CAMHS Practitioner - RMN/OT/Social Worker

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team within Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). As part of the team you will take a leadership role in the delivery of high quality service provision that promotes and improves the mental health and well-being of children and young people, their families and carers.

Working within a systemic and holistic framework you will undertake needs led, evidence based, highly skilled assessments and therapeutic interventions to children and young people, their families and carers, who present to the service. These assessments will also include young people needing support due to deliberate self-harm.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a registered nurse, qualified social worker, occupational therapist or equivalent ideally with a minimum of 12 months recent experience within a CAMHS setting or experience in working within Mental Health. The successful candidate will be enthusiastic, self-motivating, have the ability to case manage and will display excellent interpersonal and communication skills in order to establish good working relationships essential to the success of the service.

The CAMHS services within LCFT are undergoing a transformation programme to implement the THRIVE model as a response to the Five Year Forward View. To meet this forward thinking view we are specifically looking for practitioners with a modern mind-set and an enthusiasm for the new model.

A means of transport is essential and applicants must be willing to undergo an enhanced DBS check.

About us

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT

Date posted

12 January 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£33,706 to £40,588 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

351-SPS629-CLK-A

Job locations

CAMHS West Lancs (MH)

Skelmersdale

WN8 6DS

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role

Person Specification

Education

Essential

First level qualification, RMN or equivalent such as DipSw or occupational therapy
Information technology skills sufficient to the undertaking of the post.

Desirable

Specific evidence based therapeutic training.

Knowledge

Essential

An ability to think systemically and holistically.
Demonstrable Knowledge and skills in evidence based needs led assessments, of highly complex and co-morbid presentations of children, young people, their families and carers.
Demonstrable Knowledge and skills in evidence based therapeutic interventions relevant to the needs of this client group.

Experience

Essential

Evidence of an ability to effectively manage own workload and able to work autonomously.
Working within a team and /or multi-agency arenas.

Desirable

Experience of working with young people who deliberately self-harm

Person Specification

Education

Essential

First level qualification, RMN or equivalent such as DipSw or occupational therapy
Information technology skills sufficient to the undertaking of the post.

Desirable

Specific evidence based therapeutic training.

Knowledge

Essential

An ability to think systemically and holistically.
Demonstrable Knowledge and skills in evidence based needs led assessments, of highly complex and co-morbid presentations of children, young people, their families and carers.
Demonstrable Knowledge and skills in evidence based therapeutic interventions relevant to the needs of this client group.

Experience

Essential

Evidence of an ability to effectively manage own workload and able to work autonomously.
Working within a team and /or multi-agency arenas.

Desirable

Experience of working with young people who deliberately self-harm

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.