Camhs Practitioner- Band 5

CAMHS Practitioner - Band 5

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 5 Clinician with a core profession to join the locality core CAMHs Specialist Mental Health Team in RISE CWPT. We would welcome applicants from Learning Disability, Child and Mental Health Branches and Social Workers who are who are passionate about working with children, young people and their families.

To work within a multidisciplinary team offering assessments and intervention, under supervision, in a range of settings and evaluate the mental health care to children, young people and their families in line with local and national guidelines.

To provide regular and on-going, joint and individual work, in relation to child and adolescent mental health to ensure the best outcomes for children and young people.

To promote the needs of young people with emotional and mental ill health to other agencies and the general public. To identify and evaluate specific client needs through assessment under the supervision of a band 6 practitioner. To assist in the development of new services and projects within CAMHS. To participate as an active member of the CAMHS team and establish and maintain effective communication with other agencies and professionals. To report any difficulties that may arise in a timely fashion to band 6 nurse supervisor/senior nurse/team leader

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put ‘people at our heart’; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

**These include**:
generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us

excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more

salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more

discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes

wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more

staff networks and support groups

We’re always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.

The service received an overall rating of Good by the CQC and an Outstanding for care and compassion of which we are rightly proud. We have also been recognised both locally and nationally by receiving awards for the services we provide.

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust provides a full range of expanding physical, mental health and learning disability services to children, young adults, adults and older adults over many sites across Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull.

Services are provided to a population of over one million people living in Coventry and Warwickshire and also a wider geographical area in some of our specialist services, we see on average around 5,000 patients every day.

For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.