Go back Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
CAMHS Senior Practitioner (Community)
Information:
This job is now closed
Job summary
This is a full time position.
Are you passionate about supporting young peoplethrough their most challenging times? Do you thrive in fast-paced,compassionate environments where every day brings new opportunities? If so, wewant you to join our fantastic team.
Were looking for dynamic, skilled, and empathetic alliedhealth professionals to join our Crisis and Home Treatment Team within CAMHS(Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services) in Hereford as a Senior MentalHealth Practitioner. This is a unique opportunity to play a vital role indelivering urgent mental health support to children, young people, and their familiesrightwhen they need it most, and often in the comfort of their own home.
The team adopt a trauma informed holistic approachto the young people of Hereford and have a supportive, learning culture meaningthis is a great place to work.
The service runs 7 days a week 8am-8pm shifts,flexible working is encouraged.
Any questions please reach out to Aly Irving.
Main duties of the job
You will be providing rapid, responsive assessmentsand interventions to young people in mental health crisis.
Engaging with parents/carers
Collaborating with multi-disciplinary teamsincluding psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, therapists, and social workers.
Completing comprehensive risk assessments
Engaging in weekly MDT meetings
Participating in clinical, safeguarding andreflective supervision.
Contemporaneous clinical recordkeeping.
Work alongside clinical leads and operational leads
About us
At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust,we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitalsand community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental healthand learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people ofall ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over100 sites.
We will support you to thrive; offer flexibleworking 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 valuediversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures,and ethnicities.
What we offer;
* 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to33 days with long service
* Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you workunsocial 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 ourwebsite.
We encourage you to read the attached applicant guidance notes.
Sharingyour data - As a data controller we may sometimes need to process your data topursue our legitimate business interests, for example to request a survey fromyou (optional), to support the Trusts understanding of where you gainedinterest in working for the Trust.
Job responsibilities
Operate as part of a multidisciplinaryteam providing Crisis Intervention and Intensive Home Treatment to CYPcountywide.
Use their initiative and takeresponsibility for themselves and the quality of their work and the servicethey provide to CYP.
Proactively engage in formaland informal education of Acute Trust staff and other partnership agencies,families and children and young people.
Actively and creatively engageCYP and carers encouraging them to make appropriate use of the mental health,social care and voluntary services available as part of a process of recoveryand crisis management.
Undertake full psychosocialassessments with those in need of such. Ensuring thorough, precise and timelydocumentation and dissemination of information in line with Trust policy andprocedure.
Undertake a supervisory role tojunior staff in line with trust policy and procedure.
Undertake acute risk assessmentand safety planning for extremely vulnerable client groups during times ofcrisis.
Deliver High quality, evidence basedcare to a defined team caseload
For full detail of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* 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
* Evidence of on-going continuing professional development
* Evidence of providing a supervisor role
Skills & Abilities
* Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats.
* Ability to travel to patients at the needs of the service across a wide geographical area in a timely manner
Experience
* 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
* Experience of working in a CYP service or Crisis & Home Treatment service
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.
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
#J-18808-Ljbffr