Camhs Mental Health Practitioner

Are you passionate about improving the lives of children and young people with mental health difficulties and eating disorders?

East Cheshire CAMHS service has an exciting opportunity for a Band 6, CAMHS Practitioner to join their Community CAMHS Team. The post is a 12 month fixed term contract.

We are looking for applicants that have experience in evidence based therapeutic interventions for children, young people and their families. The Community CAMHS Team consists of experienced CAMHS clinicians from a variety of professional disciplines with experience of providing therapeutic input, managing risk/ complexity and multi-agency working. Within that team we have the East Cheshire Spoke of the Cheshire-wide community Hub and Spoke Eating Disorder Services for children and young people.

Do you want to improve the pathways for children and young people’s mental health services?

**You will have**:
- A high level of enthusiasm and dedication to providing quality, community based mental health and eating disorder services to children, young people, and their families
- Experience in undertaking specialist assessments and providing interventions & formulations to address the needs of the client group
- Experience of working with children and young people who, due to their eating disorders and their mental and emotional health needs, present with a significant level of clinical risk
- Experience of working under pressure and in a demanding, fast paced environment
- To have the skill to adapt and the flexibility to think on your feet due to the nature of your role
- Access to transport or have the ability to travel to a variety of venues as part of the working day

Interested? Informal enquiries and visits to the team are welcomed.

CWP provides health and care services for local people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care - including the provision of three GP surgeries.

Our aim is to help people to be the best they can be, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We were recently rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission with a Good rating overall.

We offer a variety of roles at all levels, so whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your skills and experience in a new role, CWP is the right employer for you.

CWP are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences.

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Please download a copy of the job description for full details.

Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification)andvalues.

CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s Values and Behaviours in their everyday life. Therefore, if you are invited to interview, you will be undertaking a Values Based Interview/Assessment, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.

If your disability meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the ‘essential’ criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer ‘YES’ to the question: ‘Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?’ Please also inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.

All new clinical support staff will be required to have completed or working towards the Care Certificate (CWP In-house 2 day training to be completed within 6 months of start date).

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £13 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

CWP encourages and supports all staff to become vaccinated against COVID-19.