Duty/PMHW Worker

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust; Exley Head; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working arrangements

Health and wellbeing support

Development opportunities

Armed Forces support

Job summary

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a mental health practitioner within PMHW/Duty, CAMHS, to join our dedicated multi-disciplinary teams across Bradford, Aire Wharfe Craven CAHMS. You will assess, plan and deliver short-term care packages for children and young people, and provide specialist support and training to staff.

You will contribute to policy development, service improvement and performance monitoring, promote user involvement in care planning, and work with families

Qualifications

• Assess and plan for children and young people.
• Provide short-term care packages.
• Offer specialist support and training to staff.

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive assessments for children and young people.
• Implement and monitor care plans.
• Maintain therapeutic relationships and safeguard children at risk.
• Collaborate in MDT settings and support staff and partner agencies.
• Contribute to policy development, service improvement and performance monitoring.

Skills

Assessment and planning

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Communication with families

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for mental health practitioner within the PMHW/Duty , CAHMS to join a well established, dedicated and friendly teams across Bradford, Aire Wharfe Craven CAHMS.,

• The role involves developing and providing mental health services to children and young people, including assessment, planning, and delivering short-term care packages.
• The worker will operate within a multidisciplinary team, offering specialist support, consultation, and training to staff and other agencies.
• Responsibilities include conducting comprehensive assessments, implementing care plans, maintaining therapeutic relationships, and ensuring the safety of children at risk.
• The position requires effective communication with children, families, and professionals, adapting approaches based on individual needs and circumstances.
• The worker will also contribute to policy formulation, service improvement, and performance monitoring, while promoting user involvement in care planning.

Everything we do is underpinned by our core values:

We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference

We Listen - We understand people's views and respond to their individual needs

We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners

We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :

• Increase mileage rates for > 3500
• A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages
• A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities
• Plus many more.

We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.

BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan.

All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.