Mental Health Practitioner (12 month fixed term)

NHS Jobs; Castleford (ID); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Jobs is seeking a Mental Health Practitioner for a 12-month fixed-term position to assess and treat children and young people with mental health needs. The role works autonomously and within an MDT to provide consultation for other agencies, under supervision of a senior clinician.

You will deliver routine and urgent assessments and interventions across CAMHS, participate in safeguarding, and contribute to extending services with evidence-based practice.

Responsibilities

• Provide assessment and treatment to children and young people with mental health needs.
• Work autonomously and collaboratively within the MDT, providing consultation for other agencies/professionals.
• Promote the safeguarding and welfare of children and young people.
• To provide routine and urgent assessment and interventions to young people with a wide range of emotional and psychological problems referred to specialist CAMHS.
• Work under supervision from a senior clinician within professional guidelines and within the framework of team policies and procedures.
• Carry out extended hours of work alongside fellow specialist CAMHS practitioners.

Job description

Mental Health Practitioner (12 month fixed term)

JOB SUMMARY The post-holder will: Provide assessment and treatment to children and young people with mental health needs; Work autonomously and collaboratively within the MDT, providing consultation for other agencies/professionals; Promote the safeguarding and welfare of children and young people. To provide routine and urgent assessment and interventions to young people with a wide range of emotional and psychological problems who are referred to specialist CAMHS, in keeping with evidence based practice with supervision from a senior clinician within professional guidelines and within the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures.

KEY RESULT AREAS:

• 1 To support the ongoing process of delivering a comprehensive CAMHS system.
• 2 To provide assessment, interventions, therapy to children, young people with the most severe, complex and persistent mental health problems, including those who are severely mentally ill or at suicidal risk and where appropriate, families as both an autonomous practitioner and as part of a multidisciplinary team in a variety of settings to address need. This will include working with the CAPA model.
• 3 To apply a sound knowledge of safeguarding children and guidelines in clinical work.
• 4 To be committed to a quality approach for patient care.
• 5 The post-holder will demonstrate high levels of concentration and provide sustained effort in assessment of complex family issues.
• 6 To manage own caseload, accessing support and guidance appropriate to individual need.
• 7 To operate within the clinical and case management supervision framework.
• 8 To provide training, consultation and supervision to other service providers, partner agencies and junior members of staff as required regarding intensive interventions with children, young people and families.
• 9 To participate in the development, audit and review of this extension to existing service provision.
• 10 To undertake extended hours of work alongside fellow specialist CAMHS practitioners.

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