Job summary
This is a brilliant opportunity for a dedicated healthcare professional to join our Duty & Assessment team and promote and improve the mental health and well-being of Children, Young People and those who care for them. Salford Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) work with Children, Young People and Families aged up to 18 years and who present with a wide range of complex emotional and behavioural difficulties. We are seeking to permanently appoint a committed professional to join our experienced and highly motivated team.
We are looking for an experienced Senior Mental Health Practitioner who is able to work autonomously at Band 7, within a multi- disciplinary team. You must have demonstrable experience of working with vulnerable people and families, who present with complex mental health needs and may present as risk to self and or others.
The role will also support a pilot project to develop a single point of access within the multi agency hub alongside colleagues in social care and early help, promoting the right support at the right time. We are looking for a motivated and confident individual with a passion to improve children and young peoples mental health services to take on this position.
Main duties of the job
You must have a working knowledge of mental health and have an understanding of assessing complex mental health needs and levels of risk, including safeguarding and self-harm.
You will have a lead role in the development of single point of access partnership working to ensure that all referrals to CAMHS are signposted to the right support in a timely manner, reducing the need for multiple referrals.
As a senior clinician you will manage your own caseload, providing a range of high quality care appropriate to the child or young person's needs which will include; mental state assessment, risk assessment and management, family and social assessment, consultation and interventions. You will receive support from the Duty and Assessment Lead, Service Manager, Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Consultant CAMHS Psychiatrists.
The majority of your working time is to be targeted towards initial assessments of mental health disorders and duty based mental health risk assessments. You will then formulate these cases and decide on the next steps in the case. This could be, for example to move them through to longer term treatment or supported signposting to another agency or team. There is scope in this role to hold a small portion of the job plan to provide treatment via Evidence Based practice and providing effective clinical supervision.
About us
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guidethat sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the NHS England website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team atresourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guidethat sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the NHS England website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team atresourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered or have full accreditation with a professional body.e.g. NMC, SW England, UKCP, HCPC, BABCP
- You must have a recognised professional qualification
Desirable
- Additional post graduate training in psychological therapies and interventions
Experience
Essential
- Substantial experience of working effectively with people with mental health difficulties, including experience of delivering specialist skills in at least one therapeutic modality
- Extensive experience of case management, including experience of assessing and managing risk: including safeguarding
- Experience of developing and providing evidenced based assessments, formulations, and care plans
- Experience of liaison and working with a range of other relevant agencies and professionals
- Experience of staff management and evidence of managerial skills and knowledge
- Evidence of successful partnership working with other professional groups
Desirable
- Evidence of providing clinical supervision and training
- Evidence of project management experience
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Specialist knowledge of child mental health and relevant legislation in relation to young people and mental health
- Ability to manage and organise own time and diary, and work flexibly and creatively in a clinical context
- The ability to work independently with the support of clinical and management supervision
- Evidence of leadership ability, able to influence, involve and develop individuals and teams
- Able to demonstrate and understanding, acceptance of and commitment to the principles underlying equal opportunities, treating every person with respect
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered or have full accreditation with a professional body.e.g. NMC, SW England, UKCP, HCPC, BABCP
- You must have a recognised professional qualification
Desirable
- Additional post graduate training in psychological therapies and interventions
Experience
Essential
- Substantial experience of working effectively with people with mental health difficulties, including experience of delivering specialist skills in at least one therapeutic modality
- Extensive experience of case management, including experience of assessing and managing risk: including safeguarding
- Experience of developing and providing evidenced based assessments, formulations, and care plans
- Experience of liaison and working with a range of other relevant agencies and professionals
- Experience of staff management and evidence of managerial skills and knowledge
- Evidence of successful partnership working with other professional groups
Desirable
- Evidence of providing clinical supervision and training
- Evidence of project management experience
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Specialist knowledge of child mental health and relevant legislation in relation to young people and mental health
- Ability to manage and organise own time and diary, and work flexibly and creatively in a clinical context
- The ability to work independently with the support of clinical and management supervision
- Evidence of leadership ability, able to influence, involve and develop individuals and teams
- Able to demonstrate and understanding, acceptance of and commitment to the principles underlying equal opportunities, treating every person with respect
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
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).
