Mental Health Practitioner

The Cambian Group; Ripon; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading provider of children's mental health services is seeking a Mental Health Practitioner/Therapist in Ripon. This full-time position involves providing therapeutic services, supervising junior staff, and assessing children’s needs within a multidisciplinary team. Candidates should have relevant qualifications, experience in mental health, and a passion for helping children achieve positive outcomes. The role offers excellent training opportunities and is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children in care.

Benefits

Full support from a multidisciplinary team

Regular clinical supervision

Developmental and research opportunities

Internal and external training

Qualifications

• Experience of working in CAMHS or a relevant mental health provision.
• Registered with relevant professional body.

Responsibilities

• Providing a therapeutic service to children and young people.
• Assessing and identifying needs through consultation and training.
• Supervising other Mental Health Practitioners and Therapy Assistants.

Skills

Passionate about enabling positive outcomes for children

Strong team player

Excellent communication skills

Organisational and time management skills

Education

Qualified Therapist/mental health practitioner registered with a relevant professional body

Job description

Mental Health Practitioner/Therapist

Salary: up to £46,178 per annum

Permanent: Full Time, 40 hours per week (p/t, term time may be considered)

Location: Ripon, North Yorkshire

This is an exciting opportunity to join our growing clinical team within Cambian Group, the UK’s largest provider of specialist services in children’s residential care, education, mental health and learning disability services. We are looking for a passionate and dedicated individual to join the company as a Mental Health Practitioner/Therapist. The post will require someone with previous experience of working in a CAMHS or relevant mental health setting. We offer excellent training and career progression opportunities as well as a variety of staff benefits.

Cambian Spring Hill School

Cambian Spring Hill School is a 38 - 52 week residential and day school for children and young people aged 8-19 with a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum, associated challenging behaviours, learning and communication difficulties and complex needs.

The school provides education and care through a mixture of individualised programmes and a broad curriculum to learn, progress and work towards each student’s personal best. Learning opportunities are provided to facilitate personal aspirations, celebrate success and work towards a meaningful transition into the adult world.

Spring Hill School has a range of therapeutic support on site which focuses on proactively supporting each student’s complex needs. The service provides an environment where multidisciplinary support is key to ensuring outstanding outcomes for the students.

Job Role

You will be providing a therapeutic service to children and young people placed within Spring Hill School by assessing and identifying their needs and meeting them through consultation and training to Residential and Educational staff, direct therapeutic work, care planning and management in conjunction with the Multi-disciplinary team.

Dependant on your experience you may be required to supervise other Mental Health Practitioners, Healthcare Students and Therapy Assistants.

The core of your role you will be providing specialist assessments and intervention for the children and young people within the Education setting. So, subsequently you will formulate and implement plans of therapeutic intervention / management of children and young people’s presentation based on psychological understanding the difficulties within current evidence-based practice, in conjunction with the wider MDT at the setting. You will also be working closely with the staff teams providing consultation and training as appropriate.

Further duties are described in the attached Job Description.

Candidate Profile

We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated, forward thinking Mental Health Practitioner to join our friendly team.

Essential

• An individual who is passionate about enabling children and young people to achieve positive outcomes
• Qualified Therapist/mental health practitioner registered with a relevant professional body
• Experience of working in CAMHS or a relevant mental health provision
• Registered with relevant professional body
• Be a strong team player, with excellent communication skills.
• Have excellent communication, organisational and time management skills.

Beneficial

• Experience of working in an education setting
• Experience of working with looked after children

In return we offer:

• Full support from a multidisciplinary team
• Regular clinical supervision
• Meetings and peer support
• Developmental opportunities
• Research opportunities & support
• Internal/external training on new initiatives

You will also learn from some of the most dedicated and inspirational people in our profession.

Note

Successful candidates will need to meet the person specification in order to be offered this post.

Cambian is committed to Safeguarding and protecting the young people and service users within our care.

All candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and reference checks.

Cambian is an equal opportunities employer.