Specialist CAMHS Practitioner

NHS; Bolton; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health service provider in Bolton is looking for an experienced Specialist CAMHS Practitioner. You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to support children and young people with complex mental health needs. Responsibilities include managing casework quality, facilitating clinical supervision, and developing community partnerships. This role offers professional growth, competitive pay ranging from £47,810 to £54,710 per annum, and generous benefits including 27 days of annual leave, a cycle to work scheme, and discounts.

Benefits

30% pay enhancements for evenings and Saturdays

60% pay enhancements for Sundays and Bank holidays

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Cycle to work scheme

Salary sacrifice car scheme

Blue Light Card Discounts

Responsibilities

• Support the team within the Core CAMHS Case Management for Children and Young People with Complex Mental Health Needs.
• Ensure the quality of casework and team performance meets service KPI requirements.
• Manage core team duties, including quality reviews of risk assessments and care plans.
• Provide clinical supervision and guidance for assessments, risk management, and care planning.

Job description

Are you an experienced CAMHS practitioner? Are you an excellent communicator and advocator. Are you keen to work across a wide variety of agencies and professional teams to ensure young people receive the best care therapeutic interventions and support at the right place and the right time?

Are you wanting to improve and make a real difference to young peoples mental health? Are you able to place the needs of a young people at the centre of everything you do and navigate the THRIVE partnership to ensure our young people get the right support at the right time?

If so then GMMH and Bolton CAMHS has a role for you working as part of a real Multi Disciplinary Team as one of our Specialist CAMHS Practitioners in Community CAMHS .

Main duties of the job

As a Specialist CAMHS mental health practitioner you will be working as part of the MDT.

You will have responsibility for supporting the team within the Core CAMHS Case Management for Children and Young People with Complex Mental Health Needs and Circumstances.

You will be responsible for the quality of casework, work closely with the CAMHS Team Manager to ensure that team performance is achieving the services KPI requirements.

The role will require you to support and manage the core team duty function, review and monitor the quality of risk assessments; risk management and care plans; safeguarding duties (as a Safeguarding Champion); and discharge plans.

This will be achieved by fulfilling clinical supervision responsibilities, offering quality assured advice and guidance for clinical assessment, risk management and care planning.

There will be an expectation that you will support the professional development of clinical skill through engaging with training and development opportunities available from within the CAMHS offer and of available from the wider THRIVE/Safeguarding partners.

Important developments of system partner relationships and building on the fantastic relationships we have in Bolton across Local Authority VCSE sector .

The role as a Specialist CAMHS Practitioner will also allow management development as the role will deputise in the absence of the Team Manager and other senior staff for the service.

About us

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7,000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 122 locations.

We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.

Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.

Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.

Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.

Job responsibilities

See attached detailed job description and person specification:

• Pay Enhancements 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary sacrifice car scheme
• Blue Light Card Discounts

Person Specification

Experience

Knowledge

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.

£47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum pro rata