Senior Mental Health Practitioner or Clinical Psychologist

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust; Barnsley; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health service in Barnsley is looking for a Senior Mental Health Practitioner or Clinical Psychologist to join their dedicated team. The role involves providing clinical care and support to children and young people, emphasizing recovery-focused outcomes. Candidates should possess the relevant qualifications and be equipped to work within a dynamic, multi-agency environment. This is an exciting opportunity for those passionate about making a significant impact in the lives of young individuals facing mental health challenges.

Benefits

Access to managerial and clinical supervision

Flexible working hours

Qualifications

• Experience with children and young people in a mental health setting.
• Ability to manage own caseload autonomously.
• Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council.

Responsibilities

• Provide assessments and consultations to young people and families.
• Create individualized care packages within a multi-disciplinary team.
• Support young people experiencing mental health difficulties.

Skills

Communication Skills

Inter-agency Liaison

Crisis Management

Patient Advocacy

Education

Doctoral Qualification in Clinical Psychology

Relevant Professional Qualification (e.g. Nursing)

Job description

Job summary

1 x 30 hours per week

Barnsley CAMHS has a rare andexciting opportunity for a Senior Mental Health Practitioner or ClinicalPsychologist to join our Children in Care Pathway. You will be acreativeand dynamic clinician to help create individualised packages of care to supportyoung people in the community. We are especially interested if you holdqualifications/training in Thera-play or other younger aged treatment models.

You will work closely with the CiC Pathway lead and team manager tooffer excellent assessment, consultation, education and direct care toprofessionals, foster carers and looked after children within Barnsley, youwill form part of a wider service working alongside a range of professionsincluding Consultant Psychiatrists, Nurses, Social Workers, Support Workers,Psychologists and Specialist Therapists.

Staff wellbeing is at the heart of Barnsley CAMHS you will be supportedto flourish in your role and have access to regular managerial and clinicalsupervision as well as integrating into a wonderfully supportive team.

We are a passionate service with the welfare of Children and YoungPeople at the heart of everything we do, this is a great opportunity to be partof a very special team and help to shape the future of the wonderful youngpeople in Barnsley.

This post for 30 hours a week and we will endeavour to support the rightcandidate to work these with a flexible approach.

Main duties of the job

You will work as part of anintegrated, supportive multi-disciplinary team as part of a wider system offerfor Barnsley CIC. You will understand and be able to offer formulation andconsultation to a range of professionals, along with foster carers and youngpeople. You will be able to work directly with young people up to the age of 25within a therapeutic modality and have positive outcomes which are recoveryfocussed. Being able to manage risk and complexity is essential alongside acalm, resilient and professional manner which supports and advocates engagementwith the system and young people.

Good Interpersonal andcommunication skills are an essential part of this role, needing to adapt theseto meet a wider variety of need. You should have experience and/or appreciationof some of the richness and complexities of working with Children Careexperiencing mental health difficulties.

Please specify which role youare applying for (Psychology or SMHP) and please note you only need to evidenceappropriate skills for the relevant person specification for which you areapplying.

Atthe time of advertising, this role does meet the minimum requirements set by UKVisas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK. We look forwardto receiving your application.

All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to befully vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect patients.

About us

Weare a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental healthand learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale,Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and arethe lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission isto help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do thisby providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employstaff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make adifference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourageand welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we valuediversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Beinga foundation Trust means were accountable to ourmembers, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people(including staff) are members of our Trust.

Joinus and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improvingthe mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet andhelp each year.

Weare committedto safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people andvulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share thiscommitment.

We do reserve to right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For details of both the Senior Mental Health Practitioner and Clinical Psychologist role please see the supporting documents attached.

We are aware that an increasing number of applicants areusing AI technology to generate responses on NHS Job application forms. Westrongly discourage this and will conduct a thorough screening process beforeselecting candidates to progress to the next stage. If you are using AI toenhance your application, please disclose this in your NHS Jobs applicationform.

Job description
Job responsibilities

For details of both the Senior Mental Health Practitioner and Clinical Psychologist role please see the supporting documents attached.

