Main area CAMHS Practitioner Grade NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours:
* Full time
* Part time
37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 9am-5pm)
Job ref: 395-EC941-24
Site: Stapleford House
Town: Chelmsford
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 13/01/2025 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
Essex SET CAMHS has an opportunity for 2 qualified professionals to step into an established role within a diverse and experienced team.
The Mid Essex CAMHS team has a base in Chelmsford and covers the surrounding areas including Braintree, Maldon, Southminster and Halstead. The successful applicants would be based in Chelmsford but expected to cover our satellite clinics in Braintree, Halstead and Maldon.
The CAMHS Practitioner role supports the development and implementation of a range of interventions within the Thrive Model as indicated by SET CAMHS and NICE guidance (e.g., CBT, DBT, trauma informed).
The successful applicants will demonstrate thorough assessment skills including care planning and risk assessments. You will provide a variety of one-to-one and group treatments and include the use of outcome measures and goal setting to track progress. Experience of working within multi-agency frameworks would be advantageous. This post would suit clinicians with good experience in working with young people who present with complexity and significant levels of distress and can work with the wider systems including education, social care and family/carers.
Main duties of the job
* Skilled in assessment, formulation, management and delivery of therapy to people experiencing mental health difficulties in the 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 and be skilled and experienced in the delivery of evidence-based approaches to therapy (including DBT/CBT/Systemic & Creative therapies).
* Knowledge and experience of working with the legal frameworks related to the care and treatment of children and young people, particularly Children Act 1989, Mental Capacity Act 2005 and Mental Health Act 1983 (as amended in 2007).
* The candidate will possess the ability to work independently as well as being a collaborative and supportive member of the Multidisciplinary Team.
* Flexible in practice and approach, able to carry out high-quality assessments and deliver talking therapy and aforementioned evidence-based informed intervention.
* Able to formulate specific care and treatment plans, providing skilled and specialist interventions and care to young people with complex mental health problems.
* Passionate and enthusiastic about delivering high-quality care to young people and their families.
* Management of clients' electronic records.
* Managing busy or complex workloads as part of a team.
Person specification
* Successful completion of a graduate course (e.g., Nursing, Social Work).
* Professional experience of working with children and young people with mental health difficulties.
* Ability and knowledge of managing risk presentations in young people's mental health.
* Experience in working in an NHS/medical setting or similar environments.
* Professional registration or significant CAMHS experience.
* Experience of mental health in hospital and community settings.
* Experience in formulating care and treatment plans.
* Experience of working with young people who present with neurodiversity.
* Can demonstrate application and skill in providing therapeutic interventions to children and young people.
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, for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part-time hours or another flexible pattern.
Equal opportunities employer
We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity and positively encourage applications from all sections of the community regardless of any protected characteristic.
We are a Disability Confident employer and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with disabilities.
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