage safely and responsibly when they return to the wider community.
The Mental Health Practitioner role at Vinney Green Secure Children’s Home is focused on developing meaningful therapeutic relationships based on trust, acceptance and understanding whilst empowering young people aged 10 to 17 years old that are on their criminal justice pathway. The role is to complete Assessments with all new young people that are admitted to Vinney Green Secure Children’s Home using the Comprehensive Health Assessment Tool – CHAT. The Mental Health Practitioner will jointly provide appropriate, effective interventions alongside the Multi- Disciplinary Team, Residential and Education staff.
To deliver high quality, compassionate and evidence-based care to young people during their stay at Vinney Green Secure children’s Home using a broad range of interventions and person-centered approaches which promote health and independence.
To take responsibility for assessing and planning, implementing and evaluating interventions as part of a multi-disciplinary Health and Wellbeing Team delivering a co-ordinated package of care tailored to individual needs.
The Health and Wellbeing Team is hosted by South Gloucestershire Council at Vinney Green Secure Children’s Home and works alongside the Care and Education Teams to help and support young people during their time in the Home. The team is composed of Psychologists, Mental Health Practitioners, a Substance Misuse Practitioner, and Occupational Therapist and a Speech and Language Therapist as well as a Team Leader and a Team Administrator, all employed by AWP. Physical healthcare and input into the team is provided by a doctor and nurse employed by another organisation.
We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust) a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care. Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.
At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
To work autonomously and be accountable for own clinical practice and professional development in line with NMC standards, ensuring professional supervision from a fully registered nurse when
To adhere to professional codes of conduct ensuring skills and competencies are maintained and to receive clinical and management supervision
To participate in local host team arrangements in order to ensure consistent care in a collaborative manner
To recognise and works within the limits of competence, actively seeking to develop own skills and knowledge
To ensure that all young people have appropriate individualised Care Plans, assessments, management strategies, risk assessments, providing accurate feedback to the multi- disciplinary team and Review as
To personally build hope, inspiring relationships with the young people who live at Vinney Green Secure Children’s Home, which acknowledges their personal journey and focuses on strengths and
To demonstrate effective approaches to monitoring signs and symptoms of physical, mental, cognitive, behavioural and emotional distress, deterioration or improvement and reviews, reassesses care needs as
To evaluating the effectiveness of assessments and interventions and delivery and discusses and agrees changes to the plan of care with the Multi-Disciplinary Team as required.
To identify affective means of the young people managing their own thoughts and feelings De-escalation and listening
To actively involve young people in their care, encouraging independence and supporting them to improve and maintain their mental and physical health and
To respects the privacy, dignity, needs, beliefs, choices and preferences of young people
To obtain the appropriate consent for the identified care to be undertaken, ensuring the young person has a good understanding and knowledge of the decision-making process and is provided with accurate and appropriate
To maintain clear and accurate individual records using several different IT systems and maintain your own workload making full use of electronic
To recognise and effectively responds to emergency situations using escalation protocols in a timely and appropriate manner and protect the young people from abuse in line with policies and procedures and be competent in restrictive practice models
To work in accordance with local policy and practice, including safeguarding and raising concerns.
To demonstrate excellent communication and negotiation skills in situations which may be highly sensitive and emotive, underpinned by the principles of data protection, dignity and confidentiality.
To work as an effective member of the multi-disciplinary team, actively developing team and interdisciplinary relationships.
To provide support, guidance, training to others and show a willingness to support practices which foster and maintain effective team workin

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