We are aware that an increasing number of applicants areusing AI technology to generate responses on NHS Job application forms. Westrongly discourage this and will conduct a thorough screening process beforeselecting candidates to progress to the next stage. If you are using AI toenhance your application, please disclose this in your NHS Jobs applicationform.

Person Specification

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Senior Mental Health Practitioner
• Able to work autonomously and as part of a team
• Commitment to multi-agency approach/working
• Ability to work and make decisions under pressure.
• Calm, confident, innovative, creative
• and assertive
• Ability to make and lead decisions under pressure/crisis situations
• Willingness to be flexible and adaptable in accordance with changing service priorities.
• Commitment to challenging discrimination and improving accessibility of services.
• Ability to cope calmly in a crisis
• To demonstrate good self-care and encourage the same in team members
• A Current driving licence and access to a car during the working day is essential (reasonable adjustments will be considered for any applicants who are unable to drive due to a disability)
• To have integrity, be honest, open, transparent and respectful.
• Clinical Psychologist
• Caring.
• Team Player.
• Commitment to supervision and support.

Desirable

• Clinical Psychologist
• Flexible.
• Committed to client group.

Qualifications

Essential

• Senior Mental Health Practitioner
• Relevant professional qualification, e.g. nursing, or other professional allied to medicine.
• Post qualification training in identified portfolio, e.g. LD. LAC, eating disorder.
• Dip SW or relevant mental health profession.
• A teaching and assessing qualification.
• Membership of professional body.
• Clinical Psychologist
• Hons. Degree in Psychology.
• Doctoral qualification clinical psychology.
• Appropriate safeguarding training.
• Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council as a Clinical Psychologist.

Desirable

• Senior Mental Health Practitioner
• Post graduate qualification in mental health (e.g. CBT, Family Therapy, Counselling).
• Masters Level qualification.
• Formal management/supervisory qualification.
• Clinical Psychologist
• 2:1 min.
• Eligible for chartered status.

Experience

Essential

• Senior Mental Health Practitioner
• Experience of delivering training to others.
• Extensive experience in identified portfolio requirements.
• Substantial post qualification experience, some of which must be working with Children, young people and their carers in a mental health or other complex care setting.
• Experience of working in different cultural contexts.
• Knowledge and experience of working with Equality and Diversity.
• Multidisciplinary team working.
• Inter-agency liaison and consultation.
• Experience of providing highly specialist advice and supervision to other professionals.
• Knowledge of relevant legislation and guidance for working with children, young people, mental health and safeguarding.
• Evidence of advanced clinical/therapeutic knowledge and skills in mental health.
• Extensive experience in assessment and risk management and ability to implement evidence based practice.
• Advanced experience of safeguarding children and young people.
• Clinical Psychologist
• Completion of supervised clinical practice in the NHS.
• Ability to work within two models of psychological assessment, formulation and intervention.

Desirable

• Senior Mental Health Practitioner
• Experience of community settings.
• Clinical Psychologist
• Experience in working with service users in the clinical area of the post.
• Different theoretical approaches.
• Work with other disciplines.
• Work with people who have disabilities.

Special Knowledge/Skills

Essential

• Senior Mental Health Practitioner
• Excellent verbal and communication skills.
• Ability to manage own caseload and to be a self-reliant and autonomous practitioner.
• Excellent negotiation skills, and problem solving skills.
• Customer service orientation.
• Excellent record keeping and report writing skills to include care planning and risk assessments.
• IT skills.
• Clinical Psychologist
• Communication skills.
• A current driving licence and access to a car during the working day is essential (reasonable adjustments will be considered for any applicants who are unable to drive due to a disability).
• IT Literate.

Desirable

• Clinical Psychologist
• Research skills.
• Knowledge of adult & child protection legislation.
• Awareness of legislation relevant to the clinical area of practice.

Physical Attributes

Essential

• Senior Mental Health Practitioner/Clinical Psychologist
• Ability to undertake the duties and demands of the post. A satisfactory sickness record over the previous 2 years (subject to the need to act with fairness and equality of opportunity, particularly where the sickness is related to a disability and/or pregnancy).

