CAMHS Senior Practitioner

Job summary

This is a 30 hours per week post, based in Hereford.

CAMHS Herefordshire offers assessment and a range of evidence based interventions to Children and young people up to the age of 18.

This role will be across our developing Dialectical Behaviour Therapy offer and core CAMHS.

The role is primarily based in Hereford with occasional face to face meetings with other DBT clinicians across Worcestershire.

DBT Foundation Training can be provided for the right candidate.

You would be part of a multi-disciplinary team. Supporting the service offering robust mental health assessment and planned treatments/interventions. You will be working as part of the wider CAMHS MDT where you will have the opportunity to supported, learn and grow.

The work will be challenging, exciting and rewarding as we promote mental health recovery and empowerment to our children and young people

Main duties of the job

Duties in your role include offering mental health assessments and care planning/treatment for moderate to severe mental health illnesses that are experienced by those aged under 18 years.

The CAMHS multi-disciplinary team will support you and your clinical decision making in relation to the patients you assess.

As a senior colleague you will have opportunity to offer mentorship to students and trainees as appropriate to your qualification.

You are expected to proactively engage in your own supervision and be able to communicate with children, young people, families, partner agencies both verbally and in writing to promote mental health recovery and multi-agency working.

We are a countywide service with some cross county working.

We offer clinical on-site appointments but sometimes source alternative locations.

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

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Job responsibilities

For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

Person specification

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

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.