Mental Health Practitioner - Family Safeguarding in Liverpool

Liverpool Children and Young Peoples service are on an exciting journey in its implementation of Family Safeguarding. The transition to Family Safeguarding will support and tackle the impact of abuse and neglect upon children and young people by adopting a whole family and systemic approach to promote change. Through our Model of Practice and using Motivational Interviewing techniques, we will collaboratively empower and engage parents and carers to make their own positive changes to support children and young people to remain safely at home or within their wider network.

The role of the Mental Health Practitioner will be a critical role within our Adult Worker Practice Hub alongside other disciplines (Probation, Police, Mental Health and Substance Misuse). You will be part of a multi-disciplinary team working to support children, young people and their parents/carers.

• As a Mental Health Practitioner, you will have a recognised core mental health qualification and strong experience of completing comprehensive adult mental health assessments, providing high quality suitable interventions, support, and safety planning in a timely manner, where poor adult mental health is a significant concern.
• You will have a proven career background in adult mental health and be skilled in providing practical support and strategies in response to urgent needs.
• You will be able to easily build trusting relationships, supporting those who are experiencing mental health issues.
• You will have experience of working and collaborating with a wide range of multi-agency professionals establishing clear referral pathways and risk management, to ensure harm or likely harm is minimised and optimum outcomes are achieved.
• You will have strong knowledge of all relevant legislation, safeguarding protocols and procedures relating to Mental Health, being able to effectively provide clear advice on mental health management.

About us: Liverpool is home to vibrant, energetic, and engaged communities, people who take real ownership of their local area and are passionate about making our city a better place. We have ambitious targets to meet and we need people who are driven, dynamic and ready to deliver the very best for our communities. Public service is more important than ever, and this role represents a real opportunity to make a difference to our communities by transforming the way we work and placing our residents at the heart of everything we do.

Working at Liverpool City Council provides an opportunity to contribute to your community and make a positive impact on the lives of residents. Our values shape how we work to deliver public services, and how we communicate with the residents we serve. We care about the best outcomes for local people through our public services.

Our Practice Model 'Our City, Our Children, Together' was chosen by colleagues, parents and carers, children, and young people to reflect our collective commitment to working collaboratively. It is more than a practice model; it is a shared vision. Every part of this model has been co-produced with the people who access and deliver our services. It represents our values, our relationships, and our belief that, by working together, we can create the best outcomes for children, young people, and their networks. This is a model we can be proud of and one that truly belongs to all of us.

Job responsibilities: Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of role responsibilities and main duties.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check: This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Full-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working.