Assistant Practitioner - Urgent Care

Job summary

Main duties of the job

You will work directly with children, young people, and families to support assessment, safety planning, and targeted intervention. This includes contributing to observations, gathering information to inform clinical decision-making, and delivering structured sessions under the supervision of qualified clinicians.

The role involves: Supporting the assessment of young people presenting with high levels of distress or complexity Contributing to risk assessments and safety plans Delivering brief therapeutic and practical interventions as agreed with the MDT Supporting care planning and reviewing goals with young people and their families Working collaboratively with schools, social care, and wider services Maintaining accurate, timely documentation in line with CFHD standards

This is a dynamic and rewarding role where you will play a key part in helping young people stay safely in the community and avoid escalation to inpatient care.

Job responsibilities

Successful applicants will be employed by Devon Partnership Trust (https://jobs.dpt.nhs.uk/locations/working-here )

Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) comprises an Alliance of NHS organisations working together to improve health outcomes for children and young people in Devon.

CFHD provides integrated care and treatment for children and young people across physical and mental health. We are working closely with other organisations and providers to ensure we deliver locality and county-wide based integrated access to all of our services, based on the i-Thrive Framework, in response to consultation with our service users and communities.

CFHD works closely with our local universities of Plymouth, Exeter & the Peninsula Medical School where we support students in clinical training placements and in addition support our own staff to undertake post graduate training.

Our integrated care and treatment has been developed and refined in partnership with children, young people and their families/carers.

Our children and young people say

We would like the people who work for Children and Family Health Devon to be understanding, patient and respectful. They should be trustworthy and make us feel safe and comfortable. It is important that they use their skills and experience to listen carefully in a non-patronising and non-judgemental way. When staff are positive and friendly, they help to create an environment that is informal and without pressure.