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Job summary

Main area
Mental Health
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
186-1225-23-MH-D
Employer
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Hopewood CAMHS
Town
Nottingham
Salary
£35,392 - £42,618 per annum (pro rata for part time)
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
20/05/2024 23:59

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Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust logo

CAMHS Specialist Mental Health Practitioner

Band 6

Job overview

This post is eligible for a Golden Hello payment of £2,750 for new starters who are external to the Trust.  This is payable in 3 instalments over a 2 year period.  This payment is only eligible to new starters who do not already hold a contract of employment with the Trust. 

We welcome all applicants from nursing, social work and other relevant professional backgrounds. Support and induction training is provided to transition to a CAMHS role for those who might have more adult focused training or experience.

This is an exciting opportunity to work within an innovative, dynamic and growing multi-disciplinary Community CAMHS based in Nottingham covering from Arnold to East Bridgford as well as City. The children & young people who access our services present with a wide range of emotional and mental health difficulties ranging from mild to severe. 

You would be joining an established, supportive and hardworking team who are passionate about improving the outcomes for the children, young people and their families/carers. As a Community CAMHS Specialist Mental Health Practitioner you will be an integral member of the multidisciplinary team offering consultation, assessment and evidence-based interventions to children and young people we serve. 

You must be a Registered Nurse, Dip SW or equivalent social work qualification (CSS, CQSW, degree in social work), Allied Health Professional registered with the HCPC and accredited by a HCPC recognised body e.g. UKCP/BACP.

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the Community CAMHS Specialist Mental Health Practitioner include:

  • Providing mental health assessments and formulations 
  • Building therapeutic relationships with children and young people and delivering evidence based interventions (including group treatment)
  • Care co-ordinating an agreed caseload
  • Liaising with and offering consultation to other agencies
  • Participating in the enquiries rota 
  • Contributing to all aspects of positive team functioning 
  • Contributing to ongoing service innovations and development

Working for our organisation

Nottinghamshire Healthcare employs over 10,000 colleagues who help #MakeADifference every day. We provide intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire. Care is delivered from over 120 sites within the community from acute settings and across low, medium and high secure environments including prisons.

As one of the largest mental health and community trusts in the East Midlands and one of the biggest employers in Nottinghamshire.  We are also home to national and regional services such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We are committed to flexible and agile working, including the opportunity to join our bank.

Your health and wellbeing is our priority and as such we invest significantly in this via our in-house Occupational Health Service, Staff Counselling Service and Health and Wellbeing Team.

We offer a number of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) groups, our Green Champions Network, Freedom to Speak Up Network. Health and Wellbeing Champions Network and Menopause Champions.  We provide care to a diverse range of communities and are passionate about supporting diversity and inclusion in the Trust.

If you believe in our values of Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork, then we would love to hear from you!

#TeamNottsHC

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Community CAMHS teams are welcoming, friendly and dedicated to supporting the children & young people accessing our services. The teams are busy, supportive and encouraging of new and creative ways to innovate and improve the service we deliver. 

  • To contribute to the CAMHS Single Point of Access (SPA) and CAMHS enquiries rota by receiving and reviewing new referrals where required, identifying and managing risk, liaising with other 
    professionals and providing timely responses
  • Observe and adhere to the Community CAMHS Service 
    Specification, vision, aims and objectives
  • Offer clinical assessment and evidence-based intervention 
    whilst observing current best practice, legislation and 
    guidance
  • Working within the Choice And Partnership Approach 
    (CAPA) and Children and Young People’s Improved 
    Access to Psychological Therapies (CYP IAPT) 
    frameworks and principles
  • Aim to be innovative and creative in the delivery of 
    therapeutic intervention/care bundle, and offer psycho education to children, young people and families 
  • Manage a caseload whilst considering and adhering to 
    safeguarding policy and procedure and national and local 
    legislation
  • Offer support and supervision to junior colleagues
  • Plan and successfully manage smooth transitions where 
    they are clinically indicated
  • Seek support from the Clinical and Operational Leads 
    where needed, as well as accessing regular clinical and 
    managerial supervision as per trust policy and professional 
    registration requirements
  • Support peers and colleagues and promote a team working environment
  • Ensure suitable risk management and care plans are 
    formulated for all clinical cases
  • Maintain contemporaneous records in alignment with Trust 
    policy
  • Work in partnership with other teams within the 
    Nottinghamshire and bordering CAMHS Services 
  • To offer consultation through a range of initiatives to 
    professionals with an aim of enhancing workforce skills, 
    knowledge and capacity in recognising emotional/mental
    health and well-being needs and undertaking interventions 
    with children and families to achieve positive outcomes
  • To participate in the delivery of a range of training 
    programmes to multi agency staff in conjunction with the 
    CAMHS Training Lead
  • Support colleagues and stakeholders in tackling stigma 
    relating to mental health
  • Be willing to undertake training relating to the CYP IAPT 
    agenda and other areas of development as outlined

A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Relevant professional qualifications (e.g. RMN/RN/HV/OT/Clinical Psychology/Social Worker at degree level or higher teaching qualification
  • Registration with relevant professional body
Desirable criteria
  • Educated to degree level
  • Qualification in therapeutic approach/modality (e.g. CBT, DBT, systemic family therapy, solution focused, play therapy etc)

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of providing mental health assessment and intervention to service users presenting with a wide range of different emotional & mental health needs.
  • Ability to engage and develop therapeutic relationships with service users
  • Experience of multi-agency and multi-disciplinary working
  • Experience in provision of evidence based treatments and interventions
  • Experience in the meaningful use of Routine Outcome Monitoring (ROMS) in clinical practice.
  • Proven ability to undertake accurate risk assessment and management plans
  • Proven ability to recognise and respond appropriately to safeguarding concerns
  • Proven ability to manage a defined caseload and organise diary schedule
  • Ability to maintain accurate case records in line with Trust policies and procedures
  • Ability to use electronic data recording systems
  • Experience of using clinical supervision effectively to enhance practice and client outcomes
  • Ability to be an autonomous practitioner whilst being able to work as in integral part of the MDT.
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of providing mental health assessment and intervention to children & young people & their families/carers
  • Experience in providing evidence based treatments and interventions to children, young people and their families/carers
  • Ability to engage and develop therapeutic relationships with children, young people and their families/carers
  • Experience of using ROMS with children, young people and their families/carers
  • Proven ability to undertake risk assessment and management plans with children, young people and their families/carers
  • Experience of providing clinical supervision and mentorship
  • Experience of delivering treatment groups

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of relevant legislation, documents and policies pertaining to children (e.g. Children's Act, Mental Health Act, CYP IAPT, Future in Mind, Hear by Right, Delivering With Delivering Well, NHS Long Term Plan etc)
  • Knowledge of different models of therapy and interventions
  • Knowledge of and commitment to anti-discriminatory/anti-oppressive practice and equal opportunities

Contractual Requirements

Essential criteria
  • A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post

Values and Behaviours

Essential criteria
  • All staff should be able to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion as identified within the Trust’s Equality and Diversity Policy and associated Equality, Diversity and Human Rights legislation
  • All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Amy Brodie
Job title
Operational Team Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0115 8440560