Job summary
1 x 30 hours per week
Barnsley CAMHS has a rare and
exciting opportunity for a Senior Mental Health Practitioner or Clinical
Psychologist to join our Children in Care Pathway. You will be a creative
and dynamic clinician to help create individualised packages of care to support
young people in the community. We are especially interested if you hold
qualifications/training in Thera-play or other younger aged treatment models.
You will work closely with the CiC Pathway lead and team manager to
offer excellent assessment, consultation, education and direct care to
professionals, foster carers and looked after children within Barnsley, you
will form part of a wider service working alongside a range of professions
including Consultant Psychiatrists, Nurses, Social Workers, Support Workers,
Psychologists and Specialist Therapists.
Staff wellbeing is at the heart of Barnsley CAMHS you will be supported
to flourish in your role and have access to regular managerial and clinical
supervision as well as integrating into a wonderfully supportive team.
We are a passionate service with the welfare of Children and Young
People at the heart of everything we do, this is a great opportunity to be part
of a very special team and help to shape the future of the wonderful young
people in Barnsley.
This post for 30 hours a week and we will endeavour to support the right
candidate to work these with a flexible approach.
Main duties of the job
You will work as part of an
integrated, supportive multi-disciplinary team as part of a wider system offer
for Barnsley CIC. You will understand and be able to offer formulation and
consultation to a range of professionals, along with foster carers and young
people. You will be able to work directly with young people up to the age of 25
within a therapeutic modality and have positive outcomes which are recovery
focussed. Being able to manage risk and complexity is essential alongside a
calm, resilient and professional manner which supports and advocates engagement
with the system and young people.
Good Interpersonal and
communication skills are an essential part of this role, needing to adapt these
to meet a wider variety of need. You should have experience and/or appreciation
of some of the richness and complexities of working with Children Care
experiencing mental health difficulties.
Please specify which role you
are applying for (Psychology or SMHP) and please note you only need to evidence
appropriate skills for the relevant person specification for which you are
applying.
At
the time of advertising, this role does meet the minimum requirements set by UK
Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK. We look forward
to receiving your application.
All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to be
fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect patients.
About us
We
are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health
and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale,
Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are
the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.
Our mission is
to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this
by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ
staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a
difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.
We encourage
and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value
diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.
Being
a foundation Trust means were accountable to our
members, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people
(including staff) are members of our Trust.
Join
us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving
the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and
help each year.
We
are committed
to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and
vulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share this
commitment.
We do reserve to right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For details of both the Senior Mental Health Practitioner and Clinical Psychologist role please see the supporting documents attached.
We are aware that an increasing number of applicants are
using AI technology to generate responses on NHS Job application forms. We
strongly discourage this and will conduct a thorough screening process before
selecting candidates to progress to the next stage. If you are using AI to
enhance your application, please disclose this in your NHS Jobs application
form.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For details of both the Senior Mental Health Practitioner and Clinical Psychologist role please see the supporting documents attached.
We are aware that an increasing number of applicants are
using AI technology to generate responses on NHS Job application forms. We
strongly discourage this and will conduct a thorough screening process before
selecting candidates to progress to the next stage. If you are using AI to
enhance your application, please disclose this in your NHS Jobs application
form.
Person Specification
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Senior Mental Health Practitioner
- Able to work autonomously and as part of a team
- Commitment to multi-agency approach/working
- Ability to work and make decisions under pressure.
- Calm, confident, innovative, creative
- and assertive
- Ability to make and lead decisions under pressure/crisis situations
- Willingness to be flexible and adaptable in accordance with changing service priorities.
- Commitment to challenging discrimination and improving accessibility of services.
- Ability to cope calmly in a crisis
- To demonstrate good self-care and encourage the same in team members
- A Current driving licence and access to a car during the working day is essential (reasonable adjustments will be considered for any applicants who are unable to drive due to a disability)
- To have integrity, be honest, open, transparent and respectful.
- Clinical Psychologist
- Caring.
- Team Player.
- Commitment to supervision and support.
Desirable
- Clinical Psychologist
- Flexible.
- Committed to client group.
Qualifications
Essential
- Senior Mental Health Practitioner
- Relevant professional qualification, e.g. nursing, or other professional allied to medicine.
- Post qualification training in identified portfolio, e.g. LD. LAC, eating disorder.
- Dip SW or relevant mental health profession.
- A teaching and assessing qualification.
- Membership of professional body.
- Clinical Psychologist
- Hons. Degree in Psychology.
- Doctoral qualification clinical psychology.
- Appropriate safeguarding training.
- Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council as a Clinical Psychologist.
Desirable
- Senior Mental Health Practitioner
- Post graduate qualification in mental health (e.g. CBT, Family Therapy, Counselling).
- Masters Level qualification.
- Formal management/supervisory qualification.
- Clinical Psychologist
- 2:1 min.
- Eligible for chartered status.
Experience
Essential
- Senior Mental Health Practitioner
- Experience of delivering training to others.
- Extensive experience in identified portfolio requirements.
- Substantial post qualification experience, some of which must be working with Children, young people and their carers in a mental health or other complex care setting.
- Experience of working in different cultural contexts.
- Knowledge and experience of working with Equality and Diversity.
- Multidisciplinary team working.
- Inter-agency liaison and consultation.
- Experience of providing highly specialist advice and supervision to other professionals.
- Knowledge of relevant legislation and guidance for working with children, young people, mental health and safeguarding.