Person Specification
Personal Attributes

Essential

• Senior Mental Health Practitioner
• Able to work autonomously and as part of a team
• Commitment to multi-agency approach/working
• Ability to work and make decisions under pressure.
• Calm, confident, innovative, creative
• and assertive
• Ability to make and lead decisions under pressure/crisis situations
• Willingness to be flexible and adaptable in accordance with changing service priorities.
• Commitment to challenging discrimination and improving accessibility of services.
• Ability to cope calmly in a crisis
• To demonstrate good self-care and encourage the same in team members
• A Current driving licence and access to a car during the working day is essential (reasonable adjustments will be considered for any applicants who are unable to drive due to a disability)
• To have integrity, be honest, open, transparent and respectful.
• Clinical Psychologist
• Caring.
• Team Player.
• Commitment to supervision and support.

Desirable

• Clinical Psychologist
• Flexible.
• Committed to client group.

Qualifications

Essential

• Senior Mental Health Practitioner
• Relevant professional qualification, e.g. nursing, or other professional allied to medicine.
• Post qualification training in identified portfolio, e.g. LD. LAC, eating disorder.
• Dip SW or relevant mental health profession.
• A teaching and assessing qualification.
• Membership of professional body.
• Clinical Psychologist
• Hons. Degree in Psychology.
• Doctoral qualification clinical psychology.
• Appropriate safeguarding training.
• Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council as a Clinical Psychologist.

Desirable

• Senior Mental Health Practitioner
• Post graduate qualification in mental health (e.g. CBT, Family Therapy, Counselling).
• Masters Level qualification.
• Formal management/supervisory qualification.
• Clinical Psychologist
• 2:1 min.
• Eligible for chartered status.

Experience

Essential

• Senior Mental Health Practitioner
• Experience of delivering training to others.
• Extensive experience in identified portfolio requirements.
• Substantial post qualification experience, some of which must be working with Children, young people and their carers in a mental health or other complex care setting.
• Experience of working in different cultural contexts.
• Knowledge and experience of working with Equality and Diversity.
• Multidisciplinary team working.
• Inter-agency liaison and consultation.
• Experience of providing highly specialist advice and supervision to other professionals.
• Knowledge of relevant legislation and guidance for working with children, young people, mental health and safeguarding.
• Evidence of advanced clinical/therapeutic knowledge and skills in mental health.
• Extensive experience in assessment and risk management and ability to implement evidence based practice.
• Advanced experience of safeguarding children and young people.
• Clinical Psychologist
• Completion of supervised clinical practice in the NHS.
• Ability to work within two models of psychological assessment, formulation and intervention.

Desirable

• Senior Mental Health Practitioner
• Experience of community settings.
• Clinical Psychologist
• Experience in working with service users in the clinical area of the post.
• Different theoretical approaches.
• Work with other disciplines.
• Work with people who have disabilities.

Special Knowledge/Skills

Essential

• Senior Mental Health Practitioner
• Excellent verbal and communication skills.
• Ability to manage own caseload and to be a self-reliant and autonomous practitioner.
• Excellent negotiation skills, and problem solving skills.
• Customer service orientation.
• Excellent record keeping and report writing skills to include care planning and risk assessments.
• IT skills.
• Clinical Psychologist
• Communication skills.
• A current driving licence and access to a car during the working day is essential (reasonable adjustments will be considered for any applicants who are unable to drive due to a disability).
• IT Literate.

Desirable

• Clinical Psychologist
• Research skills.
• Knowledge of adult & child protection legislation.
• Awareness of legislation relevant to the clinical area of practice.

Physical Attributes

Essential

• Senior Mental Health Practitioner/Clinical Psychologist
• Ability to undertake the duties and demands of the post. A satisfactory sickness record over the previous 2 years (subject to the need to act with fairness and equality of opportunity, particularly where the sickness is related to a disability and/or pregnancy).

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.
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Additional information
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.
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust
Address

New Street Health Centre

Upper New Street

Barnsley

S70 1LP

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