SET CAMHS Senior Practitioner

National health service; Reading; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

High Cost Area Supplement

Job summary

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust in the South Essex area is recruiting a Senior CAMHS Practitioner to join SET CAMHS. You will work within the Thrive Model and MDT to assess and treat young people and their families, providing supervision and guidance to colleagues.

The role involves leading therapy delivery, mentoring staff, and developing innovative approaches aligned with NICE guidance to improve outcomes for children and adolescents with mental health difficulties.

Qualifications

• Experience with adolescent mental health.
• Knowledge of Thrive Model and NICE guidance.
• Experience supervising others and mentoring.
• Familiarity with evidence-based therapies for CAMHS.

Responsibilities

• Deliver individual therapy within the Thrive Model per NICE guidance.
• Contribute to MDT discussions and supervise junior staff as needed.
• Support the wider clinical team through teaching and mentoring.
• Develop innovative strategies to support young people and families.

Skills

MDT collaboration

Supervision experience

Thrive Model knowledge

Evidence-based interventions

Job description

Job Overview

We welcome applications from highly motivated and enthusiastic mental health nurses, psychologists, social workers, psychotherapists, family therapists, and other qualified professional staff for the role of senior practitioner within SET CAMHS. SET CAMHS has an exciting opportunity for a qualified professional to step into an established role within a diverse and experienced team delivering mental health interventions to children and young people. SET CAMHS works to the Thrive model, with this role sitting within the Getting Help, Getting More Help and Risk Support sections of the model. We are looking for dynamic individuals who are passionate about helping young people and their families to join our friendly, supportive and innovative team covering the locality of South Essex.

Working as a Senior CAMHS Practitioner in the SET CAMHS team you would have a high standard of knowledge and experience of working with young people in CAMHS services who present with a range of mental health difficulties. The successful candidate will work within the Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) to assess and treat using the most appropriate evidenced based options to meet the needs of young people and children. The post-holder would work within the supportive and experienced senior leadership team, and support other members of the team both through MDT discussion, case support and supervision.

Main duties of the job

The role of senior practitioner is to support the delivery of a range of individual therapy within the Thrive Model, as indicated by SET CAMHS & NICE guidance. You would ideally have experience of supervising & managing others, although additional support & 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 & their families.

Children & young people who are referred to SET CAMHS have a range of presentations which would include: low mood, anxiety, obsessional compulsive disorders, self-harm, suicidal ideation, other trauma related emotional difficulties, & other mental health difficulties. For those with additional neurodevelopmental needs, interventions for their co‑morbid mental health issues are provided through adapted interventions, both group and individual.

As well as your own case load, the Senior CAMHS Practitioner supports the wider clinical team to deliver therapeutic interventions, implementation of the Thrive modal through supervision, teaching & mentoring.

Knowledge & experience of delivering interventions within child, drop‑in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes.

Contract and Salary

Probationary Period: This post will be subject to a probationary period.

High Cost Area Supplement - Fringe: This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 5% of the basic salary (minimum payment of 1,303 and a maximum payment of 2,198 per annum, pro rata for part time).

Location

Induction will be held at our head office in Goodmayes, Essex. The role covers the locality of South Essex. Job location: Great Oaks Clinic, Basildon, Essex, SS14 1EH, United Kingdom.

About us

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health and community services for over 4.9 million people living in the London Boroughs of Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham, Havering, and across Essex. We work to ensure our patients, their friends and family, feel confident that their health needs are well met. With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled health professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence‑based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care.

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. When calculating the basic salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High‑Cost Area Supplement) is not included to ensure fairness and consistency within our Trust.

Use of AI

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Person Specification

Experience and knowledge of adolescent mental health, an understanding of presentations within the context of neurodevelopmental disorders. Additional therapeutic skills & training such as CBT, Family / Systemic, DBT & other counselling approaches is desirable as is experience of providing adapted interventions.