Specialist CAMHS Practitioner

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; Bromley; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Specialist CAMHS Practitioner (Nurse, OT or Social Work) for the Bromley CAMHS Generic Team. The role focuses on assessment, formulation and evidence-based intervention for CYP, with collaboration across partner agencies.

The successful candidate will provide flexible, creative individual and group interventions, contribute to pathway development and help advance Thrive-aligned mental health services for children, young people, families and staff in

Qualifications

• Experience working with children and young people (CYP) and families.
• Ability to deliver evidence-based interventions for CYP.
• Experience working within a CAMHS or similar multi-disciplinary service.

Responsibilities

• Conduct assessments and formulate care plans for CYP with mental health needs.
• Deliver individual and group interventions, adapting to diverse needs.
• Collaborate with families and partner agencies to implement care pathways.
• Contribute to service development and professional training within Bromley CAMHS.

Skills

Assessment of CYP mental health

Formulation and intervention planning

Experiencing with children and young

Collaboration with partner agencies

Job description

Bromley Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS)

A very exciting opportunity has arisen to join our enthusiastic and supportive Bromley CAMHS Generic Team as a Specialist CAMHS Practitioner (Nurse, OT, Social Work)

The Generic Team is the base for a variety of professional disciplines with a wide range of professional experience, of which the post holder will contribute. The post holder will offer assessment, formulation and evidence-based intervention for children and young people (CYP) within the Generic pathway and the successful applicant will have experience working with young people, families and partner agencies.

Please note we are unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post.

The post holder will be required to utilise specialist skills to deliver both individual and group interventions, adapted flexibly and creatively for CYP with mental needs. The Generic Team consists of a diverse client group as well as the opportunity to work with a range of clinical presentations.

This post offers great potential for the candidate to pursue specialist interests and develop skills, including opportunities for trainings relevant to their field and to contribute to further development of evidence-based pathways for CYP within Bromley CAMHS.

Bromley CAMHS is developing its service, with focus on improving services and the collective wellbeing for our Children, Young People, Families and Staff.

Bromley CAMHS is working towards incorporating the Thrive framework, a nationally recognised approach, to help us deliver timely, responsive and needs based mental health interventions for the children and young people in Bromley. Bromley is a place where every child and young person can achieve their full potential. We all recognise and value the importance of promoting good mental health and building resilience in children,& young people.

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our Purpose Is To Improve Lives By Providing The Best Possible Care To Our Patients And Their Families. This Is Strengthened By Our New Values

• We're Kind
• We're Fair
• We Listen
• We Care

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Tanya Martin Job title: Team Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 02083154430