CAMHS Mental Health Practitioner

Devon Partnership NHS Trust

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Job summary

Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) is the place to be! We have developed an innovative, integrated model of childrens community services and now looking to appoint enthusiastic individuals to join our friendly and dedicated locality and county-wide professional teams.

As a large community service, you will be joining a strong, enthusiastic and supportive group of professionals who will be your peers, your phone a friend network and your inspiring colleagues. This provides a real sense of professional collaboration at work, that will be an asset to your daily work, your career development and your support network.

We are looking for a Band 5, CAMHS Mental Health Practitioner to join our experienced, knowledgeable and friendly CAMHS team. We have a vacancy in our North Devon and South Devon & Torbay teams.

This post is a great opportunity for an existing mental health practitioner with existing transferable skills who is looking gain experience and skills in working with children and young people with complex emotional and mental health needs in the community.

The post could also be a great opportunity for a newly qualified nurse, social worker or occupational therapist looking to start their career working in a specialist child and adolescent mental health service. We know that moving from student to qualified professional can be an exciting but scary time, we therefore offer, a full programme of support designed to support this transition.

Main duties of the job

Our CAMHS team is a CYP-IAPT service that is part of Children and Family Health Devon and you would be joining us at an exciting time of change as we develop integrated care for children and young people across an alliance of organisations.

You will be able to work alongside colleagues in a multi-disciplinary team and develop relationships across agencies to meet the needs of children and families. The ability to adapt communication and intervention style to meet individual need is important and you will need a keen interest in developing your knowledge of child development and child protection procedures.

Using both evidence based practice and routine outcome measures, you will use a strength-based approach to work collaboratively with people, in line with key CYP-IAPT principles. Managing risk and being able to assess mental health presentations in the community is a core part of this role, responding to both urgent and routine, planned and unplanned need. You will be required to work flexibly across a range of clinical, community and home-based settings to meet the needs of the child.

We are looking for an individual who is passionate about working with children/ young people in the community with the confidence to intervene to meet a range of mental health needs and a desire to work with others to continually improve what we do.

About us

Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) comprises an Alliance of six NHS organisations working together to improve health outcomes for children and young people in Devon. We are working closely with other organisations and providers to ensure to deliver locality-placed based, integrated access to all of our services, based on the i-Thrive Framework, in response to wide-ranging consultation with our service users and communities.

CFHD works closely with our local universities of Plymouth, Exeter & the Peninsula Medical School where we support students in clinical training placements and in addition support our own staff to undertake post graduate training. We actively engage service users and their families in co-design which is facilitated by a dedicated young persons lead role who also works closely with Young Devon who provide additional co-design and feedback through the Devon young peoples champions group.

Our Children and Young People say

We would like the people who work for Child and Family Health Devon to be understanding, patient and respectful. They should be trustworthy and make us feel safe and comfortable. It is important that they use their skills and experience to listen carefully in a non-patronising and non-judgemental way. When staff are positive and friendly, they help to create an environment that is informal and without pressure.

Date posted

20 July 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£28,407 to £34,581 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

C9369-23-0425

Job locations

Integrated Childrens Services

Fishleigh Road

Roundswell Business Park

Barnstaple

Devon

EX31 3UD

South Devon Healthcare

187 Newton Road

Torquay

TQ2 7BA

Lescaze Offices

Shinner's Bridge

Dartington

Totnes

TQ9 6JE

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description for full details of the job purpose, duties, and responsibiltiies.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description for full details of the job purpose, duties, and responsibiltiies.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

A professional qualification at degree level or equivalent e.g. Nursing, Social Work, Occupational Therapy.
Professional registration/accreditation with a recognised body, e.g. NMC, HCPC, Social Work England.
- It will be an essential requirement for newly qualified social workers to demonstrate that they have completed The Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE) before commencing in post or there will be a requirement to complete this within the first 12 months of employment with the Trust.
Evidence of relevant continuing professional development

Desirable

Training to level 2 in Safeguarding Adults and level 3 in Safeguarding children and young people: roles and competencies for Health Care staff
Post registration training in relevant field

Experience

Essential

Post graduate experience working within mental health environments or willingness to complete the DPT preceptorship programme

Desirable

Experience managing a caseload of clients with a range of mental health problems.
Demonstrates sound theoretical knowledge of children and young people mental health practice
Working within a community setting in either the statutory or voluntary sector.
Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency environment.
Demonstrates experience of, and relevant professional practice qualification in mentoring/assessing students and learners

Knowledge, skills and abilities

Essential

Key requirements as identified by young people participating in the development of our services:
Demonstrate effective communication skills and experiences of using these with children, young people and families
Knowledge and experience of gaining meaningful feedback from children, young people and families voice and inform meaningful change
Experience of working in a person-centred way which shows you can demonstrate values that are important to children, young people and families
Knowledge and understanding of what children, young people and families feel is important to them and their lives

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

A professional qualification at degree level or equivalent e.g. Nursing, Social Work, Occupational Therapy.
Professional registration/accreditation with a recognised body, e.g. NMC, HCPC, Social Work England.
- It will be an essential requirement for newly qualified social workers to demonstrate that they have completed The Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE) before commencing in post or there will be a requirement to complete this within the first 12 months of employment with the Trust.
Evidence of relevant continuing professional development

Desirable

Training to level 2 in Safeguarding Adults and level 3 in Safeguarding children and young people: roles and competencies for Health Care staff
Post registration training in relevant field

Experience

Essential

Post graduate experience working within mental health environments or willingness to complete the DPT preceptorship programme

Desirable

Experience managing a caseload of clients with a range of mental health problems.
Demonstrates sound theoretical knowledge of children and young people mental health practice
Working within a community setting in either the statutory or voluntary sector.
Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency environment.
Demonstrates experience of, and relevant professional practice qualification in mentoring/assessing students and learners

Knowledge, skills and abilities

Essential

Key requirements as identified by young people participating in the development of our services:
Demonstrate effective communication skills and experiences of using these with children, young people and families
Knowledge and experience of gaining meaningful feedback from children, young people and families voice and inform meaningful change
Experience of working in a person-centred way which shows you can demonstrate values that are important to children, young people and families
Knowledge and understanding of what children, young people and families feel is important to them and their lives

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.