In North Wales we are very excited to be growing our CAMHS Services. If you have a passion for working with children and adolescents or those experiencing mental health difficulties, are a healthcare professional, accredited therapist or Social Worker with experience working to support emotional wellbeing, we are keen to hear from you. You will be a dynamic individual committed to delivering high quality evidence based compassionate care and be keen to undertake a role within a child and adolescent mental health service.
Our Band 6 CAMHS Practitioner posts are open to candidates who are skilled in mental health assessment, risk assessment, and delivering interventions to support emotional wellbeing and mental health. Experience of working within children and young people would be advantageous. All employees are offered a structured induction and development plan to support clinicians to develop their skills to deliver the best possible outcomes for children and young people.
Main duties of the job
You will work both individually and as part of a team in carrying out Choice and Partnership work under the Care and Programme Approach (CAPA) model and will likely be involved in different areas of CAMHS according to the needs of the service.
To provide assessment and intervention and / or specific evidence based therapies to children and young people with mental health problems and significant mental health disorders.
Provide consultation and support to front line professionals in understanding and supporting children / young people and families through providing training, advice and direction in addition to the delivery of early intervention programmes.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Relevant professional Qualification and Registration: NMC registered MH Nurse, NMC registered LD Nurse, SCW/Eng registered Social Worker, HCPC Registered OT, HCPC registered Practitioner Psychologist.
* Eligible to practice under the mental health measure Wales 2010.
* Post grad diploma or relevant knowledge, training and experience in the specialist field acquired through specialist training and on the job experience.
* Excellent knowledge of mental health problems and disorders.
* Excellent knowledge of family dynamics and issues relating to working with families.
* Understanding of relevant therapeutic approaches.
* Knowledge and appreciation of national policies.
* Additional formal qualification in a recognised therapeutic approach.
* Specific, targeted, evidence based interventions e.g. EMDR.
* Formal qualification in a relevant field e.g. Child Development, Mental Health etc.
* Understanding of service structures and inter-agency working.
* Knowledge of specific disorders / conditions relevant to CAMHS.
Experience
* Relevant post registration experience of working with children, young people and families in a health or social care environment or mental health setting.
* Experience of working in a specific clinical role relating to CAMHS.
* Previous specialist CAMHS experience.
* Able to carry out mental health assessments autonomously through appropriate questioning, observations and accurate recording.
* Able to collate and interpret information to devise care plans.
* Able to deliver evidence based mental health interventions based on assessment formulation.
* Good organisational skills, Effective time management, Good communication, Team Player.
* Able to relate to children, young people and adults effectively.
* Able to relate well to other professionals.
* Able to use formal assessment tools / clinical interviews.
* Able to implement specific evidence based approaches.
Values
* Flexible approach to work and able to adapt to changing circumstances.
* Personable and amiable, Ability to use own initiative, Assertive, Able to work under pressure, Confident, Approachable.
Other
* Ability to travel within geographical area.
* Basic IT skills use of e-mails, basic word processing.
* Aware of professional issues.
* Professionally accountable.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
£37,898 to £45,637 a year per annum pro rata.
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