CAMHS - Mental Health Practitioner

Pennine Care; Stalybridge; Remote; GBP 40.000 - 48.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust in Greater Manchester’s CAMHS team is offering a fixed term 12-month mental health practitioner post in the access and assessment service for young people. You will triage new referrals, assess young people and work within a multidisciplinary team to formulate treatment plans, monitor progress and ensure safeguarding guidance is followed.

Strong assessment skills, the ability to work autonomously and to build links with partners across education and services are

Qualifikationen

• NMC or Social Work registration is required.
• Post-qualification experience in community mental health services is preferred.
• RMN or Social Work PIN is required.

Aufgaben

• Triage new referrals and conduct assessments of young people.
• Work within CAMHS access and assessment team to develop treatment plans.
• Monitor and evaluate treatment outcomes following safeguarding and professional guidelines.

Kenntnisse

Mental health assessments

Therapeutic interventions

Team collaboration

Caseload management

Independent working

Creative flexible approach

Ausbildung

NMC/SWE registration

RMN or Social Work Pin

Jobbeschreibung

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Site Tameside and Glossop CAMHS Springleigh Clinic Town Stalybridge Salary £39,959 - £48,117 per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 16/11/2026 23:59

If you are Kind, Fair, Ingenious and Determined then we want you to come and join our#PennineCarePeople

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.

Main duties of the job

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 3 rd 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.

Working for our organisation

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. We are really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure were a great place to work.

All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification to support your application for this post. Please refer to the essential criteria in the person specification which will highlight the skills, knowledge and experience you will need to demonstrate in your application, by way of example, to give yourself the best opportunity to be shortlisted.

Please note, this role is within the teams access and assessment team and therefore confidence and skills within assessment and formulating treatment plans is essential.

Person specification

Education / Qualifications

• NMC nursing, social work, and has active registration with relevant regulatory body (NMC, SWE )
• Significant post qualification experience in community mental health services to post graduate diploma level
• RMN or Social Work Pin

Experience

• Professional involvement with the users of mental health services.
• Experience of case management of young people
• Experience of multi-agency working
• Experience of relating to young people in a group or community setting.

Knowledge

• Knowledge of mental health issues in young people
• Knowledge of relevant legislation and National policies in relation to young people
• Knowledge of therapeutic interventions with young people
• Understanding of Youth Offending services.
• Knowledge of drug and alcohol issues relating to young people

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to undertake appropriate mental health assessments
• Ability to carry out therapeutic interventions with this client group
• Ability to work well with a team
• Ability to manage a caseload effectively
• Ability to work independently
• Ability to work creatively and flexibly in a clinical context

Sponsorship Information - We are an approved sponsoring organisation. Applications will be considered from applicants requiring sponsorship alongside all other applications. Please be aware, not all roles are eligible for sponsorship.You can review the list of eligible role and requirements on the government website.

Pre-Employment Checks

To confirm your suitability for the role, we will carry out pre-employment checks in line with NHS Employment Check Standards. These include:

• Identity verification
• Right to work check
• Disclosure and barring service (DBS)/Criminal record check (dependent on role)
• Professional registration and/or qualification check
• Occupational health assessment
• Employment history and reference validation

All applicants external to Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust will be required to provide their HMRC employment history to cover the most recent three years employment. This information will used to validate employment history andreferences.

If you require sponsorship, we will assess your eligibility based on current government guidance. If the role is not eligible and you cannot demonstrate your right to work, your conditional offer may be withdrawn.

Pennine Care are committed to the ‘Get ahead on Flex’ pledge initiative to support the right to request flexible working for all colleagues. “We can work flexibly,as a modern and model employer, flexible and less than full-time working isn’t a barrier to progress in the NHS – it is commonplace”.

We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI), and we strive to ensure our workforce reflects the communities we serve. We actively encourage applications from individuals of diverse backgrounds to help us grow, innovate, and improve.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

If you have problems applying, contact

Address Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
225 Old Street
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