Core CAMHS Practitioner

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time Band 6 CAMHS Core Practitioner (RMN/SW/OT) to join the CORE CAMHS team based in Grantham, due to the promotion of the previous post holder.

As Band 6 Core CAMHS Practitioner you will need to demonstrate a significant level of expertise in knowledge and experience in relation to young people's mental health.

You will be required to work independently and with others in the MDT Team to deliver a high standard of clinical care for young people experiencing significant deterioration in their mental health requiring specialist interventions.

You will hold a case load of complex cases, provide leadership and work in partnership with service users, their carers, colleagues across Children's and Young Persons Services as well as external agencies such as schools and Social Care. The successful candidate will provide effective formulation, clinical supervision, management supervision and play an active part in the professional development of the clinical team.

You would be joining an incredibly supportive Team, with substantial training and career opportunities; if you are interested please contact Samantha Edwards, CAMHS Team Manager or Amy Flanagan, Clinical Lead for further information 01474 464949.

Main duties of the job

Your duties will include, but not limited to:

1. To provide a high standard of clinical care ensuring safe and effective assessment, treatment and comprehensive discharge planning using highly developed clinical reasoning skills and appropriate assessment tools.
2. Provide care delivery to vulnerable groups, inclusive of but not exclusively:

• Mild Learning Disability
• Looked After Children
• Those in contact with CJS
• Survivors of abuse
• Those with harmful behaviour

About us

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Whether you're taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that's friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life.

Job responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.

When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:

• Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy
• Competitive annual leave allowance
• Car leasing scheme
• Free eye tests
• Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants

Get in touch today:

Our friendly team is here to answer any questions you may have about our roles. For more information, please contact Phil Dutton, via email at philip.dutton1@nhs.net or by telephone 01205 354202.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered with a professional body e.g. NMC, UKCP, HCPC, BACP
• Recognised Professional Qualification in Registered Nursing (RMN,RLDN), Social Worker (CQSW, DipSW), Occupational Therapy or other relevant qualification e.g.IAPT qualification and Counselling
• Mentorship or similar qualification in supporting students in practice
• Evidence of specialised continued professional training (degree level) in clinical practice
• Post registration training in supervision

Experience

• Relevant post-registration experience of working with people with mental health needs, including those with severe and enduring mental ill health
• Experience of managing and developing staff including providing management and/or clinical supervision
• Experience of using evidence based practice
• Post registration experience of working with children and young people and their families
• Post registration experience of working within CAMHS

Skills

• Sound knowledge of Child Care legislation, Safeguarding, Mental Health Act and the Care Programme Approach
• Sound knowledge of current local and national strategies concerning CAMHS, Children's Services and mental health
• Excellent understanding of child and adolescent development and its possible impact on emotional well-being
• Excellent knowledge of clinical/risk assessment and risk management of young people in crisis
• Ability to work both as a member of a team and autonomously and to manage own and other colleagues' anxieties
• Comprehensive understanding of Information Governance principles
• Highly developed communication skills
• Ability to delegate whilst maintaining overall responsibility for service users care, where appropriate
• Highly motivated and able to engage with service users and carers to improve outcomes

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.

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust