Mental Health Practitioner Assistant

Cambian Group Plc; Shrewsbury; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Cambian Group Plc in Shropshire is hiring an Assistant Mental Health Practitioner for the Child Sexual Exploitation service, offering support across residential and education settings.

The role involves coordinating assessments, delivering psycho-educational interventions, and contributing to training while under supervision. Full-time, 40 hours per week, salary up to £25,147 per annum. DBS checks and driving license required.

Qualifications

• Experience working with children/young people.
• Psychology degree or degree in counselling/child development.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Understanding of psychometrics and data gathering.
• Knowledge of trauma-informed practices and attachment-based approaches (e.g. PACE).
• Compassionate approach and engaging teenagers.
• Team player with excellent communication.
• Full driving licence and own vehicle to travel to multiple sites.
• Understanding of CSE.
• Keen to learn and develop.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate information and write assessment reports under supervision.
• Develop and deliver psycho-educational interventions for young people.
• Develop and deliver training to residential and educational staff.
• Support professionals with consultations/meetings; take notes and perform admin tasks.
• Write literature reviews to inform practice.

Skills

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Empathy

Calm under pressure

Education

Psychology degree

Counselling/Child development degree

Tools

Psychometrics

Data collection tools

Job description

Assistant Mental Health Practitioner - Child Sexual Exploitation Service, Shropshire

Salary up to £25,147 per annum

Permanent: Full Time, 40 hours per week.

Location: Covering homes/schools across Shropshire

The role

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Assistant Mental Health Practitioner to support with the clinical service provision for our CSE (Child Sexual Exploitation) service across our Shropshire region. The young people in our care have experienced or have been at increased risk of sexual exploitation. In addition, they have frequently experienced other traumatic and adverse situations and relationships. Our focus is on supporting their recovery both holistically and also to reduce future risk of harm.

You will have regular supervision from a qualified Clinical Professional (Mental Health Practitioner/Psychologist/Psychotherapist).

You will work within a regional Clinical team and will support both residential and education teams in this role.

You will be part of a team who seeks to support others to embed psychological understanding of the young people in our care and embed therapeutic, trauma informed practice.

You will be supported to develop your professional skills with supervision and training

This is an exciting time to join us as we review and renew the CSE service.

The role will include

• Co-ordinating information/writing assessment reports under supervision, including gathering and analysing a range of data including psychometric data
• Developing and delivering psycho-educational interventions to young people
• Developing and delivering training to teams (residential and educational staff)
• Supporting professionals with consultations/meetings by gathering information, taking notes and other administrative tasks
• Other tasks as required for the development and delivery of the service (e.g. writing literature reviews to inform practice)

Candidate Profile

We are looking for someone who is fundamentally compassionate, caring and able to remain calm and resilient due to the nature of the work. It is essential that you can translate theory into practice in order to support both young people and teams with their day to day work.

Essential:

• Experience working with children/young people
• Psychology degree, or a degree in relevant subject e.g. counselling, child development etc.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• A good understanding of the use of psychometrics and general data gathering
• Knowledge of trauma informed practices and attachment-based approaches e.g. PACE
• Compassionate approach to young people with creative ways of engaging teenagers
• Team player with excellent communication skills
• Full driving licence and own vehicle to be able to travel to multiple sites.
• Understanding of CSE
• Keen to learn and develop

Desirable:

• CAMHS/mental health experience
• Residential Care experience
• Report writing / assessment experience
• Experience of delivering therapeutic interventions

In return we offer:

• Full support from a caring, supportive and knowledgeable multidisciplinary team
• Regular clinical supervision
• Meetings and peer support
• Developmental opportunities (training, CPD, shadowing etc as appropriate)
• Internal/external training on new initiatives

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.