Advanced Forensic Practitioner

Job summary

We are looking to recruit to a part time position for an Advanced Forensic Practitioner to be part of our Forensic Child & Adolescent Mental Health Team (FCAMHS) and Harmful Sexual Behaviour Service for Young People. Full training will be provided for all applicants to support your development in this highly specialist service. We provide a service across the Humberside region working closely with partners across Humber and Yorkshire.

We are looking for an experienced, knowledgeable and motivated individual, who is excited by the opportunity and challenge of working alongside professional colleagues in a dynamic Forensic Service. We are looking for practitioners with experience of working with young people and/or working in forensic services. The FCAMHS Team provide a highly specialist service and you will receive specialist training as part of a bespoke induction process. The team undertakes specialist forensic consultation, assessment, and intervention for children and adolescents with complex mental health presentation and offending / risk behaviours. We are interested to receive applications from registrant professionals with relevant experience, we will consider applications from Occupational Therapists, Creative Therapists, Social Workers, Nurses or Psychologist.

We will consider options for working the hours flexibly over the week, there will be key team meetings you would need to attend in the week.

Main duties of the job

Due to the uniqueness of the role, we would encourage you to make contact with the service prior to your application.

The Advanced Forensic Practitioner will be a highly skilled clinician offering specialist forensic perspective to the assessment and intervention offered to young people.

The role will support operational colleagues and managers in the operational delivery of the service. The Advanced Forensic Practitioner will provide professional and clinical leadership to team members and will work closely with regional partners.

You will receive and provide regular supervision and attend training as identified through knowledge skills framework process and individual appraisal.

The successful applicant will need to have the means to travel between various geographical distances.

This role is a rare chance to work within a highly specialist service for young people. You will have the opportunity to learn from partners across Humber and Yorkshire. It is an excellent opportunity to not only be part of a highly specialist team but also to be a part of service development at a regional level.

About us

We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website

We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

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