Job summary
Full Time - 37.5 hours per week.
Are you passionate about Children/Young Peoples mental health and want to make a real difference? A career in Kirklees core CAMHS team as a band 7 senior Mental Health Practitioner may be what you are seeking.
We are recruiting a Senior MHP in the form of a Cognitive Behavioral Therapist with experience working in mental health to help us strive to make a difference to the health and wellbeing of the young people and their families in our communities.
Our vision is to deliver high quality care that is safe, simple and easy to access.
In return we offer a supportive induction, supervision, development/training, pension and consider flexible working. Staff counselling, salary sacrifice schemes and supportive staff networks are readily available for staff to participate in.
We welcome registrants with additional training of CBT therapy to apply for this post to aid service delivery.
We place staff health and wellbeing at the top of our agenda and it is important for us to recruit a person whose values and beliefs align with our Trust values.
All employees of the Trust are strongly
encouraged to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect patients.
Main duties of the job
You will have the right attitude, skills and knowledge to share our passion in delivering the best quality care experience for children and their families.
Your duties will be related to the delivery of clinical care in the form of evidence based psychological therapies to children, young people and their families.
The role would suit a person who has experience of working with children, young people and their families who are experiencing mental health and trauma difficulties.
The job entails working with the thriving Kirklees partners to aid service delivery and manage changes and the internal CAMHS leadership team.
The CAMHS team is a strong and supportive team and has excellent structures to offer regular supervision.
You will be working alongside an established, cohesive and friendly team at an exciting and important time in our development, as we push forward with implementing new ways of working in order to best meet the needs of the population we work with.
About us
We
are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health
and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale,
Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are
the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.
Our mission is
to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this
by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ
staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a
difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.
We encourage
and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value
diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.
Being
a foundation Trust means were accountable to our
members, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people
(including staff) are members of our Trust.
Join
us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving
the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and
help each year.
We
are committed
to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and
vulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share this
commitment.
We do reserve to right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.
Job description
Job responsibilities
JOB SUMMARY
This job description is an outline of the main duties of the post. The post-holder will be required to undertake other duties commensurate with the grade as directed.
The content of this post will be reviewed in consultation with the post-holder when necessary and in line with the service developments.
The postholder will:
- Provide credible and visible leadership to a multidisciplinary team of CAMHS practitioners who facilitate the interface between Universal, Targeted and and Specialist CAMH Services.
- To support and lead work with Universal, Health, Social and Education Services, advising, training and providing limited joint assessments/therapy with staff in universal services.
- Acting as a resource by being fully aware of existing provision with the Wakefield District and establish relationships with those services.
- Be responsible for ensuring timely access to specialist services for children and young people, developing and engaging partner agencies in the process.
- Make a clearly defined and specialist contribution to professional practice including delivering specialist interventions.
KEY RESULT AREAS
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- To support the ongoing process of delivering a comprehensive CAMH Service ensuring the development of the Primary Intervention Team
- To provide direct and indirect consultation, advice and support to workers within the Primary Health Care Team and other relevant agencies, including Social Services, Education and Voluntary organisations to enable these universal services to develop their skills in recognising and managing emotional and behavioural disorders in children, young people and their families, as appropriate.
- Where consultation results in continued concerns, to undertake assessments of children and young people and their families, as necessary jointly with universal staff who may need support or be considering a referral to specialist CAMHS. To promote and assist the development of staff via training and education in the Primary health and Social Care setting. This will include developing and delivering training as required.
- To be responsible for managing own caseload ensuring robust assessment, care planning, interventions and therapy, onward referral and through-care as appropriate.
- The post-holder will support other team members in managing cases, providing joint working where appropriate on specific therapeutic techniques.
- Responsible for budgetary requirement of equipment and resources necessary for clinical interventions.
- To provide exemplary professional leadership to Wakefield CAMHS Primary Practitioners developing, setting and monitoring standards which underpin best practice in the field of child and adolescent mental health.
