Community Mental Health Practitioner - Band 6

Job summary

Main duties of the job

The role is to ensure our young people moving from CAMHS services into Adult services are sufficiently prepared and supported to navigate adult provision and networks, whilst maintaining their progress and promoting independence. The role is to provide suitable pathway guidance for young adults for all external and internal referrals to mental health services in Wakefield. To provide highly developed and skilled assessment, screening and brief interventions for Service Users aged 18 to 25 in various settings and to signpost and support towards engagement with the relevant resources to meet their needs.

You will be responsible for conducting mental health assessments with all young people referred to the pathway, determining mental health needs and the most appropriate service, pathway or agency to meet the individuals needs. Brief therapeutic intervention is also offered as part of the Young Adult Transitions Pathway.

The aim of the post is to support the successful transition of young people aged 18-25 into appropriate mental health pathways and to enhance the social and mental health outcomes of young people experiencing difficulties as they grow into adulthood. This critical handover often coincides with other major life changes starting university, entering the workforce, or moving away from home making an already challenging time even more so.

Job responsibilities

We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Being a foundation Trust means were accountable to our members, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.

Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment.

We do reserve to right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.