Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner - Weston Super Mare

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust; Weston-super-Mare; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust is seeking a mental health practitioner to join their dynamic CAMHS team in Weston-super-Mare. The role involves carrying out assessments and providing interventions for young people with mental health issues, while being supported throughout the transition from training to a qualified practitioner. Candidates with relevant training such as RTT or CAPS, and specific skills like EMDR or DBT, are encouraged to apply and enhance their career within a supportive environment that promotes continual professional development.

Benefits

Comprehensive in-house training programme

Support for CPD opportunities

Flexible working patterns

Supervision available for all staff

Qualifications

• Candidates should have recently completed RTT or CAPS training.
• Preferred skills include EMDR or DBT training.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate care for a caseload of young people.
• Deliver evidence-based interventions from assessment through to discharge.
• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Skills

EMDR

DBT

Mental Health Assessment

Evidence-based Interventions

Education

RTT or CAPS training

Job description

Job overview

The post holder would be required to carry out assessments for young people presenting with mental health difficulties in the community, as well as providing a range of interventions and treatments, within an agreed work plan.

The successful candidate will be part of a stimulating and supportive multidisciplinary child and adolescent mental health team (CAMHS). Working with children and adolescents and their families with complex mental health needs.

This post provides an excellent opportunity for practitioners who have recently completed RTT or CAPS training. We have a strong track record of supporting staff in transitioning from training to qualified posts.

If you have EMDR/DBT training, you will have the opportunity to utilize these skills to deliver specialist interventions on the specialist pathway.

North Somerset CAMHS offers a range of innovative and informed approaches, supports CPD opportunities through a comprehensive in-house training programme, and values supervision, which is available to all staff. We offer flexible working patterns and operate across two sites in Weston-super-Mare and Clevedon.

We welcome calls or visits from prospective candidates to discuss this opportunity and what the team can offer in more detail.

Main duties of the job

• To work in community CAMHS as a mental health practitioner, as part of a multidisciplinary team working alongside professionals including consultant psychiatrists, family therapists, psychologists, psychotherapists, nurses, and allied health professionals.
• To coordinate care for a caseload of young people and be responsible for delivering evidence-based interventions from assessment and treatment through to discharge.