Job summary
This post is for a Band 6 Senior Practitioner to join the Core CAMHS service in Worcestershire.
Are you a registered nurse, social worker, therapist, OT or other allied health professional and are you passionate about providing quality mental health services for children and young people, with interventions tailored to need?
If you believe that children, young people and their families deserve high quality interventions to match their needs, we have an exciting opportunity for you.
This is a full-time position but part-time working at 30 hours will be considered.
Main duties of the job
The children, young people and families accessing our service require a range of interventions to support them within their journey of recovery.
A typical week will involve working autonomously and as part of a wider team. With MDT support, you will assess, formulate, deliver and review mental health interventions. You will effectively interface with stakeholders of the service, and you will work collaboratively with members of the multidisciplinary team. With regular supervision, youwill manage a caseload and work in partnership with children, young people and families within your care, from initial referral through to discharge. You will conduct regular mental health assessments and demonstrate skills in risk management and safeguarding of vulnerable children and adults.
Taking a child-centred approach, you will utilise your skills to formulate, deliver and review the efficacy of tailored therapeutic interventions within your sphere of practice.
About us
At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.
We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.
What we offer;
- 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
- Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
- Flexible and agile working opportunities
- Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
- Wide range of supportive staff networks
- Health and wellbeing opportunities
If you would like to know more, please visit our website.
We encourage you to read the attached applicant guidance notes.
Sharing your data - As a data controller we may sometimes need to process your data to pursue our legitimate business interests, for example to request a survey from you (optional), to support the Trusts understanding of where you gained interest in working for the Trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
With support from Clinical Leads, you will actively contribute to the duty rota system, providing non-urgent / non-emergency telephone support and advice to children, young people and families who have an open referral to Core CAMHS. You will be supported to reflect in and on practice within our regular MDT meetings, skills supervision sessions, and during your 1:1 clinical supervision and line management meetings.
The service operates across Worcestershire with bases in Worcester, Redditch and Kidderminster. Base preference can be discussed by the successful applicant post interview. Travel may be required to meet the demands of the service. Travel costs can be reimbursed, and flexible working options are available.
For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached
Person Specification
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Able to work independently
- Able to work as a member of a team
- Awareness of personal strengths and limitations
- Able to meet the travel requirements of the role
Knowledge
Essential
- Working knowledge of Health Service
- Working knowledge of mental health issues in CAMH Services
- A good knowledge of own professional guidelines such as NMC/HCPC
- Good knowledge of recognised disorders and illnesses in the field of mental health
- Understanding of a range of communication styles when working with children and families in distress
- Hold an interest in a specialist area
- Knowledge of the Mental Health Act
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional clinical qualification RMN/OT/Social Worker etc.
- Evidence of post registered clinical qualifications/training or be able to demonstrate an equivalent level of training to a minimum of post graduate diploma level
- Current registration with relevant professional body
- I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Ability to challenge poor behaviour
- Role modelling good behaviour
- A positive attitude and able to act on feedback
- Ability to praise and be supportive to others
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats
- Appropriate and adaptable verbal and written communication
- Able to undertake audit
- Able to undertake risk assessments within Mental health
Desirable
- Basic IT competency
Experience
Essential
- Extensive post registration experience in mental health care including mental health assessment and risk assessment
- Use of therapeutic interventions within mental health settings i.e., 1:1, counselling, family therapy and group work
- Delivering teaching/training
- Providing consultation
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
Address
Core CAMHS
Redditch Town Hall
Walter Stranz Square
Redditch
B98 8AH
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.hacw.nhs.uk/careers (Opens in a new tab)
This listing was aggregated from publicly-available sources. The employer holds an A-rated sponsor licence at the time of this listing, but sponsorship of this specific role is not guaranteed — the employer's offer and UK Visas and Immigration are the final authority. Details may have changed since our last update — verify with the employer via the Apply link.