CAMHS Community Practitioner

NHS; Dorchester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a supportive team at Dorset HealthCare as a CAMHS Community Practitioner. You will be responsible for delivering evidence-based treatment to children and young people facing mental health challenges. This 12-month fixed-term role offers opportunities for professional development and clinical supervision, ensuring quality care in partnership with families.

Qualifications

• Registered professional with NMC or HCPC registration.
• Experience working with mental health difficulties in children and young people.
• Evidence of continuous professional development.

Responsibilities

• Deliver care and intensive treatment interventions.
• Hold a clinical caseload and provide evidenced based interventions.
• Undertake mental health assessments in various settings.

Skills

Mental Health Assessment

Care Planning

Group Work

Multi-Agency Working

Education

RNLD or RMN or RN with current NMC registration

Allied Health Professional with HCPC registration

Recognised qualification in relevant therapy

Tools

Basic IT skills

Job description

Go back Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust

CAMHS Community Practitioner

The closing date is 04 June 2025

Are you a registered professional? The West Core CAMHS Team are looking for an enthusiastic Community Practitioner to join their supportive team.

As a CAMHS Community Practitioner, you will deliver a variety of care and intensive evidence-based treatment interventions, on a one-to-one, family and group basis to promote recovery, appropriate in partnership with children, young people and families/carers. You will work closely with the multi-disciplinary team and partner agencies providing a high quality of care ensuring high standards of clinical practice are met.

If you are looking to develop your skills working with young people, then this is an ideal opportunity to transfer your current skills and learn new ones. We'll make sure that you gain the right expertise through our Clinical Competency Framework, we'll guide and support you, offer appropriate further training with excellent clinical supervision and line management support.

This post is 12 month fixed term Maternity Cover

This is a fixed term role and for those with current NHS service, the role will be offered on a secondment basis only. Please obtain permission to be released on a secondment before submitting an application.

Applications from candidates that require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are unfortunately ineligible to apply for this position.

Main duties of the job

You will hold a clinical caseload including the CCO role, offer evidenced based interventions in line with our care pathways and take part in our duty rota.

You will make judgements about appropriate models of treatment, often involving highly complex issues and situations and thus requiring analysis, comparison and interpretation of a range of options.

You will undertake mental health assessments in a variety of settings including home, clinic, schools and acute settings and ensure appropriate treatment plans are initiated.

We welcome informal discussions and visits please contact Julie Galton or Chris Wilcox on 01305 255705

About us

At Dorset HealthCare we're on a mission to empower people to make the most of their lives through our outstanding, joined-up healthcare services. We're a dynamic, forward-looking Trust, running 12 community hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities and a wide range of integrated community and mental health services for a population of almost 800,000 people.

We do things differently here - it's one of the reasons the CQC rated us 'outstanding' in 2019. It's also why 95% of patients across our services say they have a good or very good experience of our services and 89% of staff feel they can really make a difference. Whether you're looking to work with us in one of our bustling market towns, vibrant urban locations, thriving seaside spots, or among the rolling hills of Dorset, there are lots of ways you can make a difference in our communities.

Our 7,000-strong workforce is at the heart of what we do and our success is a testament to our brilliant people. We're all about building a workplace for the future, we believe in equal opportunities and we celebrate diversity. We're an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be authentic, and we are all encouraged to be the best version of ourselves.

Working with us you'll be part of a strong team, challenge yourself, build a career, and teach us what we don't know. And you'll be working towards our vision to be better every day through excellence, compassion and expertise in all we do.

Job responsibilities

For the main duties and responsibilities for this role please read the attached job description and person specification. When completing your application please ensure your supporting statement reflects the criteria set out in these documents by showing how your experience and skills apply to this post.

As part of our vision to have a skilled, diverse and caring workforce, Dorset HealthCare is working in partnership with The Princes Trust to support people getting into work, as part of this partnership, we are offering an employability service to support individuals between 16-30 years old with application writing, interview skills and other employment support. If you would like or know of anyone who would value this support please do contact [e-mail]

Person Specification

Knowledge, skills and training

• RNLD or RMN or RN with current NMC registration Or Allied Health Professional with HCPC registration or UKCP registration.
• Membership of professional body
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Recognised qualification or working towards a qualification in a specific model of therapy relevant to a mental health setting.
• ENB998/Mentor Prep/teaching and assessing in clinical practice.

Job specific experience

• Previous experience of working with adults, children and their families who experience mental health difficulties.
• Previous experience working with children and young people with Autistic Spectrum Disorders and/or ADHD and/or other neuro developmental disorders
• Experience in developing and delivering of group work and/or teaching groups of children
• Experience of multi-agency working
• Good understanding of Safeguarding issues
• Ability to manage demanding workload to agreed deadlines and timescales
• An ability to write correspondence and reports
• Documented evidence of continuous professional development
• Knowledge of the principles of clinical governance and its application
• Knowledge of the standards required by the Care Quality Commission
• Previous experience working with children and young people in a CAMH service
• Ability to work with young people with challenging behaviour
• Evidence of the legislative framework
• Experience in teaching on in-house (professionals/peers) training sessions

Information Technology

• Basic IT skills, normally obtained through practice or practical training
• Ability to manage time and conflicting demands and prioritise workload accordingly
• Willing to work autonomously
• Subject to the provisions of the Equality Act, able to travel using own vehicle on Trust business

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.

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