NHS AFC: Band 6
Main area: CAMHS Crisis Team
Grade: NHS AFC: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours:
* Full time
* Part time
* Job share
* Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (Day Shift 8a.m to 8p.m or Night shift 8p.m to 8a.m Monday - Sunday)
Job ref: 395-EC601-24-G
Site: Stapleford House
Town: Chelmsford
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 24/01/2025 23:59
Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients.
Job overview
The SET CAMHS crisis and therapeutic home treatment team offer assessment and interventions to those young people presenting with mental deterioration or crisis presentations. Our approach is being developed with a focus on meeting the needs of the young person to ensure effective clinical practice and brief therapeutic interventions, and to reduce risk to have a stabilising impact within a containing approach. Within the service, there are opportunities for development and training in various therapeutic approaches.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will benefit from being part of a friendly, supportive, dynamic and developing service based within Essex. The successful candidate will work alongside highly motivated colleagues and have access to effective supervision, both individually and in group formats, and be supported with CPD requirements through relevant training. There will also be additional training and development opportunities as the service grows.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We are particularly looking for clinicians who can meet the following criteria:
* Skilled in assessment, formulation, management and delivery of therapy to people experiencing acute mental health crisis in both community and hospital settings
* Experienced in assessing and managing clinical risk, drawing on dynamic case formulation skills and working collaboratively with service users to agree their treatment and safety plans
* Possess a current Nursing, Social Work, Occupational Therapist, Counselling, Psychotherapy or equivalent professional qualification
* Knowledge of the legal frameworks which relate to the care and treatment of children and young people
* Flexibility to work within a service which operates 7 days a week
* Ability to work independently as well as being a collaborative member of the Multidisciplinary Team
* Ability to carry out high quality Mental Health and Risk Assessments
* Able to formulate specific highly specialist care and treatment plans
* Passion for delivering high quality care to young people and their families
* Ability to manage busy or complex workloads as part of a team
This post is open to Registered Mental Health Nurses (RMN's), Occupational Therapists (OT), Social Workers, Counsellors, Psychotherapists and Psychological Therapists, Creative therapists who will be responsible for providing evidence-based intervention to young people and families.
Person specification
Qualification
* Has a professional registration or significant CAMHS experience
Experience
* Able to communicate in highly emotive situations
* Experience of mental health in hospital and community settings
* Experience in formulating care and treatment plans
We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
Equal opportunities employer
We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity and positively encourage applications from all sections of the community.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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