Senior Clinical CAMHS Practitioner - GP in Reach

Senior Clinical CAMHS Practitioner - GP in Reach

Job Overview: Wrexham CAMHS is excited to be expanding our provision to local communities. Our vision is to enhance early intervention provision to children, young people and their families by increasing access to early help at the right time, in the right place, from the right people. We will achieve this by increasing capacity available to community colleagues such as schools, GP’s, third sector and other multi‑agency providers.

To support this vision, we are recruiting to a Senior Community CAMHS Practitioner post at Band 7, based primarily in GP surgeries in Wrexham. Successful candidates will provide a range of functions such as consultation and training, mental health assessments and delivery of evidence‑based interventions in the community. In addition, they will have a solid understanding of the Mental Health Measure Wales 2010.

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The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this role;
Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

It is expected that the successful candidate will support the further development of effective working relationships with colleagues from community agencies, including third sector and statutory providers. Effective leadership skills and relevant service development experience are required. Applicants must be compliant with the professional requirements as determined by Mental Health Measure 2010 and should have a relevant professional and registered qualification relating to Health or Social Care (e.g. Clinical Psychology, Mental Health or Learning Disability Nursing, Occupational Therapy or Social Work) and be able to demonstrate a்த்த high level of competence, knowledge and skills.

Substantial experience in offering consultation and delivering training is essential. Service evaluation will also be key to this role. The successful applicant must be flexible, adaptable and willing to embrace change as and when required. Initiative and the ability to handle unexpected situations are additional advantages.

We are keen to recruit people with a passion for early intervention work and encourage interested candidates to contact us for further discussion.

BCUHB North Wales is the largest health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and elective hospital services for a population of around 700,000 across North Wales. Join our team and get the support you need, in line with our Organisational Values and ‘Proud to Lead’ competence framework. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and are proud to welcome applicants under the “Disability Confident Employer” scheme.

• Registered Core Profession (e.g. Clinical Psychology, Nurse, Occupational Therapist, Social Work) and adherence to appropriate Professional Registration (e.g. HCPC, NMC).
• Evidence of continuing professional development and/or achievement of or working towards post graduate training in a relevant therapeutic modality (e.g. Family Therapy/CBT/EMDR).

• Post‑graduate management qualification.

• Assessment, diagnosis, referral and discharge skills.
• Achieved competencies for advanced clinical practice.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with good listening skills.

• Substantial and recent experience relevant to CAMHS in a clinical post.
• Leadership development/tr(conn;) training.
• Assessing and managing risk across a range of environments.

Applicants may submit applications in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English. BCUHB is proud to welcome applicants under the “Disability Confident Employer” scheme and promotes equality and diversity in all aspects ofIPAddress.