Are you an experienced registered Mental Health Practitioner motivated to make a difference for young people facing complex mental health challenges?
Do you want to join a compassionate team committed to high-quality care in an 'Outstanding' Trust?
Our CAMHS West Specialist Community Team (SCT) delivers treatments to young people in the West Berks area living with more complex, severe, & enduring mental health conditions.
This Advanced Mental Health Practitioner role includes:
1. Initial assessments & delivering face-to-face therapies based on unique needs
2. Collaborating with a highly knowledgeable & experienced team of psychiatrists, family therapists, psychologists & specialist practitioners
3. Participating in weekly meetings to discuss cases & coordinate care
4. Working with local agencies & community partners, with whom we have strong connections
5. Demonstrable experience in CAMHS, being thoughtful & reflective, & having the flexibility to integrate into a multi-disciplinary team.
You'll find we offer a positive team environment. We're welcoming, compassionate, & prioritise wellbeing. Caseloads are protected & manageable, & we're committed to making work enjoyable & rewarding.
We welcome full & part-time applications from 22.5 hrs/wk. Service hours are 9-5 Mon - Fri. You'll be based in Thatcham with potential for some home working.
Applications are reviewed on a first-come, first-served basis. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible as vacancies may close early.
Main duties of the job
1. Provide comprehensive assessments and therapeutic interventions to, and care coordination for, young people and their families, as appropriate.
2. Independently manage an appropriately sized caseload.
3. Complete risk reviews and update and advise on safety & care plans.
4. Work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team as well as patients, carers, family members, and internal and external agencies.
5. Work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice.
6. Identify and report any safeguarding issues as they may arise.
About us
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we're committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:
* Caring for and about you is our top priority
* Committed to providing good quality, safe services
* Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:
* Flexible working options to support work-life balance.
* 27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
* Generous NHS pension scheme
* Excellent learning and career development opportunities
* 'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
* Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
* Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
* Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
* Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave.
* Free parking across Trust sites
Job description
Job responsibilities
The must haves for this role:
* Degree qualification in relevant field and a core profession (e.g.: Mental Health Nurse, Systemic Family Psychotherapist, Clinical Psychologist, Occupational Therapist, Social Worker)
* Registration with relevant recognised professional body (e.g.: NMC, HCPC)
* Significant post-qualifying experience in CAMHS or an equivalent therapeutic setting.
* Ability to manage complexity
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.
We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.
We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don't hesitate to email Christina Subrai on Christina.subrai@berkshire.nhs.uk who will be delighted to help.
Please note, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications/ Training
Essential
* Recognised and relevant qualification as below: Registered Mental Health Nurse or Registered Social Worker or Qualified Systemic Family Therapist Masters level or Qualified Psychotherapist or Clinical or Counselling Psychologist or Occupational Therapist
* Registration with NMC or HCPC or other recognised professional body.
Continuous Professional Development
Essential
* Evidence of continuous professional development in areas related to Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Previous Experience
Essential
* Post-qualifying experience of undertaking comprehensive assessment of mental health needs, developing care plans, and offering appropriate support based on psychological formulation of presenting difficulties.
* Experience of working with service users with high-risk presentations and undertaking risk assessment and risk management plans.
* Experience of hard-to-reach diverse community groups and individuals with emerging complex needs, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities and safeguarding.
* Experience of working effectively in a multi-disciplinary team and multi-agency environment
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Essential
* Knowledge and skills to assess acute mental health crisis, and deliberate self-harm at Tier 3 levels.
* Demonstrates up to date knowledge of legislation and National strategies and requirements for CAMHS.
* Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
* Ability to motivate and inspire others and to support others to develop key competencies.
* Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
* Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers, and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
* Ability to take clinical responsibility for patient care and treatment.
* Ability to work to timescales and comfortably cope in pressurised situations, applying practical problem-solving skills in everyday and complex situations.
* Ability to work autonomously and effectively in a team, reprioritising work and that of others to reflect changing needs.
* Competent IT skills and the ability to navigate around various systems and software packages (such as outlook, databases, e.g., RiO MS office and internet.
Additional Requirements
Essential
* Ability and willingness to work in a flexible way including working outside of normal hours to facilitate out of hours clinics as required by Commissioners.
* Able to maintain professional boundaries and conduct.
* Supportive approach towards colleagues and service users.
* Enthusiastic, self-motivated team player.
* Able to negotiate, be confident and assertive.
* Experience of working within a multicultural framework.
* Competent IT skills and the ability to navigate around various systems and software packages (such as outlook, databases, e.g. RiO MS office and internet)
* Car owner/driver and possess full UK driver's licence or evidence of ability to travel to designated base and other sites
Employer details
Employer name
Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust
Address
CAMHS Specialist Community Team West
Lower Henwick Farm
Thatcham, Newbury
RG18 3AP
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