- Evidence of advanced clinical/therapeutic knowledge and skills in mental health.
- Extensive experience in assessment and risk management and ability to implement evidence based practice.
- Advanced experience of safeguarding children and young people.
- Clinical Psychologist
- Completion of supervised clinical practice in the NHS.
- Ability to work within two models of psychological assessment, formulation and intervention.
Desirable
- Senior Mental Health Practitioner
- Experience of community settings.
- Clinical Psychologist
- Experience in working with service users in the clinical area of the post.
- Different theoretical approaches.
- Work with other disciplines.
- Work with people who have disabilities.
Special Knowledge/Skills
Essential
- Senior Mental Health Practitioner
- Excellent verbal and communication skills.
- Ability to manage own caseload and to be a self-reliant and autonomous practitioner.
- Excellent negotiation skills, and problem solving skills.
- Customer service orientation.
- Excellent record keeping and report writing skills to include care planning and risk assessments.
- IT skills.
- Clinical Psychologist
- Communication skills.
- A current driving licence and access to a car during the working day is essential (reasonable adjustments will be considered for any applicants who are unable to drive due to a disability).
- IT Literate.
Desirable
- Clinical Psychologist
- Research skills.
- Knowledge of adult & child protection legislation.
- Awareness of legislation relevant to the clinical area of practice.
Physical Attributes
Essential
- Senior Mental Health Practitioner/Clinical Psychologist
- Ability to undertake the duties and demands of the post. A satisfactory sickness record over the previous 2 years (subject to the need to act with fairness and equality of opportunity, particularly where the sickness is related to a disability and/or pregnancy).
Person Specification
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Senior Mental Health Practitioner
- Able to work autonomously and as part of a team
- Commitment to multi-agency approach/working
- Ability to work and make decisions under pressure.
- Calm, confident, innovative, creative
- and assertive
- Ability to make and lead decisions under pressure/crisis situations
- Willingness to be flexible and adaptable in accordance with changing service priorities.
- Commitment to challenging discrimination and improving accessibility of services.
- Ability to cope calmly in a crisis
- To demonstrate good self-care and encourage the same in team members
- A Current driving licence and access to a car during the working day is essential (reasonable adjustments will be considered for any applicants who are unable to drive due to a disability)
- To have integrity, be honest, open, transparent and respectful.
- Clinical Psychologist
- Caring.
- Team Player.
- Commitment to supervision and support.
Desirable
- Clinical Psychologist
- Flexible.
- Committed to client group.
Qualifications
Essential
- Senior Mental Health Practitioner
- Relevant professional qualification, e.g. nursing, or other professional allied to medicine.
- Post qualification training in identified portfolio, e.g. LD. LAC, eating disorder.
- Dip SW or relevant mental health profession.
- A teaching and assessing qualification.
- Membership of professional body.
- Clinical Psychologist
- Hons. Degree in Psychology.
- Doctoral qualification clinical psychology.
- Appropriate safeguarding training.
- Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council as a Clinical Psychologist.
Desirable
- Senior Mental Health Practitioner
- Post graduate qualification in mental health (e.g. CBT, Family Therapy, Counselling).
- Masters Level qualification.
- Formal management/supervisory qualification.
- Clinical Psychologist
- 2:1 min.
- Eligible for chartered status.
Experience
Essential
- Senior Mental Health Practitioner
- Experience of delivering training to others.
- Extensive experience in identified portfolio requirements.
- Substantial post qualification experience, some of which must be working with Children, young people and their carers in a mental health or other complex care setting.
- Experience of working in different cultural contexts.
- Knowledge and experience of working with Equality and Diversity.
- Multidisciplinary team working.
- Inter-agency liaison and consultation.
- Experience of providing highly specialist advice and supervision to other professionals.
- Knowledge of relevant legislation and guidance for working with children, young people, mental health and safeguarding.
- Evidence of advanced clinical/therapeutic knowledge and skills in mental health.
- Extensive experience in assessment and risk management and ability to implement evidence based practice.
- Advanced experience of safeguarding children and young people.
- Clinical Psychologist
- Completion of supervised clinical practice in the NHS.
- Ability to work within two models of psychological assessment, formulation and intervention.
Desirable
- Senior Mental Health Practitioner
- Experience of community settings.
- Clinical Psychologist
- Experience in working with service users in the clinical area of the post.
- Different theoretical approaches.
- Work with other disciplines.
- Work with people who have disabilities.
Special Knowledge/Skills
Essential
- Senior Mental Health Practitioner
- Excellent verbal and communication skills.
- Ability to manage own caseload and to be a self-reliant and autonomous practitioner.
- Excellent negotiation skills, and problem solving skills.
- Customer service orientation.
- Excellent record keeping and report writing skills to include care planning and risk assessments.
- IT skills.
- Clinical Psychologist
- Communication skills.
- A current driving licence and access to a car during the working day is essential (reasonable adjustments will be considered for any applicants who are unable to drive due to a disability).
- IT Literate.
Desirable
- Clinical Psychologist
- Research skills.
- Knowledge of adult & child protection legislation.
- Awareness of legislation relevant to the clinical area of practice.
Physical Attributes
Essential
- Senior Mental Health Practitioner/Clinical Psychologist
- Ability to undertake the duties and demands of the post. A satisfactory sickness record over the previous 2 years (subject to the need to act with fairness and equality of opportunity, particularly where the sickness is related to a disability and/or pregnancy).
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
