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The Cambian Group; Shrewsbury (MA); On-site; USD 54,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Multidisciplinary support

Clinical supervision

Peer meetings

Training opportunities

Job summary

The Cambian Group is seeking a Mental Health Practitioner to join an integrated residential Children’s Service in Shropshire. You will support emotional wellbeing, mental health and placement stability for Looked After children, blending clinical consultation with direct therapy for complex needs.

Applicants should have experience with Looked After Children, trauma-focused interventions, and a strong background in child mental health.

Qualifications

• Working with Looked After Children and/or young people presenting with a range of clinical severity and needs.
• Knowledge of theory and practice of therapeutic interventions with children and young people.
• Assessment, intervention and management of a range of mental health needs including trauma.
• Partnership working supporting agreed placement objectives, care planning and progression including regular clinical reporting and routine outcome measures
• Registered with the relevant professional (HCPC, NMC, SWE, BACP, BABCP)
• Mental Health background and/or CAMHS experience
• Relevant qualifications to allow you to offer children therapy, when required
• Be a strong team player, with excellent communication skills
• Consultation and formulation skills
• Have excellent communication, organisational and time management skills

Responsibilities

• Provide a combined clinical consultative and direct therapeutic service for Looked After young people.
• Assess and identify young people’s needs and meet them through consultation and supervision.
• Train and support residential and care staff; contribute to care planning and management in partnership with the team.
• Deliver direct therapeutic work as required and ensure routine outcome measures are used.

Skills

Therapeutic skills

Team collaboration

Communication skills

Time management

Consultation

Formulation skills

Education

HCPC/NMC/SWE/BACBP/BABCP registered

Job description

Psychotherapist/Social Worker /Family Therapist/RMN/OT

Job: Mental Health Practitioner – Child Sexual Exploitation/Trauma Service

Location: Shropshire

We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated, forward thinking Mental Health Practitioner to join our friendly team. You will be working within an existing multi-disciplinary team, which consists mental health practitioners, psychologists education professionals and operational professionals.

The successful candidate will be a member of an integrated residential Children’s Service to support the emotional wellbeing, mental health and placement stability of looked after young people who have experienced significant adverse childhood experiences and sexual exploitation.

Supporting our teams across residential homes, you’ll will be providing a combined clinical consultative and direct therapeutic service for Looked After young people placed in community residential settings. This includes assessing and identifying young people’s needs and meeting them through consultation, supervision and training for residential and care staff, care planning and management in partnership with the team as well as direct therapeutic work.

About us

The Cambian Group, part of the CareTech family of companies, is one of the largest providers of specialist education and care services for children and young people in the UK, delivering across Special Education Schools and Colleges, Residential Care Homes and a Therapeutic Fostering Services.

Candidate Profile

To be successful within this role you will need to have experience in:

Working with Looked After Children and/or young people presenting with a range of clinical severity and needs.

Knowledge of theory and practice of therapeutic interventions with children and young people.

Assessment, intervention and management of a range of mental health needs including trauma.

Partnership working supporting agreed placement objectives, care planning and progression including regular clinical reporting and routine outcome measures

Registered with the relevant professional (HCPC, NMC, SWE, BACP, BABCP)

Mental Health background and/or CAMHS experience

Relevant qualifications to allow you to offer children therapy, when required

Be a strong team player, with excellent communication skills

Consultation and formulation skills

Have excellent communication, organisational and time management skills

In return we offer:

Full support from a multidisciplinary team

Regular clinical supervision

Meetings and peer support

Internal/external training on new initiatives