Job summary
Are you an experienced RGN or Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist looking for a new challenge?
Are you passionate about supporting vulnerable children by working alongside other services to get the best outcome?
We are looking for an Advanced Mental Health Practitioner to join us for a 12 month FCT.
The CAMHS CiC is established to ensure that children who are in care receive quicker access to mental health support. We do this by working in partnership and sharing knowledge, to effectively meet theirs and their carers needs by providing evidenced based interventions.
In this role you will be working in a trauma informed model across multiple agencies and services. You will support in; trauma informed care, Creating stability of the Child or Young person's home placement, maintaining relationships with family members, reaching as high as possible Education achievements, creating local social networks and fostering strong relationships.
This is a unique opportunity to be part of and contribute to a newly developing and innovative service. You will receive direct clinical supervision from an experienced Clinical Psychologist as well as having the opportunity to gain experience in mentalisation based approaches as well as systemic ways of working.
These posts supports the interface with partner agencies and specialist CAMHS.
Main duties of the job
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High and low intensity, evidence-based therapeutic interventions (individual, group, family, asappropriate)
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Joint working with partner agencies, including Mental Health Support Teams, Early Help, Youth Offending Teams, otherChildand Adolescent Mental Health Services
About us
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we're committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:
- Caring for and about you is our top priority
- Committed to providing good quality, safe services
- Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:
- Flexible working options to support work-life balance
- 27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Excellent learning and career development opportunities
- 'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
- Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
- Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
- Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
- Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
- Free parking across Trust sites
Job description
Job responsibilities
Themust haves for this role:
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.
We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.
Werecommitted to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Pleasedonthesitate to call:Jenny Murrayon07966401529or email:Jenny.murray@berkshire.nhs.ukwhollbe delighted to help.
Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so pleasesubmityour application as soon as possible.
Applications for this role will be reviewed as they are received. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible, as vacancies may close early
Job description
Job responsibilities
Themust haves for this role:
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.
We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.
Werecommitted to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Pleasedonthesitate to call:Jenny Murrayon07966401529or email:Jenny.murray@berkshire.nhs.ukwhollbe delighted to help.
Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so pleasesubmityour application as soon as possible.
Applications for this role will be reviewed as they are received. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible, as vacancies may close early
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications/Training
Essential
- Recognised and relevant qualification as below: Registered Mental Health Nurse or Registered Social Worker or Occupational Therapist Or Speech and Language Therapist
- Registration with NMC or HCPC or other recognised professional body
Desirable
- A supervisory qualification in the relevant professional discipline.
Previous Experience
Essential
- Significant post-qualifying experience of undertaking comprehensive assessment of mental health needs, developing care plans and offering appropriate support based on formulation of presenting difficulties.
- Experience of working with service users with high risk presentations and undertaking risk assessment and risk management plans.
- Experience of hard-to-reach diverse community groups and individuals with emerging complex needs, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities and safeguarding.
- Experience of working effectively in a multi-disciplinary team and multi-agency environment
Desirable
- Experience of working within mental health settings supporting children, adolescents and their families.
- Experience of providing supervision or leadership to others.
- Experience of contributing to service improvement initiatives.
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Knowledge and skill to assess acute mental health crisis, and deliberate self-harm at Getting Risk/Tier 3 levels.
- Demonstrates up to date knowledge of legislation and National strategies and requirements for CAMHS.
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
- Ability to motivate and inspire others and to support others to develop key competencies.
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Ability to take clinical responsibility for patient care and treatment.
- Ability to work to timescales and comfortably cope in pressurised situations, applying practical problem solving skills in everyday and complex situations
- Ability to work autonomously and effectively in a team, reprioritising work and that of others work to reflect changing needs.
- Competent IT skills and the ability to navigate around various systems and software packages (such as outlook, databases, e.g. RiO MS office and internet
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Ability and willingness to work in a flexible way including working outside of normal hours to facilitate out of hours clinics as required.
- Able to maintain professional boundaries and conduct.
- Supportive approach towards colleagues and service users.
- Enthusiastic, self-motivated team player.
- Able to negotiate, be confident and assertive.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications/Training
Essential
- Recognised and relevant qualification as below: Registered Mental Health Nurse or Registered Social Worker or Occupational Therapist Or Speech and Language Therapist
- Registration with NMC or HCPC or other recognised professional body
Desirable
- A supervisory qualification in the relevant professional discipline.
Previous Experience
Essential
- Significant post-qualifying experience of undertaking comprehensive assessment of mental health needs, developing care plans and offering appropriate support based on formulation of presenting difficulties.
- Experience of working with service users with high risk presentations and undertaking risk assessment and risk management plans.
- Experience of hard-to-reach diverse community groups and individuals with emerging complex needs, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities and safeguarding.
- Experience of working effectively in a multi-disciplinary team and multi-agency environment
Desirable
- Experience of working within mental health settings supporting children, adolescents and their families.
- Experience of providing supervision or leadership to others.
- Experience of contributing to service improvement initiatives.
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Knowledge and skill to assess acute mental health crisis, and deliberate self-harm at Getting Risk/Tier 3 levels.
- Demonstrates up to date knowledge of legislation and National strategies and requirements for CAMHS.
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
- Ability to motivate and inspire others and to support others to develop key competencies.
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Ability to take clinical responsibility for patient care and treatment.
- Ability to work to timescales and comfortably cope in pressurised situations, applying practical problem solving skills in everyday and complex situations
- Ability to work autonomously and effectively in a team, reprioritising work and that of others work to reflect changing needs.
- Competent IT skills and the ability to navigate around various systems and software packages (such as outlook, databases, e.g. RiO MS office and internet
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Ability and willingness to work in a flexible way including working outside of normal hours to facilitate out of hours clinics as required.
- Able to maintain professional boundaries and conduct.
- Supportive approach towards colleagues and service users.
- Enthusiastic, self-motivated team player.
- Able to negotiate, be confident and assertive.
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).
