CAMHS Senior PractitionerNHS
Job summary
This post is for a Band 6 Senior Practitioner to join the Core CAMHS service in Worcestershire.
Are you a registered nurse, social worker, therapist, OT or other allied health professional and are you passionate about providing quality mental health services for children and young people, with interventions tailored to need?
If you believe that children, young people and their families deserve high quality interventions to match their needs, we have an exciting opportunity for you.
This is a full-time position but part-time working at 30 hours will be considered.
Main duties of the job
The children, young people and families accessing our service require a range of interventions to support them within their journey of recovery.
A typical week will involve working autonomously and as part of a wider team. With MDT support, you will assess, formulate, deliver and review mental health interventions. You will effectively interface with stakeholders of the service, and you will work collaboratively with members of the multidisciplinary team. With regular supervision, youwill manage a caseload and work in partnership with children, young people and families within your care, from initial referral through to discharge. You will conduct regular mental health assessments and demonstrate skills in risk management and safeguarding of vulnerable children and adults.
Taking a child-centred approach, you will utilise your skills to formulate, deliver and review the efficacy of tailored therapeutic interventions within your sphere of practice.
Job description
With support from Clinical Leads, you will actively contribute to the duty rota system, providing non-urgent / non-emergency telephone support and advice to children, young people and families who have an open referral to Core CAMHS. You will be supported to reflect in and on practice within our regular MDT meetings, skills supervision sessions, and during your 1:1 clinical supervision and line management meetings.
The service operates across Worcestershire with bases in Worcester, Redditch and Kidderminster. Base preference can be discussed by the successful applicant post interview. Travel may be required to meet the demands of the service. Travel costs can be reimbursed, and flexible working options are available.
For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached
About us
At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.
We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.
What we offer;
- 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
- Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
- Flexible and agile working opportunities
- Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
- Wide range of supportive staff networks
- Health and wellbeing opportunities
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