Description
Are you an experienced mental health clinician ready to make a real impact? Join our innovative team and champion mental health within Hertfordshire's Youth Justice Service.
You'll lead on assessing and addressing the mental health needs of young people involved in the criminal justice system, delivering specialist interventions and managing a varied caseload. Working autonomously, you'll collaborate with youth justice, social care and health professionals to ensure young people receive the right support at the right time.
As the service's mental health expert, you'll provide specialist advice, consultation and training to colleagues across the Youth Justice Service and wider Hertfordshire system, helping build knowledge, strengthen partnerships and improve outcomes for young people.
This is an exciting opportunity for a clinician with strong leadership, communication and decision-making skills to develop their expertise in a challenging yet hugely rewarding area of practice.
Main duties of the job
- Assess the health and mental health needs of children open to the Youth Justice Service.
- Lead on specialist mental health assessments and provide expert clinical advice.
- Manage a defined caseload and deliver tailored interventions to young people involved in the criminal justice system.
- Develop, implement and evaluate individualised care plans.
- Work collaboratively with youth justice, social care and health professionals to coordinate appropriate support and referrals.
- Provide specialist consultation, guidance and training to youth justice colleagues and wider health professionals, including GPs, school nurses and CYPMHS teams.
Benefits
- Competitive salary: £51,657 to £58,785 per annum, pro rata (inclusive of 5% HCAS)
- Permanent, full-time position
- Opportunities for professional development and growth
Requirements
- RMN/RN (MH) / Social Work Qualification/ HCPC Registered
- BSc in Mental Health Practice or equivalent or substantial Post qualifying experience in CYPMHS
- Mentoring and assessing students qualification
- Significant and relevant experience of working with children with mental health difficulties
- Significant experience of community focused care
- Multi-professional working/case management
- Complex knowledge of legislation and policy regarding the provision of Mental Health care/services and other relevant legislation