Senior Mental Health Practitioner

NHS; Wisbech; On-site; GBP 45,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Mental Health Practitioner to provide vital therapeutic support to vulnerable young people in community residential settings. This role offers a dynamic and rewarding environment where you will assess and address the needs of young individuals, implementing trauma-informed approaches and working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams. If you are passionate about making a difference and have the skills to navigate the complexities of mental health care, this opportunity is perfect for you. Join a dedicated team committed to providing exceptional care and support to those who need it most.

Qualifications

• Registered with HCPC, NMC, SWE, or BABCP.
• Experience working with vulnerable young people in a therapeutic setting.

Responsibilities

• Provide therapeutic services to young people in residential settings.
• Conduct assessments and implement therapeutic intervention plans.

Skills

Assessment Skills

Therapeutic Consultation

Communication Skills

Organizational Skills

Time Management

Reflective Practice

Risk Assessment

Team Player

Education

Higher-level qualification in therapeutic support

Social Work

Nursing

Psychotherapy

Job description

Senior Mental Health Practitioner Complex Care, Wisbech

Salary: Up to £45,000 depending on experience

Hours: Full time

Location: Covering across Wisbech

If you've got excellent assessment skills and strong therapeutic consultation experiences gained in a Residential setting or working with Looked After Children, we can offer you a rewarding role with a difference. Our teams are fully committed to Cambian's vision. They understand the challenges and rewards of working with our young people and know that every day they will achieve things that really matter.

Main duties of the job

This is no ordinary role. The pace is fast. There's lots of variety. And you'll need to be able to provide a therapeutic service to young people placed within community residential settings. Offering lots of autonomy, your role will involve assessing and identifying the needs of our young people and staff by meeting them through consultation/training and reflective practice. Supporting our teams across the residential homes, you'll spend most of your time out in the field, providing specialist assessments of children and young people within the residential setting. You will formulate and implement plans of therapeutic intervention/management of our children and young people's presentations to embed trauma-informed approaches and psychological understanding of the difficulties within the current evidence-based practice in conjunction with the wider MDT.

About us

The Cambian Group, part of the CareTech family of companies, is one of the largest providers of specialist Education and Care services for children and young people in the UK, delivering across Special Education Schools and Colleges, Residential Care Homes, and a Therapeutic Fostering Service.

Candidate profile

We are looking for a highly organised, enthusiastic, motivated, and forward-thinking Mental Health Practitioner to join our friendly and highly skilled teams.

• Registered with the relevant professional (HCPC, NMC, SWE, BABCP)
• A higher-level qualification in a relevant subject such as therapeutic support, social work, nursing, or psychotherapy.
• Experience of working with vulnerable young people in a therapeutic or counselling setting.
• Be a strong team player, with excellent communication skills.
• Have excellent communication, organisational, and time management skills.
• Ability to plan and implement therapeutic and trauma-informed approaches.
• Understand the importance of reflective practice.
• An understanding of social, emotional, and mental health difficulties.
• An understanding of the complex and multiple needs of vulnerable young people in both the school and home environment.
• The ability to work under pressure and remain calm in stressful and difficult situations.
• Ability to assess and mitigate risk of young people.
• Ability to work autonomously and make decisions and to work as part of a team.
• Ability to establish and maintain clear boundaries in respect of personal and professional responsibility.
• Demonstrate a high level of accuracy, attention to detail, and able to maintain records throughout all services.
• Passionate about working with vulnerable at-risk young people.
• Non-judgemental empathetic attitude.
• A willingness to undertake all training relevant to the role.
• Full clean driving licence. This post may involve travelling throughout the county.

The successful candidate will have 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 safer recruitment reference checks. Cambian is an equal opportunities employer.

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.