Mental Health Practitioner

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust; Swindon; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional health provider in Swindon is looking for a full-time Senior Mental Health Practitioner to join its Eating Disorders Service (TEDS). The role involves conducting assessments and delivering evidence-based interventions to adolescents with eating disorders and other mental health challenges. Additionally, you will supervise junior staff and work within a supportive multidisciplinary team. The ideal candidate should have relevant experience and a strong commitment to professional development. Generous benefits package and opportunities for career progression are included.

Benefits

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Excellent opportunities for career progression

NHS Discount across a wide range of shops

Competitive pension scheme

Access to tailored individual learning and development

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years of experience in mental health care, specifically with young people.
• Ability to engage and support children and families with mental health difficulties.
• Willingness to undertake continuous professional development and training.

Responsibilities

• Conduct initial assessments and provide evidence-based interventions.
• Supervise junior colleagues and support students.
• Participate in flexible working patterns to meet team needs.

Skills

Experience in working with eating disorders

Leadership skills

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Flexible working

Education

Relevant degree (Nurse, Occupational Therapist, or Social Worker)

Job description

As a Senior Mental Health Practitioner, you will be responsible for initial assessment, providing and evaluating evidence based interventions, supporting junior colleagues with supervision, working with students and being part of a highly skilled and supportive multi-disciplinary team.

There are opportunities for you to work within the wider Getting More Help pathway and support children/young people/families with other mental health difficulties such as anxiety/PTSD/depression/OCD; this means that no two days are ever the same.

We're looking for someone who is enthusiastic and proactive and looking to develop their leadership skills., You will participate in a flexible working pattern within the multi-disciplinary team to provide cover for a core working day 8am-8pm Monday-Friday and 10am-6pm Saturday -Sunday and Bank Holidays. The role includes covering the on call rota outside of these hours on a rota basis. We have a robust system of support available for out of hours and on call working through Team Manager and Psychiatry On Call colleagues.

You will need to be able to travel to access different appointments within the community.

If you have any questions about the role or would like to find out more about our team, please get in touch with Tori Mitchell Clinical Team Manager or Jennifer Davis Clinical Lead for Eating Disorders on 01865 903422.

• All new starters have a thorough induction process, both local and Trust wide, which aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
• Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
• We’re advocates of flexible working and many of our roles offer a range of employment options to help you balance your work and personal life.
• Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
• We are ambitious in our pursuit of excellence, driven by the belief that a fair, just and fully inclusive organisational culture enables our teams to deliver the best quality of care and services possible and we work hard to ensure that our diverse workforce reflects the communities that we serve.
• We welcome applications from all sections of the community, are an Equal Opportunities employer with a number of internal networking groups to support our employees and where possible will always look to make reasonable adjustments in order that you can fulfil the role to recognise your full potential. All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values - safe, caring and excellent.
• We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
• Oxford is a world-renowned centre of excellence for research. Oxford Health works closely with the University of Oxford department of Psychiatry and the Department of Primary care, has a Biomedical Research Centre dedicated to improving mental health and the NIHR Clinical Research Facility at the Warneford site. The Trust also hosts the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) which carries out applied research that directly impacts patient health and wellbeing

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.

We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.

We actively support anti-racism, equality, diversity, and inclusion so, if you’re excited about this job opportunity and you meet our Trust values, but feel unsure about applying, then please get in touch and we will be happy to have a conversation with you.

We are also committed to increasing diversity in the workforce, that is why we actively encourage applications from those groups of people who are currently under‑represented, which include amongst others: people with disabilities; men from all socio‑economic backgrounds; people from diverse ethnic backgrounds; and people from the LGBTQIA+ community.

We are looking for a full‑time Senior Mental Health Practitioner - you may be a Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker who has experience in working with eating disorders - to come and join our specialist eating disorder team at Swindon Community Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS).

Swindon CAMHS is a multidisciplinary team; we are passionate about providing evidenced based care to young people and their families in the community, working in partnership with other agencies.

Your role will be within The Eating Disorders Service (TEDS), supporting young people and families/carers with eating disorders in the community.

We are a highly supportive team, committed to your supervision and development; there's a wide range of development available and you would have access to a full range of internal and external training opportunities to enhance your existing skills and develop new ones. For example, we can offer training around CBT‑E / FT‑AN.

Although you’d be based within TEDS, we’ll offer you liaison and duty responsibilities so you can continue to work with children and young people with a variety of mental health conditions.

Check us out on Youtube: BSW RECRUITMENT - YouTube, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.

Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible

Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: "Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team"

Our values are: "Caring, safe and excellent"

At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team