CAMHS - Mental Health Practitioner

PENNINE CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Cocker Hill; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a mental health practitioner to join the CAMHS access and assessment team for a fixed 12-month period.

The role involves triaging new referrals and assessing young people, with a focus on delivering high-quality, evidence-based care within a collaborative, multi-disciplinary framework.

Qualifications

• Ability to work autonomously within a multi-disciplinary team.
• Experience in assessment and management of risk.
• Knowledge of safeguarding in relation to the client group.

Responsibilities

• Complete triage of new referrals for CAMHS access and assessment.
• Carry out assessments of young people referred to CAMHS.
• Monitor and evaluate treatment offered to service users in line with guidelines.

Skills

Assessment skills

Clinical decision making

Communication skills

Safeguarding knowledge

Education

Professional qualification in mental health

Job description

This is a busy multi-disciplinary CAMHS team which includes nurses, psychologists, social workers and psychiatrists. You will have the benefit of being co-located with partner services for children and families. A key focus of the service leadership team will be implementing transformation that ensures timely access to high quality care. Our vision is for our local community to be well equipped to support the young people of Tameside and Glossop to grow up with good emotional health and wellbeing. We work closely with our partners in education, children's services and the 3rd sector to achieve the recently developed ambitious Local Transformation Plan for CAMHS services. This plan provides us with the guide and resources to begin delivering our vision of having CAMHS workers available in new ways, and working closely with children's universal and targeted services in each of our locality areas.

Do you want to be part of an innovative, dynamic organisation that is committed to delivering the best care by the best people? We are looking to appoint people who are as passionate as we are about high quality care.

The successful candidate will need the ability to work autonomously within the context of a multi-disciplinary team approach & undertake specific work with young people and their families. Excellent assessment skills & the ability to formulate clinical decisions and management plans are essential, including assessment and management of risk.

This is a fixed term 12 months post for a mental health practitioner to work in the CAMHS access and assessment team, completing triage of new referrals and assessments of young people referred for the Community CAMHS team.

You will strive to achieve the best for every young person, show commitment to delivering evidence based practice and have the capability of making clinical decisions around complex and emotive issues, supported by knowledge of relevant legislation and safeguarding in relation to the client group. You will monitor and evaluate treatment offered to service users adhering to professional & Trust guidelines and using routine outcome measures related to service development and reporting. You must be an excellent communicator, flexible, self motivated and have a willingness to build links with colleagues across team and agencies.

We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.

Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. Were really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure were a great place to work.