CYPMHS Practitioner - Cherry Tree Cottage

We are open to receive applications from various disciplines and backgrounds including Nursing, OT, Social Care, Therapy, and / or those with experience working with children and young people in care.

Are you passionate about getting it right for children and young people in care?

Do you want to be part of a unique short-term service to supportchildren in mental health crisis, prevent their admission to hospital or enable timely discharge from hospital and successfully move them on to a settled placement?

Do you want to be part of a Multidisciplinary team with integral Health, Social Care and Psychiatry expertise.

With Innovation at its heart; We are looking to recruit a team who want to be fundamental in the success of this first of its kind service In Hertfordshire.

Cherry Tree Cottage is an Ofsted registered children's home operated through an integrated health and social care staffing model (HPFT and HCC Social Services) to care for children looked after. The home provides 3 beds for children with mental health presentations who may be repeat attenders at A&E /S136 suite or at risk of /or have had admission to Tier 4 provision (psychiatric inpatient unit)., This is an exciting opportunity to join this innovative service as a Band 6 clinician working alongside social care colleagues at Cherry Tree Cottage. As part of an MDT, the candidate will work collaboratively with the Registered Manager, Team Leader, HPFT Clinical Lead, Consultant Psychiatrist, and other clinicians in the team with the planning, development, provision and review of an excellent, service-user focused service providing crisis containment and therapeutic support to children and young people with social and co-morbid mental health difficulties.

The home uses the ARC theoretical framework (Attachment, Regulation and Competency) and Non-violent resistance interventions and ethos in the provision to create a warm and nurturing environment to enhance wellbeing of the CYP. Training is provided and all workers are expected to work within this framework. The post-holder will work within professional guidelines and under the clinical and professional supervision of a Team Leader alongside the Registered Manager.

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from theCare Quality Commission

Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout