Bradford District Care Trust has an exciting opportunity to join the trust as a mental health practitioner within Children Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). We are looking to recruit experienced band 6 practitioners (nurses, social workers, occupational therapists) into CAMHS.
The role will consist of completing assessments of mental health needs. Assessments can cover a variety of presentations and take place in different settings. They will be delivered in a clinic setting as well as within the community. There is a need for assessments to take place in ward settings to support young people back into the community.
As a mental health practitioner, you will need to be able to assess risk and use this to inform decision making for children and young people. We support children and young people with moderate to severe mental health presentations in the community. We work with risk in the community to prevent hospital admission where possible and manage crisis when needed.
Mental health practitioners within CAMHS deliver a range of therapeutic interventions to children and young people. Therapeutic interventions are offered to support acute presentations where risk has increased as well as more enduring moderate to severe presentations. We also provide accessible assessments and interventions to children and young people with learning disabilities.
Mental health practitioners within CAMHS work agilely across the district and have access to two main bases: Fieldhead in Bradford and Hillbrook in Keighley. As a CAMHS team, we work district-wide and where needed support children and young people in hospital settings to return to the community. CAMHS is a continually developing service and plans are in place for services to be offered over seven days and between eight am and eight pm, which will consist of some shift work.
Do you want to make a difference? Do you have a ‘can do’ attitude, are enthusiastic, motivated, and ready for a challenge? Do you possess excellent communication and organisational skills?
You will be working in a community-based multi-disciplinary team delivering a service to children in a rich and diverse community, young people and their families in a supportive and lively team, where different professions are respected and valued. You will have the opportunity to play a significant role in the leadership delivery of a modernised and comprehensive service.
Closing Date: 16/02/25
Shortlisting: 17/02/25
Interview: TBC
Everything we do is underpinned by our core values:
- We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference
- We Listen - We understand people’s views and respond to their individual needs
- We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners.
We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including:
- Increased mileage rates for > 3500
- A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages
- A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities
- Plus many more.
Right to Work in the UK: Prior to your appointment, you will be asked to provide confirmation of your right to work and reside in the UK. During your continued employment with the Trust, you have a personal responsibility to notify your manager as soon as possible should there be any changes to your right to work status.
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