Band 7
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time – 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 246-CFYPC3898489
- Site
- 80 St Stephens Road
- Town
- Norwich
- Salary
- £40,057 – £45,839 gross per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 20/02/2022 23:59
At any one time, around 23,000 people in Norfolk and Suffolk are receiving care and attention from the Trust. We believe in whole life care – seeing people in the context of their whole lives, understanding the importance of good physical health, friends, family, spirituality, culture, home, work, education and a sense of purpose and achievement to experience good mental health.
Nearly 3,200 full and part-time practitioners care for our service users in hospitals, in the community and in their own homes, whilst an additional 900+ staff provide non-clinical support, including cleaning, delivering supplies, ward administration, information technology, human resources and financial services.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.
We are committed to delivering quality driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we’d love you to join us!
We will consider flexible working arrangements for our roles, please indicate in your application if this is something you require
If you would like to view our Employee Handbook, please follow the link provided under ‘Further links’.
JOB DESCRIPTION/PERSON SPECIFICATION
Please read the job description/person specification carefully and ensure your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience needed.
YOUR APPLICATION
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Job overview
Is your passion working creatively with children and families? Looking for a role with flexible working opportunities? Want to be part of a team that has a positive impact for many young people’s first experience with Mental Health Services?
We are excited to offer a new role within our Under 18’s Crisis Service as a Specialist Safeguarding Lead supporting young people and their families across Norfolk and Waveney.
This is a Band 7 peripatetic role across Norfolk and Waveney.
The CAIST (Crisis, Assessment and Intensive Support Team) service has 3 teams based across Norfolk & Waveney and currently offers an 08.00 to 20.00 service 7 days a week.
We work with the wider Children Families Young People (CFYP) Core teams in Norfolk and Waveney, to provide specialist evidence based mental health interventions, for children/ young people under 18 in crisis. As a CAIST practitioner you will work with parents, children and partner agencies in both the statutory and voluntary sectors.
This practitioner will be an expert in safeguarding, including domestic abuse, neglect, hoarding, radicalisation, exploitation and abuse.
This role will predominantly be Monday to Friday but there is an expectation to support weekends if required. As part of this team, the main responsibilities would include ensuring the team are following and are aware of best practice guidance, working to support the service within the remit of safeguarding.
Main duties of the job
The team offers community based intensive support to children/ young people and their families. CAIST aim to establish trusting therapeutic relationships, to reduce risks when children/ young people may be experiencing high levels of distress. The CAIST team work to help children and young people to avoid Tier 4 hospital admission, and when required, to expedite safe and effective discharge.
Whilst experience working with children and young people would make you perfectly suited to this role, we are really open to welcoming people from clinical backgrounds who have experience in other areas of mental health. We understand that you will be able to bring with you a wealth of skills and experience to the team and would welcome ways of thinking.
We are looking for people to join us with enthusiasm, optimism, fresh ideas and energy. We will expect you to want to work clinically but be equally as comfortable being part of strategic decision making.
We are looking for a dedicated mental health professional with either Nursing, Social Work or Occupational Therapy qualification. We would love to hear from you if you have experience in working with people who suffer with mental health difficulties and you have at least 12 months post qualification experience in a mental health setting or similar.
If you would like to know more about the role click the job description, then click APPLY to start your candidate experience today!
Working for our organisation
We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits and in addition:
- Flexible working hours
- Up to 307 hours holiday entitlement (subject to length of service)
- FREE physio service
- FREE Yoga and Pilates
- Cycle scheme tax-free bikes and accessories
- Support with revalidation
- Post graduate training opportunities
- We will pay for your initial DBS check (excluding the annual update service charge of £13)
Please read the job description/person specification carefully and ensure your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience needed.
YOUR APPLICATION
It is important that you complete a formal application form as CV’s alone will not be accepted.
PLEASE NOTE: If you use a hotmail, msn or yahoo e-mail account, you will need to check your “junk” mail regularly as these email providers will divert any communication from this Trust/NHS JOBS straight into your” junk” inbox.
For further details regarding this role, please see the attached job description and person specification
We want you in our team if you share our values and core beliefs. If you want to work in an environment of mutual respect, transparency, integrity and collaborative working we are the team for you.
We are an improving Trust, with ambitious aspirations and pushing ahead with exciting transformation work. We have strong, established nursing networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
• Professional registration including; Registered Nurse, Social Worker or allied health professional
• Educated to Degree level (or equivalent), supplemented by specialist training, experience and short course equating to master’s level
Desirable criteria
• Qualification in Safeguarding or related subject.
Experience
Essential criteria
• Experience in using child/adult safeguarding procedures.
• Attending multi agency protection strategy meetings and formulation of case reports, reviews, and professional investigations.
• Experience of working as a practitioner or clinician and carrying out safeguarding functions
Desirable criteria
• Post qualification experience within the designated specialty where the post is located
Skills
Essential criteria
• Reporting writing.
• Proactive approach to problem solving.
• Ability to deliver training/presentations using a variety of mediums
• Effective communication with service users, stakeholders, senior managers and frontline staff.
• Ability to use own safeguarding knowledge.
• Self motivated, flexible and takes initiative.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
• Able to demonstrate a broad understanding of vulnerable groups including children, adults, domestic abuse, PREVENT protocols and standards
• Up to date awareness of National safeguarding policies and legislation.
Desirable criteria
• NHSLA and CQC matters relating to Safeguarding
• Risk management, public and patient safety principles and processes
This job is currently going through job evaluation so subject to change
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Professional registration including; Registered Nurse, Social Worker or allied health professional
- Educated to Degree level (or equivalent), supplemented by specialist training, experience and short course equating to master’s level
Desirable criteria
- Qualification in Safeguarding or related subject
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working as a practitioner or clinician and carrying out safeguarding functions
- Attending multi agency protection strategy meetings and formulation of case reports, reviews, and professional investigations.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working within the mental health sphere, able to demonstrate an understanding of the issues related to the service user, families and carer cohort.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to use own safeguarding knowledge, without needing to defer to managers
- Effective communication with service users, stakeholders, senior managers and frontline staff.
Desirable criteria
- Ability to deliver training/presentations using a variety of mediums
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Able to demonstrate a broad understanding of vulnerable groups including; children, adults, domestic abuse, PREVENT protocols and standards
- Up to date awareness of National safeguarding policies and legislation.
Desirable criteria
- Norfolk and Suffolk Safeguarding Policies.
