Specialist Mental Health Practitioner

Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust; Shrewsbury; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust's CAMHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Crisis Home Treatment service is recruiting four Band 7 Specialist Mental Health Practitioners on 6‑month fixed term contracts.

The role involves delivering high‑quality mental health care for children and young people with complex needs, conducting assessments, and providing psychosocial, evidence‑based interventions within a multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications

• Clinical leadership in assessment, treatment and management of CYP with acute mental health difficulties.
• Specialist assessments and evidence-based interventions for high-risk cases.
• Collaboration with CYP services and partner agencies for guidance and support.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership to colleagues in assessment, treatment and management of CYP with acute MH difficulties.
• Deliver specialist assessments and evidence-based interventions.
• Offer advice and consultation to colleagues within CYP services and other agencies.
• Provide supervision for other team members as agreed with Team Lead.
• Participate in team development, service evaluation and liaison with agencies.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Risk assessment

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Assessment and interventions

Supervision

Job description

The CAMHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Crisis Home Treatment are looking to recruit four Band 7 Specialist Mental Health Practitioners on 6-month fixed term contracts

In the role you will deliver a high quality, comprehensive mental health service for children and young people with serious and enduring mental health difficulties. The role involves managing a defined caseload with a focus on working with children and young people and their families who experience a complex range of needs and difficulties.

You will be acting as a key member of the multi-disciplinary team, and will provide assessment, psychosocial, evidence-based interventions using a collaborative approach and will be skilled at risk assessment and management. They will complement the multi-disciplinary working of the team, providing supervision for other team members, as agreed with the Team lead.

You will participate in team and service development and evaluation. Liaison, advice and consultation with a wide range of agencies are central to the role.

Main duties of the job

The Specialist Mental Health Practitioner will have responsibility for providing clinical leadership to colleagues in the assessment, treatment and management of children and young people with acute mental health difficulties. Providing specialist assessment and clinically proven, research-based interventions to children and young people presenting with high risk or high impact mental health difficulties. You will offer advice and consultation regarding the management of the client group to colleagues within the CYP service and in other agencies where appropriate and when required