Lead Practitioner

This post offers a great diverse set of opportunities to join a developing team.

The scope within this role is skill enhancing and a developmental opportunity.

The Team provides assessment and intensive home treatment as an alternative to hospital admission for Children and young people in Crisis, in the areas of Warrington, Halton, Knowsley & St Helens.

The team work collaboratively with our Local CAMHS Community Team and a number of agencies and service providers in a variety of community bases.

The service is a 24 hour service and the successful candidate will be needed to support the team across these hours., As a Lead Practitioner, you will provide a specialised role in the development and implementation of services and care pathways for children and young people with mental health [CYPMH] problems within the THRIVE Framework for service delivery.

You will be responsible for the clinical oversight of the shift and supporting the team throughout the shift.

You will be expected to provide specialist interventions, advice, consultancy and supervision to both colleagues and colleagues within external partner agencies in line with THRIVE.

As the post is identified within the CYPMH strategy, it is expected the role will continue to develop in line with national and local initiatives.

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.