Band 5 Mental Health Practitioner- CAMHS

NHS; Leicester; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 5 Mental Health Practitioner in the CAMHS Crisis Home Treatment Team in Leicester. This role offers the chance to deliver home treatment interventions for children and young people facing mental health challenges. The successful candidate will receive robust supervision, training, and the opportunity to make a difference in the community while working in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Enhanced supervision and training

Supportive work environment

Qualifications

• Professional qualification required in Nursing, Social Work, or Occupational Therapy.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work flexibly.
• Experience working with children and young people with mental health needs.

Responsibilities

• Provide home treatment interventions for children and young people up to 18 years.
• Work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team and manage a community caseload.
• Adhere to policies regarding Children in Need and safeguarding.

Skills

Communication

Self-motivation

Organizational skills

Reflective approach

Education

Professional qualification in Nursing, Social Work or Occupational Therapy

Job description

Band 5 Mental Health Practitioner- CAMHS

Information:

This job is now closed

Job summary

The Leicester Leicestershire and Rutland (CAMHS) Crisis Home Treatment Team operates as a 24/7 service.

We are looking to recruit Band 5 Mental Health Practitioners who will work within the home treatment part of the service.Candidates will need to have a professional qualification in Nursing, Social Work or Occupational Therapist.

This is an exciting development opportunity if you are looking to progress your career working with children and young people who have mental health difficulties.

The Home Treatment arm of the service operates 08.00hr - 22.00hr seven days per week. The post holder will be required to work full time (37.5 hours) on an internal rotational basis.

The post is suitable for newly qualified practitioners, and you will be able to complete your preceptorship in post and the team will offer enhanced supervision and training to support you in your new role.

The team has one community base and operates a hybrid model of working with staff members working from the base, community and home.It is essential that you have access to a car and have a full driving license.

You will be offered a trust and a team induction over a four week period where you will be supported to build on your knowledge and skills. We provide a supportive and nurturing environment and as a team have a can-do attitude with a strong work ethic, with space for reflection and supervision.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for providing home treatment interventions for children, young people, and their families -up to 18 years.

• Work flexibly across the city and county visiting young people within the community.
• The successful candidate will work under the guidance of the senior mental health practitioners in the effective management of a community caseload.
• Work collaboratively, and promote effective working relationships, with members of the multi-disciplinary team, ensuring effective clinical decision-making, internally and with external agencies.
• The candidate should understand young peoples mental health needs, excellent communication skills, be self-motivated and organised and have a reflective and flexible approach to working with children with complex needs.
• Empower Service Users and their families/carers to influence and use available services, information and skills and act as an advocate where appropriate.
• Provide a professional, non-stigmatising service to children and families.
• Adhere to Trust Policies in consideration of Children in Need and safeguarding issues and in maintaining accurate and effective written records.
• Participate in management and clinical supervision, attend case discussion and reflective practice and inhouse training (when on duty).

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more details.

About us

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.About UsLeicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Qualifications

• Please review the attached job description and person specification. This document outlines the full range of criteria that are required for the role. In your application, you can state how you meet the criteria in the job description and person specification.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.