Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 186-1558-24-MH
- Employer
- Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Hopewood CAMHS
- Town
- Nottingham
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 per annum (pro rata for part time)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/01/2025 23:59
Employer heading
CAMHS Specialist Mental Health Practitioner
Band 6
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to work within an innovative, dynamic and growing multi-disciplinary Community CAMHS Team based in Nottingham covering from Arnold to East Bridgford as well as the City. The children & young people who access our services present with a wide range of emotional and mental health difficulties ranging from mild to severe.
You would be joining an established, supportive and hardworking team who are passionate about improving the outcomes for the children, young people and their families/carers. As a Community CAMHS Specialist Mental Health Practitioner you will be an integral member of the multidisciplinary team offering consultation, assessment and evidence-based interventions to children and young people we serve.
You must be a Registered Nurse, Dip SW or equivalent social work qualification (CSS, CQSW, degree in social work), Allied Health Professional registered with the HCPC and accredited by a HCPC recognised body e.g. UKCP/BACP.
Main duties of the job
Main duties of the Community CAMHS Specialist Mental Health Practitioner include:
- Providing mental health assessments and formulations
- Building therapeutic relationships with children and young people and delivering evidence based interventions (including group treatment)
- Care co-ordinating an agreed caseload
- Liaising with and offering consultation to other agencies
- Participating in the enquiries rota
- Contributing to all aspects of positive team functioning
- Contributing to ongoing service innovations and development
- Providing Waiting Well calls to young people while they wait for assessment, or commencement of treatment
Working for our organisation
#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.
We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.
We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.
The health and wellbeing of our colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.
The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Community CAMHS teams are welcoming, friendly and dedicated to supporting the children & young people accessing our services. The teams are busy, supportive and encouraging of new and creative ways to innovate and improve the service we deliver.
- To contribute to the CAMHS Single Point of Access (SPA) and CAMHS enquiries rota by receiving and reviewing new referrals where required, identifying and managing risk, liaising with other professionals and providing timely responses
- Observe and adhere to the Community CAMHS Service
Specification, vision, aims and objectives - Offer clinical assessment and evidence-based intervention
whilst observing current best practice, legislation and
guidance - Working within the Choice And Partnership Approach
(CAPA) and Children and Young People’s Improved
Access to Psychological Therapies (CYP IAPT)
frameworks and principles - Aim to be innovative and creative in the delivery of
therapeutic intervention/care bundle, and offer psycho education to children, young people and families - Manage a caseload whilst considering and adhering to
safeguarding policy and procedure and national and local
legislation - Offer support and supervision to junior colleagues
- Plan and successfully manage smooth transitions where
they are clinically indicated - Seek support from the Clinical and Operational Leads
where needed, as well as accessing regular clinical and
managerial supervision as per trust policy and professional
registration requirements - Support peers and colleagues and promote a team working environment
- Ensure suitable risk management and care plans are
formulated for all clinical cases - Maintain contemporaneous records in alignment with Trust
policy - Work in partnership with other teams within the
Nottinghamshire and bordering CAMHS Services - To offer consultation through a range of initiatives to
professionals with an aim of enhancing workforce skills,
knowledge and capacity in recognising emotional/mental
health and well-being needs and undertaking interventions
with children and families to achieve positive outcomes - To participate in the delivery of a range of training
programmes to multi agency staff in conjunction with the
CAMHS Training Lead - Support colleagues and stakeholders in tackling stigma
relating to mental health - Be willing to undertake training relating to the CYP IAPT
agenda and other areas of development as outlined
A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Relevant professional qualifications (e.g. RMN/RN/HV/OT/Clinical Psychology/Social Worker at degree level or higher teaching qualification
- Registration with relevant professional body
Desirable criteria
- Educated to degree level
- Qualification in therapeutic approach/modality (e.g. CBT, DBT, systemic family therapy, solution focused, play therapy etc)
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of providing mental health assessment and intervention to service users presenting with a wide range of different emotional & mental health needs.
- Ability to engage and develop therapeutic relationships with service users
- Experience of multi-agency and multi-disciplinary working
- Experience in provision of evidence based treatments and interventions
- Experience in the meaningful use of Routine Outcome Monitoring (ROMS) in clinical practice.
- Proven ability to undertake accurate risk assessment and management plans
- Proven ability to recognise and respond appropriately to safeguarding concerns
- Proven ability to manage a defined caseload and organise diary schedule
- Ability to maintain accurate case records in line with Trust policies and procedures
- Ability to use electronic data recording systems
- Experience of using clinical supervision effectively to enhance practice and client outcomes
- Ability to be an autonomous practitioner whilst being able to work as in integral part of the MDT.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of providing mental health assessment and intervention to children & young people & their families/carers
- Experience in providing evidence based treatments and interventions to children, young people and their families/carers
- Ability to engage and develop therapeutic relationships with children, young people and their families/carers
- Experience of using ROMS with children, young people and their families/carers
- Proven ability to undertake risk assessment and management plans with children, young people and their families/carers
- Experience of providing clinical supervision and mentorship
- Experience of delivering treatment groups
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of relevant legislation, documents and policies pertaining to children (e.g. Children's Act, Mental Health Act, CYP IAPT, Future in Mind, Hear by Right, Delivering With Delivering Well, NHS Long Term Plan etc)
- Knowledge of different models of therapy and interventions
- Knowledge of and commitment to anti-discriminatory/anti-oppressive practice and equal opportunities
Contractual Requirements
Essential criteria
- A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post
Values and Behaviours
Essential criteria
- All staff should be able to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion as identified within the Trust’s Equality and Diversity Policy and associated Equality, Diversity and Human Rights legislation
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Amy Brodie
- Job title
- Operational Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0115 8440560
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Duncan Macmillan House
Porchester Road
Mapperley
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
NG3 6AA
- Telephone
- 0115 667 0364 - Corporate/Mental Health Services
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