Job summary
CAMHS Practitioner Band 7 - Clinical/Counselling/Educational Psychologist, CBT Therapist, Family Therapist, Mental Health, Social Worker, Mental Health Nurse ,Occupational Therapist (37.5hrs)
We are seeking to recruit an experienced CAMHS/MHST practitioners to join the Luton and Central Bedfordshire Community access service (CAS)
CAS is a number of Mental Health Support Team (MHST) established following the government Green Paper: Transforming Children & Young People's Mental Health Provision. The service is undergoing expansion and restructuring.
Main duties of the job
The three core functions of a Mental Health Support Team (MHST) are:
- Delivering evidence-based interventions for children and young people (CYP) with mild-to-moderate mental health problems.
- Supporting the senior mental health lead in each education setting to introduce, develop and deliver the whole school/college approach.
- Giving timely advice to school and college staff, and liaising with external specialist services, to help CYP to get the right support and stay in education.
The role involves delivering all three MHST functions. The role involves providing clinical supervision and line management to practitioners within the team, holding a small caseload of clinical work (based on the postholder's training and interests), acting as a senior link supporting school leads to develop their whole school approach to wellbeing, project work, other tasks as/when required.
About us
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You would be joining a comprehensive and dynamic CAMH service, delivering a substantial stepped model of care following the needs-led i-Thrive framework. There area number of posts either within newly formed or established Mental health Support Teams across Luton and Central Bedfordshire. Your role will help to develop and deliver a wide range of interventions, projects and system changes with the aim of the whole school and whole community approaches to supporting young people's mental health. In addition to providing comprehensive consultation, assessment, risk management and interventions for young people experiencing emotional and mental health difficulties in schools, the post-holder will also clinically supervise colleagues. There may be an option of supervisor training at Reading University which we would strongly encourage post holders to take up.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You would be joining a comprehensive and dynamic CAMH service, delivering a substantial stepped model of care following the needs-led i-Thrive framework. There area number of posts either within newly formed or established Mental health Support Teams across Luton and Central Bedfordshire. Your role will help to develop and deliver a wide range of interventions, projects and system changes with the aim of the whole school and whole community approaches to supporting young people's mental health. In addition to providing comprehensive consultation, assessment, risk management and interventions for young people experiencing emotional and mental health difficulties in schools, the post-holder will also clinically supervise colleagues. There may be an option of supervisor training at Reading University which we would strongly encourage post holders to take up.
Person Specification
Education, Training and Qualifications
Essential
- Recognised qualification in mental health (e.g. clinical psychologist, counselling psychologist, Educational Psychologist CBT therapist.(Mental Health Nursing , Mental Health Social Worker with CBT training at experience)
- Registration with HCPC and/or profession-specific regulatory body
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of current guidelines and recent developments in evidence-based assessments and interventions for children and young people with mild to moderate mental health problems
- Knowledge of legislation and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management and mental health in relation to children, young people and their families
- Knowledge, understanding and experience with diverse racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds and families with a high level of deprivation
Desirable
- Knowledge of current guidelines in terms of the implementation of the whole-school approach in education
Experience & Training
Essential
- Experience of working as a qualified clinician with children and young people for a minimum of two years
- Specialist skills, training and experience in cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT)
- Substantial experience of working with evidence-based approaches for mild to moderate mental health problems in children and young people
- Experience of supervising low intensity practice with CYP and families
- Experience working with schools
- PG Cert Supervision: Children and Young People's Mental Health and Wellbeing
- Experience of supervising EMHP/CWP practitioners for 2 years
Desirable
- Experience of routine outcome monitoring
- Experience working as part of an MHST
- Experience of service development
- Formal training in supervision
- Experience of line managing others
- Experience of consultation
- Experience of teaching/training other professionals
Other
Essential
- The successful candidate must be able to start in post by 1st September 2024 at the latest
Person Specification
Education, Training and Qualifications
Essential
- Recognised qualification in mental health (e.g. clinical psychologist, counselling psychologist, Educational Psychologist CBT therapist.(Mental Health Nursing , Mental Health Social Worker with CBT training at experience)
- Registration with HCPC and/or profession-specific regulatory body
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of current guidelines and recent developments in evidence-based assessments and interventions for children and young people with mild to moderate mental health problems
- Knowledge of legislation and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management and mental health in relation to children, young people and their families
- Knowledge, understanding and experience with diverse racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds and families with a high level of deprivation
Desirable
- Knowledge of current guidelines in terms of the implementation of the whole-school approach in education
Experience & Training
Essential
- Experience of working as a qualified clinician with children and young people for a minimum of two years
- Specialist skills, training and experience in cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT)
- Substantial experience of working with evidence-based approaches for mild to moderate mental health problems in children and young people
- Experience of supervising low intensity practice with CYP and families
- Experience working with schools
- PG Cert Supervision: Children and Young People's Mental Health and Wellbeing
- Experience of supervising EMHP/CWP practitioners for 2 years
Desirable
- Experience of routine outcome monitoring
- Experience working as part of an MHST
- Experience of service development
- Formal training in supervision
- Experience of line managing others
- Experience of consultation
- Experience of teaching/training other professionals
Other
Essential
- The successful candidate must be able to start in post by 1st September 2024 at the latest
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
