Senior Clinical Practitioner Onwards & Upwards (12 months FTC)
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About Barnet Council
Barnet Council is seeking an experienced and passionate Senior Clinical Practitioner to join our Onwards & Upwards (O&U) service working with careexperienced young people and care leavers as they transition into adulthood. This is a unique opportunity to play a strategic and handson clinical role embedding traumainformed and mentalisationbased practice across Childrens Social Care Mental Health Services and Adult Social Care. The role has a primary focus on the mental health needs of young people aged 1625 including care leavers and unaccompanied asylumseeking young people (UASC) particularly those who are unlikely to meet Adult Mental Health thresholds or are disengaged from CAMHS. You will be based within our Onwards and Upwards Office working closely with Social Workers Personal Advisors and partner agencies to promote emotional wellbeing stability and improved longterm outcomes.
About the role
This is an 12month fixed-term contract. The salary will include an additional 10% Recruitment and Retention bonus.
As Senior Clinical Practitioner you will:
- Embed Barnets mentalisation approach and the Anna Freud Building Bridges framework within the Onwards & Upwards service strengthening multiagency relationships and promoting reflective psychologicallyinformed practice.
- Provide specialist clinical oversight to staff involved in transition planning for children in care and careexperienced adults.
- Offer mental health consultations to Social Workers and Personal Advisors supporting early identification of emerging mental health needs.
- Facilitate reflective team supervision clinical consultations and risk formulation building staff confidence and resilience when working with complexity.
- Coordinate and support appropriate referrals to mental health and community services.
- Provide specialist clinical input into Barnets Joint Transitions Tracking Panel.
- In discussion with the Assistant Head of Service hold a small clinical caseload ensuring direct clinical insight informs wider service practice.
About you
You will be a qualified and experienced mental health practitioner with:
- A strong grounding in traumainformed mentalisationbased and systemic practice.
- Experience working with careexperienced adolescents care leavers or young adults with complex mental health needs.
- Confidence providing clinical consultation supervision and advice within multidisciplinary environments.
- A collaborative approach and ability to work effectively across Childrens Services Mental Health and Adult Social Care.
- A commitment to improving outcomes for vulnerable young people as they transition into adulthood.
What we offer
- 31 days annual leave plus public and bank holidays
- Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme which provides a valuable guaranteed income in your retirement together with security for your dependents
- Work-life balance options may include hybrid working flexitime job share home working part-time
- A vast range of lifestyle discounts from major retailers supermarkets energy suppliers and more
- Broad range of payroll benefits including cycle to work eye care vouchers travel and gym membership
- Excellent training and development opportunities
- Employee well- being training programs including confidential employee assistance
How to apply
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To deliver Barnet Councils commitment to equality of opportunity in the provision of services all staff are expected to promote equality in the workplace and in the services the Council delivers. As such we value diversity and welcome applications from all backgrounds.
Barnet Council embraces all forms of flexible working (including part-time compressed hours and hybrid working) and is committed to offering employees a healthy work-life balance. Candidates are encouraged to talk about relevant requirements and preferences at interview. We cant promise to give you exactly what you want but we do promise not to judge you for asking.
Barnet Council is a Disability Confident Committed Employer. We welcome and encourage job applications of all abilities. If you require any reasonable adjustments in the application or interview please contact the lead contact on this advert. We will make reasonable adjustments to make sure our disabled applicants and those with health conditions are supported throughout our recruitment process. We support the access to work scheme further details are available at posts with the council are subject to a probationary period of six months during which time you will be required to demonstrate to the council satisfaction your suitability for the position in which you will be employed.
Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close vacancies before the stated closing date if sufficient number of applications are received. Therefore please apply as soon as possible.
Please ensure you regularly check the email account (including JUNK MAIL folders) that you use to submit your application as any further communication regarding your application will be sent electronically. Should you not hear from us within four working weeks of the closing date for this post then regretfully in this instance you have not been shortlisted.
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