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Child and Adolescent Mental Health Practitioner

2 months ago


Wigan, Wigan, United Kingdom Greater Manchester Mental Health Full time
Job Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Mental Health Practitioner to join our team at Greater Manchester Mental Health. As a key member of our Mental Health Support Team, you will play a vital role in delivering interventions in schools and colleges within the Wigan borough.

Main Responsibilities
  • Deliver consultation to school staff in education settings to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate interventions that are agreed with the child and caregiver in accordance with best practice.
  • Ensure comprehensive risk assessment of children, young people, and families and that risk management plans are in place and documented.
  • Develop and review whole school mental health initiatives alongside young people, school staff, senior leads, and parents.
  • Provide 1:1 brief intervention for mild to moderate mental health problems.
  • Provide low-level intervention, including behavioral activation, CBT-informed worry and anxiety management interventions, graded exposure, sleep, and stress management, behavioral experiments.
  • Evaluate the success of intervention at regular intervals using Routine Outcome Measures (ROMS).
  • Liaise with schools and other agencies in terms of information gathering and sharing.
  • Offer parent consultation, support, and advice and parent-led CBT approaches.
  • Inform local child protection coordinator and senior clinicians of any concerns regarding protection issues.
  • Gain feedback on experience through session rating scales, experience of service questionnaires.
  • See families/children in the setting most appropriate for effective and efficient care.
  • Supervise the clinical practice of Education Mental Health Practitioners.
Working for Our Organisation

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 6,400 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 160 locations. We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford, and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England, and beyond.

Benefits
  • Pay Enhancements – 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
  • 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years.
  • Excellent pension.
  • Cycle to work scheme.
  • Salary sacrifice car scheme.
  • Wellbeing programme.
Person Specification

We are looking for a candidate with the following qualifications, experience, and skills:

  • Postgraduate accreditable qualification in CBT, EMHP, CYWP.
  • Evidence of continuing professional development in the field of child and adolescent mental health.
  • Completion of a CYP improving access to psychological therapies certificate.
  • Experience of assessment and delivering evidence-based mental health interventions, including low-intensity cognitive behavioral therapy interventions.
  • Experience of multi-disciplinary working within a CAMHS setting.
  • Experience and knowledge of implementing safeguarding procedures for children and adults.
  • Experience in utilizing and interpreting routine outcome measures in practice.
  • Experience of peer supervision, supervising colleagues in the multi-disciplinary team, and consultation in other agency settings.
Knowledge and Skills
  • Understanding of child and adolescent development.
  • Knowledge of risk assessment and safety planning.
  • Knowledge of legislation related to children and/or adolescent's mental health and social care Mental Health Act, Child Protection, and Safeguarding of Vulnerable Children, etc.
  • Understanding and knowledge of psychological models of brief intervention.
  • Ability to utilize CYP assessment skills and routine outcome measures effectively, including suitability and risk assessments.
  • Ability to apply therapeutic knowledge to clinical practice.
  • Effective communication skills in response to a variety of needs and situations.
  • Good organizational/time management skills with the ability to manage own workload, organize own time, and diary, and meet deadlines.
  • Ability to work autonomously in the community and use own initiative and make appropriate decisions.
  • Must demonstrate a commitment to the overall vision of the development of the professional group of mental health practitioners in education settings.
  • Knowledge and experience of using Microsoft Word applications, including PowerPoint and Excel.