CAMHS Specialist Mental Health Practitioner

Job Summary:

This is an exciting opportunity to work within an innovative, dynamic and growing multi-disciplinary Community CAMHS South Team based in Nottingham covering from Arnold to East Bridgford as well as the 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.

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
• Providing Waiting Well calls to young people while they wait for assessment, or commencement of treatment

About the Trust:

#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. Delivering intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. The care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.

One of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers.

Skills/Experience Required:

Qualifications

Essential

• 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

• Educated to degree level
• Qualification in therapeutic approach/modality (e.g. CBT, DBT, systemic family therapy, solution focused, play therapy etc)

Experience

Essential

• 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

• 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

• 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

Desirable

• Knowledge and application of behaviour programmes and support for parents of children with emotional health problems