Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Specialist Mental Health Practitioner

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Job summary

NHFT CAMHS is currently developing its pathway to support children and young people (CYP) with managing strong emotions. Through this pathway we are increasing our offer in the service to support CYP who present with ways of coping and behaviour that places themselves or others at risk of harm and/or interfere with relationships, for example fluctuating between expressing need for help and pushing away, disengaging from those trying to help. This population of CYP require support from practitioners with specialist skills to help them engage in a therapeutic relationship and work toward goals of managing their strong emotions. Interventions on this pathway aim to help young people and families learn a broader range of strategies for understanding and managing their emotions and being more effective in relationships.

Main duties of the job

Supporting with assessment/screening to clarify individuals' presenting difficulties and needs, eligibility for specialist interventions (e.g., DBT-A programme) versus fit for alternate offers of intervention.
Provide co-facilitation of groups.
Developing and maintaining knowledge of DBT-A materials and skills in group facilitation, educating and fostering application/rehearsal of skills in the day to day lives of young people and caregivers
Supporting other practitioners within the pathway to continue to develop the provision, through delivery of effective needs assessment, development of content that is responsive to the needs of young people and families and referring services/populations, and routine evaluation of interventions to demonstrate outcomes beyond immediate clinical activity and highlight areas for quality improvement.
To provide support to colleagues in the CAMHS and AMH services in accurately identifying needs and making appropriate referrals to the service.
To work as a member of the community CAMHS service, ensuring the highest standard of care through maintaining the quality of own work by developing own skills and knowledge.
To assist in clinically related administration; conduct audits, collection of statistics, development of audit and/or research projects, teaching and project work when required.
To support co-production and involvement with young people and carers in all areas of pathway service development.

About us

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

Date posted

28 December 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£33,706 to £40,588 a year pa pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

270-TD944-ACS

Job locations

Newland House

Campbell Street

Northampton

NN1 3EB

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

oRegistration with an appropriate governing body. Eg. BACP, BABCP, HCPC, NMC.
oAdditional training i.e. mentorship
Experience of CAMHS community work

Desirable

oExperience in working in a CAMHS environment oExperienced of care co-ordination oKnowledge of Children and young people's mental health needs oOrganised and competent in prescribing - working in camhs
oAdditional Supervision training oAdditional therapeutic training

Experience

Essential

oAn upper second class honours degree (2:1) or higher in psychology
High level of communication skills both written and verbal

Desirable

Working in CAMHS

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

oRegistration with an appropriate governing body. Eg. BACP, BABCP, HCPC, NMC.
oAdditional training i.e. mentorship
Experience of CAMHS community work

Desirable

oExperience in working in a CAMHS environment oExperienced of care co-ordination oKnowledge of Children and young people's mental health needs oOrganised and competent in prescribing - working in camhs
oAdditional Supervision training oAdditional therapeutic training

Experience

Essential

oAn upper second class honours degree (2:1) or higher in psychology
High level of communication skills both written and verbal

Desirable

Working in CAMHS

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.