CAMHS Practitioner - Band 6

Job summary

Are you an enthusiastic, flexible and self-motivated individual who is willing to make a real difference in young people's mental health? Are you passionate about providing excellent quality care, team working and ready for a new challenge? Are you motivated, possess excellent communication and organisational skills? Then you are the person we are looking for!

• Assess and deliver outcome-focused, evidence-based interventions to children, young people and parents experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties.
• Working in partnership, support children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties and their families
• Work in partnership with children, young people and families in the development of plans for the intervention and agreed outcomes.
• Support and empower children, young people and families to make informed choices about intervention.
• Operate at all times from an inclusive values base, which recognises and respects diversity.
• Undertake assessment of risk to self and others, where appropriate.
• Adhere to the service referral protocols and signpost unsuitable referrals to the relevant service as necessary.
• Provide a range of information and support for evidence based psychological treatments, Low Intensity CBT and guided self‑help in approach. This work may be face‑to‑face, by telephone or via other media.
• Adhere to an agreed activity contract relating to the overall number of children and young people contacts offered, and sessions carried out per week in order to improve timely access and minimise waiting times.
• Attend multi‑disciplinary meetings relating to referrals or CYP in treatment, where appropriate.
• Keep coherent records of all activity in line with service

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are:
We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

In line with Trust policy, the service has adopted a hybrid clinical working model of direct face to face and remote working as appropriate.

The service embraces continual improvement and wellbeing of the staff and has a high degree of enthusiasm for quality improvement and working together with partner agencies to provide the highest quality service to the population we serve.

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 6

Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year Per annum

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 363-SSLB
8053622-A

Job locations: Bedford CAMHS, 9 Rush Court, Bedford, MK40 3JT
, United Kingdom

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

• Qualification in appropriate mental health/social welfare profession such: (Family & Systemic Psychotherapist / Clinical Psychologist / Counselling Psychologist / Educational Psychologist /Occupational Therapist / Clinical Nurse Specialist (Mental Health) / Social Worker/ Senior CWP or EMHP) / Art therapist Senior EMHPs/CWPs with advanced post qualification experience. All applicants must be registered with a professional body or eligible to apply for accreditation within 6 months.
  
  Appropriate level of qualification for your profession e.g. PG Diploma, BSc, Masters.

• Post Grad training or experience to support the needs of different children, young people and their families
• Mentor/Practice educator qualification
• Clinical supervision and training

• Experience of working with CYP across the full age-range (5-18)
• Experience of working with parents/caregivers
• Experience of delivering low-intensity interventions for social anxiety
• Experience of risk formulation, monitoring, and management for mild-moderate self-harm
• Experience in delivering low-intensity emotion regulation interventions
• Experience of working with CYP with increased complexity (e.g. physical, social care, educational needs), within the remit of…