Job summary

Job Title: Mental Health Practitioner (or social worker)

Grade: Band 7

Trust: Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust

Location: QE2 Hospital, WGC,

Danestrete Child Development Centre, Stevenage,

St Albans Childrens Centre,

Peace Childrens Centre, Watford

Ward/Dept: PALMS - Intensive Intervention Team

Hours: Full time Flexible

Shift Pattern: Anything from 1-5 days a week (week days only)

Pay Rates Day: £24.70

About the Service:

PALMS (positive behaviour, autism, learning disability and mental health service) works across Hertfordshire providing a specialist multidisciplinary approach to children and young people aged 0-18 who have a global learning disability and/or autistic spectrum disorder and their families. PALMS clinicians comprise a virtual team delivering a consistent service in a variety of community settings.

PALMS is a multi-disciplinary team who provide individually tailored support to help manage a number of concerns experienced at home. The service is available for children and young people up to the age of 18.

Main duties of the job

The Responsibilities

If you are successful in your application to this post, you will be expected to manage and deliver on the responsibilities outlined below as well as those not included here, call today to discuss further:

To provide a comprehensive screening and triage service to CYP and their referrers resulting in safe and appropriate clinical decisions and appropriate intervention.

Timely and effective triaging of all referrals adhering to the service specification, pathways and protocols to support clinical decisions.

To be the first clinical point of contact for referrers and the families who access, or enquire about accessing, PALMS following agreed protocols and guidelines and utilising effective communication skills. The calls can include assessing risk and the priority of the referral.

Ensure that sufficient, accurate and appropriate information is gathered in order to direct the referral to the most appropriate pathway.

To be a point of contact for team members to discuss clinical queries that cannot wait until supervision or peer reflection.

To undertake priority assessments, related to difficulties within the PALMS remit, to determine the needs of the CYP, including whether it is safe for them to return to their home.

About us

In addition to experience, all Qualified roles will be required to provide evidence of

• Relevant Qualifications
• Registration with the relevant Registration Body if applicable.

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