CAMHS - Mental Health Practitioner (Bury)

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust; Bury; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

As part of a dedicated CAMHS team, you will provide high-quality mental health care to young individuals in Bury. The role emphasizes assessment skills and evidence-based practice, contributing to meaningful changes in young people's lives. Join a compassionate and innovative organization committed to community wellbeing.

Qualifications

• Active registration with relevant regulatory body (NMC, SWE, HCPC).
• Significant experience in community mental health.
• Knowledge of mental health issues in young people.

Responsibilities

• Conduct mental health assessments and create treatment plans.
• Monitor and evaluate treatment outcomes.
• Collaborate within a multi-disciplinary team to improve service delivery.

Skills

Assessment skills

Clinical decision-making

Communication

Multi-agency working

Flexibility

Education

NMC nursing, social work, OT or equivalent

Post qualification experience in community mental health services

Job description

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NHS AfC: Band 6

Main area CAMHS Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Secondment: 12 months Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 311-HYM643-25-D

Site Bury CAMHS - Fairfield General Hospital Town Bury Salary £37,338 - £44,962 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing Today at 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 and undertake specific work with young people and their families. Excellent assessment skills and the ability to formulate clinical decisions and management plans are essential, including assessment and management of risk.

The role will be within Bury CAMHS initial assessment team, assessing and formulating treatment plans for young people. This will involve both urgent and routine mental health assessments alongside neurodevelopmental assessments.

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 and Trust guidelines and using routine outcome measures related to service development and reporting. You must be an excellent communicator, be 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 Bury to grow up with good emotional health and wellbeing. Wework 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. Were 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 initial assessment team and therefore confidence and skills within assessment and formulating treatment plans is essential.

Person specification

Education / Qualifications

• NMC nursing, social work, OT or equivalent Health /social care qualification and has active registration with relevant regulatory body (NMC, SWE or HCPC )
• Significant post qualification experience in community mental health services to post graduate diploma level

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 - 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.

What happens after your application has been received?

You will be informed about the progress of your application following shortlisting via email. Only applicants who clearly demonstrate the criteria listed in the person specification will be shortlisted for interview. Interview invites will be sent out via email.

What happens if I am offered the position after interview?

The hiring manager will make contact with you to verbally offer you the position. The hiring manager will then inform Recruitment of the decision and provide relevant paperwork. You will be sent a formal conditional offer via email.

What pre-employment checks will I need to complete?

By conducting pre-employment checks, the recruitment team will verify that you meet the pre-conditions of the role you have been offered. Pre-employment checks will be carried out according to NHS Employment Check Standards . The checks are:

• 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 NHS will be required to provide HMRC employment history to cover the most recent three years. This information will used to validate employment history and references as part of pre-employment checks.

If you are offer a position with is and you require sponsorship to support your right to work, we will review your eligibility in line with government guidance . If the role you have been offer is not eligible for sponsorship, and you are not able to evidence your right to work, your conditional offer could be withdrawn.

What happens when pre-employment checks are complete?

Recruitment will liaise with you and the hiring manager to arrange a start date for your new position. You will then be booked on to a Trust Welcome Session and be sent your Pennine Care NHS Terms and Conditions.

Other important information

• We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) and recognise the importance of ensuring our diverse service user population is reflected within our workforce. Unfortunately, we know that, at present, there is underrepresentation of our communities in our workforce. We welcome applications from people from diverse communities to help us grow, learn, be better and consider brilliant innovation diverse people bring.
• If you would like to be considered under the disability confident scheme, you will be guaranteed an interview if you meet the essential criteria on the person specification for the post.
• If you require reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process please phone us on 0161 716 3181 at the earliest opportunity. We will support you to complete your application.
• Unfortunately we are not able to guarantee the transfer of lease cars, or cover the costs of early termination charges.
• We have a strict policy on unsolicited contact from recruitment agencies. Please do not contact our hiring managers directly.

We reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date if a sufficient number of applications have been received. To ensure you application is considered, please submit at the earliest opportunity.

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.

Name Seraphina Walls Job title Team Leader Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 0161 716 1100

If you have problems applying, contact

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