- To lead the Primary Intervention Team and assist in the management of staff performance and development, staff recruitment/induction , staff attendance, positive staff behaviour and the provision of support and guidance appropriate to individual need.
- To manage and coordinate rotas for the Primary Intervention Team.
- To support the provision of effective mental health and behavioural management interventions with children, young people and their families, within a primary care setting. Where treatment may be provided within a universal setting, offer direct intervention if appropriate and assist in the development of a care plan with the responsible universal services worker.
For full job description please see attached supporting documents.
Job description
Job responsibilities
JOB SUMMARY
This job description is an outline of the main duties of the post. The post-holder will be required to undertake other duties commensurate with the grade as directed.
The content of this post will be reviewed in consultation with the post-holder when necessary and in line with the service developments.
The postholder will:
- Provide credible and visible leadership to a multidisciplinary team of CAMHS practitioners who facilitate the interface between Universal, Targeted and and Specialist CAMH Services.
- To support and lead work with Universal, Health, Social and Education Services, advising, training and providing limited joint assessments/therapy with staff in universal services.
- Acting as a resource by being fully aware of existing provision with the Wakefield District and establish relationships with those services.
- Be responsible for ensuring timely access to specialist services for children and young people, developing and engaging partner agencies in the process.
- Make a clearly defined and specialist contribution to professional practice including delivering specialist interventions.
KEY RESULT AREAS
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- To support the ongoing process of delivering a comprehensive CAMH Service ensuring the development of the Primary Intervention Team
- To provide direct and indirect consultation, advice and support to workers within the Primary Health Care Team and other relevant agencies, including Social Services, Education and Voluntary organisations to enable these universal services to develop their skills in recognising and managing emotional and behavioural disorders in children, young people and their families, as appropriate.
- Where consultation results in continued concerns, to undertake assessments of children and young people and their families, as necessary jointly with universal staff who may need support or be considering a referral to specialist CAMHS. To promote and assist the development of staff via training and education in the Primary health and Social Care setting. This will include developing and delivering training as required.
- To be responsible for managing own caseload ensuring robust assessment, care planning, interventions and therapy, onward referral and through-care as appropriate.
- The post-holder will support other team members in managing cases, providing joint working where appropriate on specific therapeutic techniques.
- Responsible for budgetary requirement of equipment and resources necessary for clinical interventions.
- To provide exemplary professional leadership to Wakefield CAMHS Primary Practitioners developing, setting and monitoring standards which underpin best practice in the field of child and adolescent mental health.
- To lead the Primary Intervention Team and assist in the management of staff performance and development, staff recruitment/induction , staff attendance, positive staff behaviour and the provision of support and guidance appropriate to individual need.
- To manage and coordinate rotas for the Primary Intervention Team.
- To support the provision of effective mental health and behavioural management interventions with children, young people and their families, within a primary care setting. Where treatment may be provided within a universal setting, offer direct intervention if appropriate and assist in the development of a care plan with the responsible universal services worker.
For full job description please see attached supporting documents.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant professional qualification, e.g. nursing, or other professional allied to medicine.
- Post qualification training in identified portfolio, e.g. LD. LAC, eating disorder.
- Dip SW or relevant mental health profession.
- A teaching and assessing qualification.
- Membership of professional body.
Desirable
- Post graduate qualification in mental health (e.g. CBT, Family Therapy, Counselling).
- Masters Level qualification.
- Formal management/supervisory qualification.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of delivering training to others.
- Extensive experience in identified portfolio requirements.
- Substantial post qualification experience, some of which must be working with Children, young people and their carers in a mental health or other complex care setting.
- Experience of working in different cultural contexts.
- Knowledge and experience of working with Equality and Diversity.
- Multidisciplinary team working.
- Inter-agency liaison and consultation.
- Experience of providing highly specialist advice and supervision to other professionals.
