Band 6
Main area NMC Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent: participate in a flexible working pattern within the multi-disciplinary team to provide cover for a core working day 8am-8pm Monday-Friday and 10am-6pm Saturday –Sunday and Bank Holidays. You'll also provide cover for the on-call rota outside of these hours.
* Full time
* Flexible working
37.5 hours per week. The post holder will be required to participate in covering the service’s 24 hour on call service on a rota basis.
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Site Salisbury Community CAMHS Town Salisbury Salary £37,338 - £44,962 Per annum | Pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 26/03/2025 23:59
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.
We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
We actively support anti-racism, equality, diversity, and inclusion so, if you’re excited about this job opportunity and you meet our Trust values, but feel unsure about applying, then please get in touch and we will be happy to have a conversation with you.
Good luck and we hope to hear from you.
Job overview
Are you looking for a role where you can make a real difference to the lives of children, young people and their families?
With a big national focus on improving services for children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing, there has never been a better time to join Salisbury CAMHS and make a positive difference to children and young people’s life chances.
If you're a Mental Health Nurse, Learning Disability Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker, we're looking for you to join our Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service team based at Swindon CAMHS, Swindon and support the delivery of our Mental Health provision.
As a Senior Mental Health Practitioner you will work closely with our multidisciplinary team and deliver services across the Salisbury area. You will provide day-to-day clinical support for the CAMHS Service and ensure a consistent, responsive, high quality, evidence based and user-friendly service is delivered.
You will have the opportunity to make an active and meaningful contribution to our exciting service modernisation and redesign that is based on the Thrive model, ensuring children and young people get the right support, at the right time, in the right place, from individuals with the right skills.
Main duties of the job
Salisbury CAMHS is a supportive multidisciplinary team who offer assessment, treatment, and consultation either in the clinic base or out in the community.
In this role, you will undertake comprehensive assessments of young people with mental health needs from across the Salisbury area.
You can expect a comprehensive induction programme, including a range of shadowing opportunities to fully support the post holder in the role, ongoing in-house training and opportunities to attend external trainings. The team fully supports and delivers regular managerial, professional, peer, clinical, and safeguarding supervision to build upon confidence, competence, and commitment to developing self and the role.
Working for our organisation
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible.
Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
* Excellent opportunities for career progression
* Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
* 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
* NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
* Lease car scheme
* Cycle to work scheme
* Employee Assistance Programme
* Mental Health First Aiders
* Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
* Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* Assessment of mental health issues
* Contribute a psycho-social perspective to patients
* Identify and provide CAMHS training (this may involve other CAMHS colleagues)
* Provide a link to CAMHS within Salisbury services.
Person specification
Knowledge Requirements
* Knowledge of mental health and community care legislation and policy
* Knowledge of Recovery Focused Practice
* Knowledge of Safeguarding policy and procedures
* Knowledge and experience of assessing mental health risks and safety/crisis planning
* Knowledge and experience of motivational interviewing, solution focused therapy and psychological therapy (i.e. CBT/DBT)
Qualifications – Academic/Skills/Professional
* RMN/OT/Social Worker with mental health training
* Current registration with relevant professional body; NMC, HCPC
* Evidence of continuous professional development
* Leadership Training/ Experience
Experience
* Experience as a Band 5, or equivalent, Mental Health professional
* Understanding and experience of working with children and young people with a wide range of mental health needs or relevant Mental Health experience
* Experience of working in a multi-agency setting with a range of health, social care and education professionals
* Experience of working with young adults or young people or experience of working in a community setting
* Experience of care coordination/role of Lead Professional
* Ability to carry out assessments and psycho-social interventions
* Experience of providing training/supervision for junior staff and students on placement
Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
We’re advocates of flexible working and many of our roles offer a range of employment options to help you balance your work and personal life.
Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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.
Name Terry Pearce Job title Clinical Team Manager-Salisbury Email address terry.pearce@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk Telephone number 01865 901901
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