SET CAMHS Senior Practitioner

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust; Harlow; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare service provider in Harlow is seeking a Senior Practitioner to join an experienced team delivering mental health services to young people. The ideal candidate will have post-graduate qualifications in psychological practice and experience working with complex cases. This is a great opportunity to make a meaningful impact while being part of a supportive organization committed to staff wellbeing and professional development.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Employee assistance programme

Proactive health and wellbeing support

Supportive networks for staff

Qualifications

• Eligible for registration as a full member of a professional body.
• Experience working with challenging children/young people requiring skilled interventions.
• Experience providing mental health interventions to children with neurodevelopmental disorders.

Responsibilities

• Support development and implementation of groups and 1-1 therapies within the i-Thrive Model.
• Supervise and manage others, support and training provided.
• Develop innovative strategies to support young people and families.

Skills

Excellent clinical assessment skills

Good verbal communication skills

Good written communication skills

Education

Post-graduate training in psychological practice or graduate training in nursing, social work, or occupational therapy

Job description

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Joining #TeamNELFT means you'll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We're CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.

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Job overview

Essex SET CAMHS has an exciting opportunity for a qualified professional to step into an established role within a diverse, friendly and experienced team covering the locality of West Essex Harlow.

Working as the Senior Practitioner in the SET CAMHS in West Essex Harlow, you would have a high standard of knowledge and experience of working with young people in CAMH services who are experiencing a range of mental health presentations. We are looking for a dynamic individual who is passionate about helping young people and their families and values multi-disciplinary working in their practice.

Nelft's SET CAMHS is for anybody aged between 0-18, living in the Southend, Essex and Thurrock areas and is free at the point of entry. The service is also for young people with special educational needs (SEN) up to the age of 25.

This recruitment drive comes following a recently completed consultation and redesign process, moving this well-established team to the I-Thrive model of delivery. We are excited to be delivering a new therapeutic model informed by collaborative formulations which offer the opportunity for both targeted and longer-term interventions.

Main duties of the job

The team has an established clinic based in Harlow, and makes use of agile working to provide support and interventions across West Essex Harlow area.

The role of senior practitioner is to support the development and implementation of a range of groups and 1-1 therapies within the i-Thrive Model and as indicated by the SET CAMHS and NICE guidance. You would ideally have experience of supervising and managing others, although support and training can be given for this to the right candidate. You would also have a keen interest in developing innovative strategies to support young people and their families.

Children and young people who are referred to CAMHS have a range of presentations which would include: early presentation of psychosis, self-harm and suicidal ideation, other trauma related emotional difficulties, low mood, anxiety, obsessional compulsive disorders and other mild to moderate mental health difficulties. For those with additional neurodevelopmental needs, interventions for their co‑m­orbid mental health issues are provided within the neurodevelopmental pathway.

Working for our organisation

Starting with NELFT

NELFT places a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop‑in sessions focusing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

Higher Cost Area Supplement

This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 5% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £1,258 and a maximum payment of £2,122 per annum pro rata).

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification when completing your application.

As an inclusive and supportive team applications are welcomed by professionals from a wide range of disciplines and backgrounds, including: mental health nurses, counselling psychologists, clinical psychologists, social workers, art psychotherapists, drama therapists, occupational therapist and other suitably qualified professional staff that meet the person specification and who are currently registered with an appropriate professional body.

Certificates of Sponsorship

Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points based system.

Use of AI

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

Person specification

Qualification

Essential criteria

• Successful completion of a post‑graduate training in psychological practice (e.g. psychologist, family therapist, child and adolescent psychotherapist) or graduate training (e.g. nursing, social work, occupational therapy)
• To be eligible for registration as a full member of the appropriate professional body (e.g. HCPC, NMC)

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of working with difficult, disturbed or challenging children/young people requiring skilled and complex interventions.
• Experience of providing mental health interventions to children and young people with neurodevelopmental disorders.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of providing specialist individual interventions with a wide variety of children and young people, from 3 to 19 years old‑ presenting problems at the most severe end of the spectrum
• Experience of managing teams

Skills

Essential criteria

• Excellent clinical assessment skills
• Good verbal and written communication skills

Desirable criteria

• Ability to support the delivery of group education / intervention programmes to families and other supporting staff / professionals

Benefits

We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:

• A long‑standing and award‑winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
• A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our efforts to support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a 'Top 10 Family Friendly Employer' from the Working Families Charity.
• Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
• Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.

Supporting our Armed Forces

We recognise the valuable contribution that the Armed Forces community make to our organisation. We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and achieved Gold Award under the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme. We have supportive policies, guaranteed interview schemes for veterans, reservists and military spouses and give additional leave to our Reservists so that they can attend their annual camp.

Equal opportunities employer

We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity and positively encourage applications from all sections of the community regardless of any protected characteristic.

We are a Disability Confident employer and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with disabilities. If you require this application in another format i.e. Braille or audio tape please contact the recruitment team on 0300 300 1530 or email [e-mail].

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

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.

Application numbers

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, we encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to ensure consideration.

Correspondence with us

You are advised to regularly check your emails (including any junk mail/spam folders) for correspondence related to this post.

As part of our recruitment process, we may be required to share information you provide on the application form with NHS Counter Fraud Authority (NHSCFA) and/or other organisations for the purpose of the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of fraud or any other unlawful activity affecting the NHS. We also use third party providers to check and verify your qualifications who may be contacting you on our behalf to verify the same.

Documents to download

• SET CAMHS Band 7 (PDF, 424.6KB)
• Candidate Recruitment Pack (PDF, 671.2KB)