Job summary
We are currently looking to recruit enthusiastic and creative Band 6 CAMHS Practitioners to join our Core CAMHS Team.
We are a multi-disciplinary team offering a diverse range of professional approaches, including Family Therapy, Nursing, Occupational therapy. Psychology, Psychotherapy, Psychiatry, Social work, and Mental health Practitioners. We work with young people with who are experiencing moderate to severe emotional, behavioural, or mental health difficulties. As a team we believe that service user participation and feedback is an integral part of the development and delivery of services and supports care which is person centred and inclusive.
You will have a strong team work ethic, the ability to work autonomously, hold personal accountability and work well under pressure. You will have access to regular individual and group clinical supervision, CPD opportunities within and outside of the service, and the support of a robust and supportive multidisciplinary team. You will also be required to support the team to ensure the smooth running and organisation of the service, contributing towards research, evaluation, and service development, to ensure care is responsive, effective, and equitable.
Main duties of the job
As a CAMHS practitioner, you will be mainly working within a clinical setting in our out-patient clinic although in order meet the needs of our children and young people you may also be required to provide support within other environments such as home, education or community settings.
Your role will be to deliver excellent quality care which empowers children and young people, supports them in their recovery journey and enables them to contribute towards the development of services and care planning. You will work as an integral member for the CAMHS locality team, providing assessments, interventions and care coordination to children, young people, families, and carers. You will have a positive approach to the delivery of care which values working creatively and flexibly in partnership with service users, their networks and the wider professional networks.
If you are looking for a new challenge, enjoy variety in your work and wish to be part of a team who is striving to make a difference for the children, young people, and families we support, then we would love to hear from you, and for you to be part of our friendly and supportive team. In return we will provide the necessary support and guidance to ensure your development within your role.
About us
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision & values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people & members of our ethnic minorities & LGBTQ+ communities.
Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.
Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities
- To work as an integral member of the CAMHS Community Team, providing mental health assessments and formulations, through information gathering and analysis, including the use of routine outcome measures and within bio-psychosocial models of mental health.
- To utilise specialist knowledge and evidence-based models of mental health to make decisions about a child or young persons mental health needs.
- To participate in the prevention and early detection of emotional and mental health difficulties in children and adolescents referred to the service.
- To participate in the planning and delivery of evidence-based interventions for individuals and groups to children, young people, families and carers.
- To evaluate and care plan in collaboration with the CAMHS Community Team, and wider CAMHS services, and considering individual, contextual and social factors.
- To use routine outcome monitoring to inform clinical practice and care planning.
- To utilise individual, group and peer supervision to support assessments, care planning and decision making.
- To participate in the teams use of routine outcome monitoring to inform service design across CAMHS.
- To involve children and young people and family/carers, and provide opportunities or service users to contribute to their assessments and care planning.
- To involve children, young people and families/carers in the development of service provision through co-production, participation and service user evaluation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities
- To work as an integral member of the CAMHS Community Team, providing mental health assessments and formulations, through information gathering and analysis, including the use of routine outcome measures and within bio-psychosocial models of mental health.
- To utilise specialist knowledge and evidence-based models of mental health to make decisions about a child or young persons mental health needs.
- To participate in the prevention and early detection of emotional and mental health difficulties in children and adolescents referred to the service.
- To participate in the planning and delivery of evidence-based interventions for individuals and groups to children, young people, families and carers.
- To evaluate and care plan in collaboration with the CAMHS Community Team, and wider CAMHS services, and considering individual, contextual and social factors.
- To use routine outcome monitoring to inform clinical practice and care planning.
- To utilise individual, group and peer supervision to support assessments, care planning and decision making.
- To participate in the teams use of routine outcome monitoring to inform service design across CAMHS.
- To involve children and young people and family/carers, and provide opportunities or service users to contribute to their assessments and care planning.
- To involve children, young people and families/carers in the development of service provision through co-production, participation and service user evaluation.
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- A recorded/registered qualification in one of the following at graduate level in nursing, social work, occupational therapy, arts therapy or within a psychological therapy.
Desirable
- Post-graduate training in an evidence-based therapeutic intervention
Experience
Essential
- Post-qualification experience of assessments, care planning and interventions with children, young people, families or carers.
- Experience of multidisciplinary and multi-agency working
- Experience of undertaking mental health risk assessments and risk management with children and young people
- Demonstrates high standards in written communication
Desirable
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework
- Working towards agreed targets, demonstrating clinical outcomes.
- Experience of working with children with developmental needs.
- Lived experience of mental health.
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to maintain professional boundaries. Willingness and ability to participate as an independent practitioner in assessments.
- Ability to teach, train and supervise
- Evidence of ability to exercise a high level of judgement and decision making.
Desirable
- Ability to assess and treat children and young people with developmental disorder, making reasonable adjustments where needed.
Knowledge & Understanding
Essential
- Knowledge and understanding of Child and Adolescent Mental Health
- Knowledge and understanding of child development
- Knowledge and understanding of neurodevelopmental disorders.
- Knowledge of the Trust's and Local Safeguarding policy and procedures
Other
Essential
- Ability to travel county and different localities
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- A recorded/registered qualification in one of the following at graduate level in nursing, social work, occupational therapy, arts therapy or within a psychological therapy.
Desirable
- Post-graduate training in an evidence-based therapeutic intervention
Experience
Essential
- Post-qualification experience of assessments, care planning and interventions with children, young people, families or carers.
- Experience of multidisciplinary and multi-agency working
- Experience of undertaking mental health risk assessments and risk management with children and young people
- Demonstrates high standards in written communication
Desirable
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework
- Working towards agreed targets, demonstrating clinical outcomes.
- Experience of working with children with developmental needs.
- Lived experience of mental health.
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to maintain professional boundaries. Willingness and ability to participate as an independent practitioner in assessments.
- Ability to teach, train and supervise
- Evidence of ability to exercise a high level of judgement and decision making.
Desirable
- Ability to assess and treat children and young people with developmental disorder, making reasonable adjustments where needed.
Knowledge & Understanding
Essential
- Knowledge and understanding of Child and Adolescent Mental Health
- Knowledge and understanding of child development
- Knowledge and understanding of neurodevelopmental disorders.
- Knowledge of the Trust's and Local Safeguarding policy and procedures
Other
Essential
- Ability to travel county and different localities
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