- Knowledge of relevant legislation and guidance for working with children, young people, mental health and safeguarding.
- Evidence of advanced clinical/therapeutic knowledge and skills in mental health.
- Extensive experience in assessment and risk management and ability to implement evidence based practice.
- Advanced experience of safeguarding children and young people.
Desirable
- Experience of community settings.
Physical Attributes
Essential
- Ability to undertake the duties and demands of the post.
- A satisfactory sickness record over the previous 2 years (subject to the need to act with fairness and equality of opportunity, particularly where the sickness is related to a disability and/or pregnancy).
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Able to work autonomously and as part of a team.
- Commitment to multi-agency approach/working.
- Ability to work and make decisions under pressure.
- Calm, confident, innovative, creative and assertive.
- Ability to make and lead decisions under pressure/crisis situations
- Willingness to be flexible and adaptable in accordance with changing service priorities.
- Commitment to challenging discrimination and improving accessibility of services.
- Ability to cope calmly in a crisis.
- To demonstrate good self-care and encourage the same in team members.
- A Current driving licence and access to a car during the working day is essential (reasonable adjustments will be considered for any applicants who are unable to drive due to a disability).
- To have integrity, be honest, open, transparent and respectful.
Special Knowledge/Skills
Essential
- Excellent verbal and communication skills.
- Ability to manage own caseload and to be a self-reliant and autonomous practitioner.
- Excellent negotiation skills, and problem solving skills.
- Customer service orientation.
- Excellent record keeping and report writing skills to include care planning and risk assessments.
- IT skills.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant professional qualification, e.g. nursing, or other professional allied to medicine.
- Post qualification training in identified portfolio, e.g. LD. LAC, eating disorder.
- Dip SW or relevant mental health profession.
- A teaching and assessing qualification.
- Membership of professional body.
Desirable
- Post graduate qualification in mental health (e.g. CBT, Family Therapy, Counselling).
- Masters Level qualification.
- Formal management/supervisory qualification.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of delivering training to others.
- Extensive experience in identified portfolio requirements.
- Substantial post qualification experience, some of which must be working with Children, young people and their carers in a mental health or other complex care setting.
- Experience of working in different cultural contexts.
- Knowledge and experience of working with Equality and Diversity.
- Multidisciplinary team working.
- Inter-agency liaison and consultation.
- Experience of providing highly specialist advice and supervision to other professionals.
- Knowledge of relevant legislation and guidance for working with children, young people, mental health and safeguarding.
- Evidence of advanced clinical/therapeutic knowledge and skills in mental health.
- Extensive experience in assessment and risk management and ability to implement evidence based practice.
- Advanced experience of safeguarding children and young people.
Desirable
- Experience of community settings.
Physical Attributes
Essential
- Ability to undertake the duties and demands of the post.
- A satisfactory sickness record over the previous 2 years (subject to the need to act with fairness and equality of opportunity, particularly where the sickness is related to a disability and/or pregnancy).
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Able to work autonomously and as part of a team.
- Commitment to multi-agency approach/working.
- Ability to work and make decisions under pressure.
- Calm, confident, innovative, creative and assertive.
- Ability to make and lead decisions under pressure/crisis situations
- Willingness to be flexible and adaptable in accordance with changing service priorities.
- Commitment to challenging discrimination and improving accessibility of services.
- Ability to cope calmly in a crisis.
- To demonstrate good self-care and encourage the same in team members.
- A Current driving licence and access to a car during the working day is essential (reasonable adjustments will be considered for any applicants who are unable to drive due to a disability).
- To have integrity, be honest, open, transparent and respectful.
Special Knowledge/Skills
Essential
- Excellent verbal and communication skills.
- Ability to manage own caseload and to be a self-reliant and autonomous practitioner.
- Excellent negotiation skills, and problem solving skills.
- Customer service orientation.
- Excellent record keeping and report writing skills to include care planning and risk assessments.
- IT skills.
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
