Mental Health Practitioner & HMR CAMHS

Pennine Care NHS FT; Rochdale; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare trust in Rochdale is seeking a skilled practitioner for mental health assessments and therapeutic interventions within the CAMHS team. Responsibilities include managing a caseload and working collaboratively with agencies. The ideal candidate will have a background in mental health nursing, social work, or occupational therapy. The role offers a competitive salary of £31,049 to £37,796 and opportunities for professional development. Flexible working hours to accommodate individual needs are also available.

Benefits

Ongoing support and supervision

Professional development opportunities

Flexible working hours

Qualifications

• Registered with a relevant regulatory body.
• Knowledge of relevant legislation and National policies.
• Professional involvement with users of mental health services.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality mental health assessments for adolescents and families.
• Manage a defined caseload.
• Deliver evidence-based therapeutic interventions.

Skills

Children and Young Persons mental health knowledge

Therapeutic interventions

Case management

Multi-agency working

Creativity and flexibility in clinical context

Education

Registered Nurse - Mental Health, Social Work or OT Qualification

Significant post qualification experience in community mental health services

Job description

ARE YOU READY for your next NEW CHALLENGE? We are seeking to employ a highly motivated and skilled practitioner to join and expand our dynamic, friendly and diverse multi-disciplinary team.

Main duties of the job

CAMHS offers a wide range of mental health assessments and evidence-based interventions including family therapy, CBT, interpersonal therapy, EMDR, play therapy and psychotherapy for children and young people aged 5 to 19 years. You will be encouraged to explore your therapeutic interest alongside providing a range of quality CAMHS assessments/interventions. CAMHS also has close links with community services which work with children and young people to offer an early help and bespoke packages of care. There are plenty of opportunities to work in a true multi agency way to help deliver a whole system offer that communicates that all children and young people matter and that their emotional wellbeing and mental health needs are understood and supported with kindness, compassion and high quality and safe care.

These posts will be responsible for providing high quality mental health assessments and therapeutic interventions for adolescents and families using evidence-based interventions.

To be responsible for and manage a defined caseload and undertake case management responsibilities within the caseload.

Providing consultation, advice, and training to a wide range of agencies.

About us

As a service we prioritise staff wellbeing and are active in ensuring that our team values are demonstrated in practice and are a vital part of our working culture. Working hours are generally Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm, though there is plenty of opportunity to work flexibly as we are looking to expand our opening hours as part of our service transformation plans and work around your unique needs as an employee.

We are always interested in hearing new ideas and creative ways of working to meet the needs of our service users and support quality improvements, therefore your voice does matter and will be included in key service developments.

The roles available are extremely varied and as a service we are interested in playing to your clinical strengths and developing your clinical interests and skills. You will receive ongoing support through regular monthly clinical supervision and separate line management support. You will also be actively encouraged to be part of peer supervision and will have the opportunity in your job plan to attend specialist treatment modality consultations. As part of your professional development, you will be supported in pursing and attending relevant in-house training and will have external opportunities to embark on further professional qualifications relevant to the post.

Job responsibilities

• Strong children and Young Persons mental health knowledge and experience.
• knowledge and experience of young people with neurodevelopmental diagnosis (autism and ADHD)
• Experience of using training, supervision, and consultation as a means of helping other professionals to support the mental health of CYP.
• Good understanding and commitment to the CAMHS transformation agenda.
• Values that match Pennine Care Foundation NHS Trust and always place CYP and families at the forefront of all your practice.

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications/Registration

• Registered Nurse -Mental Health, Social Work or OT Qualification or equivalent with regulatory body registration
• Significant post qualification experience in community mental health services

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

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.

Skills & 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
• Ability to work independently
• Ability to work creatively and flexibly in a clinical context

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£31,049 to £37,796 a yearper annum, pro rata