Senior CAMHS Practitioner (£7K Incentive*)

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust; Preston; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare provider is seeking a dedicated Band 6 Senior CAMHS Practitioner to join their multidisciplinary team. This role offers a unique opportunity to work with children and young people facing mental health challenges, providing evidence-based interventions such as CBT and EMDR. The organization values professional development, offering various training initiatives to enhance your skills. With a commitment to flexible working arrangements, this position promotes a positive work-life balance. If you are passionate about making a difference in the lives of young people, this role is perfect for you.

Benefits

Welcome Bonus

Flexible Working Hours

Professional Development Opportunities

Supportive Work Environment

Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker, or Occupational Therapist with post-registration experience.
• Experience working with children and young people is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Provide treatment approaches including CBT, EMDR, and workshops for children and young people.
• Assess complex mental health needs and develop care plans.

Skills

Mental Health Nursing

CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy)

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)

Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Safeguarding Children

Education

Registered Mental Health Nurse

Social Worker

Occupational Therapist

Job description

Band 6

Main area CAMHS Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (The hours of work are 9am-5pm Monday to Friday.) Job ref 351-SPS1356-CLK-A

Site CYPMH The Bay Town Barrow-in-Furness Salary £37,338 - £44,962 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 12/05/2025 23:59

Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism and community based services for the populations we serve.

As an integrated mental health, learning disability and community Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including:

• Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, forensic services including low and medium secure care.
• Specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
• Community physical health and well-being services for children and adults.

The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,000 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health and general nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers.

Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust supports flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, home/remote working, and flexi-time.

Please note that further communication from Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCft) will normally be to the email address given on the application form. You should also ensure that email addresses and telephone numbers are provided for your referees, to enable LSCft to contact them.

Job overview

Do you want to be part of a rapidly developing service committed to improving the lives of Children, Young People and their families?
In a period of exciting development, South Cumbria CAMHS are currently looking to recruit a full time Band 6 Senior CAMHS Practitioner.

We are looking for a registered Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapists with previous post registration experience to join our multidisciplinary team. You will be part of an established CAMHs, working with children, young people (up to the age of 18) and their families; experience of working with children and young people would be an advantage.

Main duties of the job

We are a busy, friendly service providing a range of treatment approaches to children and young people including CBT, EMDR and Decider Skills Workshops. We also work in close collaboration with partner agencies.
We are committed to ongoing continuous professional development of our staff and as a member of our team, you will have the opportunity to be involved in various training initiatives.

The hours of work are 9am-5pm Monday to Friday. You must be passionate about working with children and young people with a wide range of moderate to severe mental health difficulties.

Working for our organisation

*The Welcome Bonus is only available to candidates who are not currently employed (or who have not been employed in the last 12 months) by any NHS provider Trust in the Lancashire & South Cumbria (LSC) Integrated Care System (ICS) in a like-for-like role or core profession. For example, a Band 6 Occupational Therapist / Social Worker / Mental Health Nurse at another Trust in the LSC ICS would not be eligible for the bonus if moving to a Band 6 Occupational Therapist / Social Worker / Mental Health Nurse role at LSCFT or in a role such as Mental Health Practitioner Role that requires the same profession.
These trusts are:
• University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Trust
• East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
• Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Bank only workers for Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust are eligible for the scheme if they have not held a substantive role in Lancashire & South Cumbria Integrated Care System in the last 12 months (subject to all other terms and conditions being met). These incentives are subject to recovery clauses within the first 6 months of employment. This bonus is applicable from 1st July 2024 – 30th April 2025.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The £7k Welcome Bonus package is designed to attract and retain the very best staff in post. The amount a new starter would receive is shown in the Welcome Bonus Payment Schedule below:

• £3,000 after 2 months of employment (counted from start date with LSCFT)
• £2,000 after 12 months
• £2,000 after 24 months

PLEASE NOTE: This bonus scheme is subject to a Repayment Clause should the post holder leave this role within 6 months of commencing employment.

• RGN/RMN/SOCIAL WORKER or OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
• Additional further training or experience in CYMPH
• Specific therapeutic skills relevant to children and young people with complex needs

Knowledge

• Ability to comprehensively assess complex mental health needs, develop care plans and deliver appropriate interventions
• Specific skills and knowledge in evidence based therapeutic interventions to meet complex needs
• Demonstrable knowledge of safeguarding children and ‘Think Family’

Experience

• Managing own workload with effective liaison with others
• Working in the community
• Able to work autonomously and as a member of the multi-disciplinary team

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Please be aware, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) when submitting an application is monitored and if you have used AI to generate an application, you are required to declare this on your application form. Failure to do so, may result in your application being withdrawn.

We want to highlight the importance of integrity and authenticity in your application form, and ask you to use AI tools responsibly to ensure your application form is a true reflection of your skills, knowledge and experiences.

We are looking for you to demonstrate personal experiences of how you meet the essential criteria and as an NHS Employer,we value authenticity and honesty.

Please consider that AI-generated content may lack specificity and fail to address key criteria outlined in the job description providing impersonal and inaccurate information.

Please ensure that you read the person specification attached below as your application will be measured against this document.

Applications from job share partners are welcome and other forms of flexible working will be considered for all posts.

For all posts which require a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check please be aware of the Disclosure and Barring Service Code of Practice, a copy of which is available by logging on to the DBS website. If the post is subject to DBS disclosure, a charge will be made to the successful candidate(s).

You are advised to consider applying for LSCft vacancies as soon as possible as in some instances vacancies are closed as soon as a sufficient number of applications have been received. If you are not invited to interview within three weeks of the closing date then please assume that on this occasion you have been unsuccessful, as it is not possible to contact all unsuccessful candidates.

LSCft is committed to celebrating difference as an asset and we know that recruiting talent from diverse backgrounds helps to create a more flexible, creative and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from people regardless of age, disability (particularly those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion or belief or sexual orientation. Our goal is for the Trust to be truly representative of the communities we serve so we are particularly keen to receive applications from people in under-represented groups. If there is anything you’d like to discuss in relation to your application then please ask.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.