Are you passionate about helping people understand mental health and learning skills to cope? Are you good at inspiring and up-skilling families and professionals to understand the mental health concerns young people face?
We are looking for an enthusiastic and confident Primary Practitioner with appropriate experience and skills to join our CAMHS team.
Your work will be the front line of CAMHS and therefore excellent communication, engagement and de-escalation skills are essential. A commitment to improving service delivery and developing new ways of supporting evidence-based practice. As a member of the team, you will also contribute to the wider aims of the service through participation in service development/research.
Enquires are strongly encouraged. Please contact Stacy Forrester- Team Manager within the Primary Intervention Team (01977 735865).
At the time of advertising, this role does meet the minimum requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK. We look forward to receiving your application.
Main duties of the job
As an autonomous practitioner you will be responsible for holding a caseload of children and young people, providing holistic assessments including risk assessment and planning whilst also contributing to the delivery of the short-term individualised treatment programmes.
Within the role you will also work within CAMHS Single Point of Access (SPA) being responsible for supporting families and professionals through providing specialist consultation on the phone. You will be involved in the assessment of referrals into the service and deciding the appropriate treatment approach for each referral.
You would be expected to offer support and supervision to identified members of the team.
As a team we encourage Practitioners to develop specialist interests to work closely with partnership agencies.
All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect patients.
We are aware that an increasing number of applicants are using AI technology to generate responses on NHS Job application forms. Over reliance on AI-generated content in application forms is strongly discouraged and we will conduct a thorough screening process before selecting candidates to progress to the next stage. If you are using AI to enhance your application, please disclose this in your NHS Jobs application form.
About us
We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.
Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.
We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.
Being a foundation Trust means were accountable to our members, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.
Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment.
We do reserve to right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be responsible and accountable for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of skilled interventions to address identified needs and risk for allocated clients on a defined caseload. Works within a multi-disciplinary team as a member of a Primary Practitioner team.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Registered Mental Health Nurse / Social Worker / Occupational therapist.
Desirable
* Experience of mentoring/supporting learners or ability to demonstrate the skills required for effective mentoring.
* Expectation to work toward Practice Educator.
Personal Attributes
Essential
* Ability to work on as part of MDT.
* Good communication skills. Ability to work on own initiative, with reference to policies and procedures.
* A Current driving licence and access to a car during the working day is essential (reasonable adjustments will be considered for any applicants who are unable to drive due to a disability).
* A willingness to work flexibly to meet the needs of services users and the team including extended hours.
* Reliable and enthusiastic.
* Motivated and resourceful.
* Professional attitude.
Training
Essential
* Assessment and care planning skills and risk assessment and risk management.
Desirable
* Relevant Post basic qualification and training.
Experience
Essential
* Can demonstrate skills in assessing and managing people experiencing mental health problems.
* Can demonstrate skills in assessing and managing risk in a variety of settings.
* Proven ability in assessing the needs and strengths of people and their carers.
* Ability to deliver a range of therapeutic techniques which can be incorporated into one to one and / or group interventions.
* Working within an integrated multi-disciplinary environment and co-working with other teams within team meetings, case conferences and professional meetings.
Desirable
* Ability to support colleagues and supervise students/trainees.
* Experience of working.
* holistically with adults with an emphasis on coexisting mental and physical health needs that impacts on wellbeing.
Special Knowledge/Skills
Essential
* Working knowledge of recent government legislation e.g. Mental Health Act, Health & Safety, Care Programme Approach, Care Act & Safeguarding.
* Able to work incorporating principles of Clinical Governance.
* Knowledge of working collaboratively with people and their carers to ensure their involvement in the assessment and care planning process
* Shows awareness of cultural diversity and is able to incorporate this into care planning and the delivery of care.
* Knowledge and evidence of using IT systems.
* Good written and verbal communication skills.
* Knowledge of audit processes.
* Knowledge of carer services/ issues/ assessment.
Desirable
* Knowledge of audit processes.
* Knowledge of carers services / issues / assessment.
Physical Attributes
Essential
* Ability to undertake the duties and demands of the post. A satisfactory sickness record over the previous 2 years (subject to the need to act with fairness and equality of opportunity, particularly where the sickness is related to a disability and/or pregnancy).
Employer details
Employer name
South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust
Address
Unit 2, Flemming Court
Whistler Drive
Castleford
WF10 5HW
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