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CAMHS Mental Health Practitioner

1 month ago

Castleford, United Kingdom South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust Full time

Job summary

Full Time - Hours Per Week

Are youpassionate about helping young people with mental health problems? Are youlooking for an opportunity to develop and share your skills and knowledge inmental health? If you answer yes to these questions, then Wakefield Child andAdolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) is the place for you

We arelooking for an experienced and confident Mental Health Practitioner who is ableto work within a busy team. You must have significant and demonstrableexperience of working with young people and their families, who can oftenpresent with a range of complex mental health needs. You will manage your owncaseload, providing a range of high-quality care appropriate to the youngpersons needs which will include risk assessment and management, consultationand evidence based interventions.

You musthave a comprehensive range of skills and knowledge to deliver clinical aspectsof the role in order to be able to provide a range of appropriate clinicalinterventions and assessment and be competent to do this work as an autonomouspractitioner within professional practice guidelines and a structuredsupervision framework.

Please get in touch with Chloe Sennitt (Team Manager) if youwould like to know more about the role.

Main duties of the job

As a Mental Health Practitioner in The Core Team withinWakefield CAMHS, the main duties would be as follows:

Hold and manage a caseload independently. Provide thorough risk assessments and careplanning. Provide therapeutic intervention through both1:1 work and group work with young people in the locality. Provide urgent assessments when required. Work in a trauma-informed way. Work with other agencies; schools, social careetc.

All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to befully vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect patients.

We are aware that an increasing number of applicants areusing AI technology to generate responses on NHS Job application forms. Over relianceon AI-generated content in application forms is strongly discouraged and wewill conduct a thorough screening process before selecting candidates toprogress to the next stage. If you are using AI to enhance your application,please disclose this in your NHS Jobs application form.

About us

Weare a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental healthand learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale,Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and arethe lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission isto help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do thisby providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employstaff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make adifference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourageand welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we valuediversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Beinga foundation Trust means were accountable to ourmembers, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people(including staff) are members of our Trust.

Joinus and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improvingthe mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet andhelp each year.

Weare committedto safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people andvulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share thiscommitment.

We do reserve to right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.

Job description

Job responsibilities

JOB SUMMARY

Thepost-holder will:

Provide assessment and treatment to childrenand young people with mental health needs;

Work autonomously and collaboratively withinthe MDT, providing consultation for other agencies/professionals;

Promote the safeguarding and welfare ofchildren and young people.

Toprovide routine and urgent assessment and interventions to young people with awide range of emotional and psychological problems who are referred tospecialist CAMHS, in keeping with evidence based practice with supervision froma senior clinician within professional guidelines and within the overallframework of the teams policies and procedures.

KEY RESULT AREAS:

1

To support the ongoing process of delivering a comprehensive CAMHS system.

2

To provide assessment, interventions, therapy to children, young people with the most severe, complex and persistent mental health problems, including those who are severely mentally ill or at suicidal risk and where appropriate, families as both an autonomous practitioner and as part of a multidisciplinary team in a variety of settings to address need. This will include working with the CAPA model.

3

To apply a sound knowledge of safeguarding children and guidelines in clinical work.

4

To be committed to a quality approach for patient care.

5

The post-holder will demonstrate high levels of concentration and provide sustained effort in assessment of complex family issues.

6

To manage own caseload, accessing support and guidance appropriate to individual need.

7

To operate within the clinical and case management supervision framework.

8

To provide training, consultation and supervision to other service providers, partner agencies and junior members of staff as required regarding intensive interventions with children, young people and families.

For full job description, please see attached supporting documents.

Person Specification

Training

Desirable

Training and experience relating to specialist CAMHS Experience of delivering training to others

Personal Attributes

Essential

Able to work autonomously and as part of a team Commitment to multi-agency approach Ability to work and make decisions under pressure. Calm, confident, innovative, creative and assertive Clarity of decision making Willingness to be flexible and adaptable in accordance with changing service priorities. Commitment to challenging discrimination and improving accessibility of services. Ability to cope calmly in a crisis To demonstrate good self care and encourage the same in team members A Current driving licence and access to a car during the working day is essential (reasonable adjustments will be considered for any applicants who are unable to drive due to a disability)

Experience

Essential

Substantial post qualification experience, some of which must be working with Children, young people and their carers in a mental health or other complex care setting Multidisciplinary team working Inter-agency liaison and consultation Experience of supervising/mentoring junior staff Knowledge of relevant legislation and guidance NHS plan, Mental Health Legislation, Childrens act, Education Act, Working Together, Childrens NSF, Every Child Matters, etc. Clinical/therapeutic knowledge and skills in mental health. Experience in assessment and risk management and ability to implement evidence based practice Proven ability to work with other agencies and disciplines and in partnership with other organisations. Experience of safeguarding children and young people.

Desirable

Experience of community settings Experience of working in different cultural contexts Knowledge and experience of working with Equality and Diversity.

Qualifications

Essential

Relevant professional qualification, nursing, or other professional allied to medicine Dip SW or relevant mental health profession Membership of professional body

Desirable

Post Registration qualification degree Post graduate qualification in mental health ( CBT, Family Therapy, Counselling) A teaching and assessing qualification.

Special Knowledge/Skills

Essential

Good verbal and communication skills Ability to manage own caseload Good negotiation skills, and problem solving skills Customer service orientation Effective record keeping and report writing skills to include care planning and risk assessments. IT skills. Have good team working skills. Be able to work across disciplines with an ability to predict and manage inter-disciplinary tensions and foster good working practices.

Physical Attributes

Essential

Ability to undertake the duties and demands of the post. A satisfactory sickness record over the previous 2 years (subject to the need to act with fairness and equality of opportunity, particularly where the sickness is related to a disability and/or pregnancy).

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