Senior Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing Practitioner To provide a high standard of clinical care ensuring safe and effective assessment, treatment and comprehensive discharge planning using highly developed clinical reasoning skills and appropriate assessment tools. Work collaboratively and promote effective working relationships both with members of the multi-disciplinary team and other agencies caring for and supporting children and young people. Empower children, young people and their families/carers to influence and use available services, information and skills and act as an advocate where appropriate. Provide full assessment and appropriate follow up care via care planning and clinical pathways, individual and group interventions in partnership with young people/ families/carers and other workers involved in care delivery. Provide therapeutic interventions within relevant care pathways. Work within defined waiting times. Provide an extended hours service, as required. Participate in screening of referrals for appropriateness and onward signposting/referral as appropriate. Participate in the planning, delivery and evaluation of group interventions. Provide support, advice, consultation and training to partnership agencies. Work in accordance with relevant childcare, health legislation and professional standards in partnership with wider childrens services and fully engage with safeguarding,



single assessment and other processes which requires working together with other agencies. Proactively involve young people and families in service development including using service questionnaires to obtain structured feedback. Provide a qualified, non-stigmatising service to children and families. Work closely with other colleagues within the service to enable effective transitions to and from other areas. Ensure best practice by incorporating NICE guidance and meeting healthcare standards. Always act in a dignified and responsible manner with service users, families/carers and colleagues, using appropriate language and communication skills, which acknowledge barriers to understanding, cultural differences and diversity. To provide supportive and sensitive communication, written and verbal advice to service users, families/carers and staff, whilst demonstrating an understanding of the nature and effects of some information and of barriers to effective communication e .g., sensory or cognitive impairment and unrealistic expectations whilst being considerate of client confidentiality. Develop and maintain communication (sensitive, complex and contentious) with other teams and/or external agencies, in order to promote good care. To confidently convey complex written and verbal information on both clinical and non-clinical issues and to support the development of these skills with individuals within the team.

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📌 Senior Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing Practitioner (Ontario)
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📍 Ontario