Senior Mental Health Practitioner - CAMHS

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Senior Mental Health Practitioner for the Buckinghamshire CAMHS within the Aylesbury area. The role focuses on initial assessments, psycho-educational advice, and practical support for children, young people and their families experiencing mental health difficulties.

You will deliver care using evidence-based interventions, with a collaborative, recovery-focused approach and contribute to clinical leadership, supervision and service development

Qualifications

• Initial assessments and psycho-educational advice for young people and families.
• Use evidence-based interventions with collaborative recovery-focused approaches.
• Risk assessment and management including positive risk taking as part of the role.
• Provide supervision and contribute to team development and evaluation.

Responsibilities

• Lead clinical aspects within the Getting More Help SIRS pathway.
• Contribute to clinical leadership of the team and supervise other members.
• Participate in service development and evaluation activities.

Skills

Psycho-educational advice

Risk assessment and management

Clinical leadership

Supervision

Recovery-focused approaches

Collaborative practice

Job description

With a big national focus on improving services for children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing, there has never been a better time to join Oxford Health - Buckinghamshire CAMHS and make a positive difference to children and young people’s life chances.

You need to be a Mental Health Nurses, Occupational Therapists and Social Workers interested to join our fantastic Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service based in Aylesbury, Bucks. You will deliver a high quality, comprehensive mental health service for children, young people and their families who are experiencing mental health difficulties.

As a Senior Mental Health Practitioner you will be responsible for initial assessments and providing psycho-educational advice and practical support to young people and their families by drawing on evidence- based interventions and using a collaborative, recovery focused approaches.

This post is based in our Getting More Help part of their service; specifically the Specialist Intervention and Recovery Support (SIRS). Risk assessment and management including the need for positive risk taking is an important part of the role. You will contribute to the clinical leadership of the team, providing supervision for other team members and participate in the team service development and evaluation.

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

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Megan Wale Job title: Service Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01865 901325

At Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust we want to employ people not just with experience, but with the aptitude and motivation to succeed and whose values resonate with our own.

Therefore, if you don’t meet all the requirements of the role and are unsure about applying but are excited about the opportunity, please do get in touch. We will be happy to discuss the requirements in more detail ahead of making a written application.