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Greater Manchester Mental Health NHSFT

Senior CAMHS Mental Health Practitioner

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Job summary

Are you a registered nurse, psychologist, social worker, occupational therapist or a speech and language therapist who wants to develop your career and work in a truly multi disciplinary team, a team who value and respect and care for each other.

Wigan CAMHs are transforming our children and youngpeople's mental health services with local and wider system partners across Greater Manchester. We are looking for people to joinour fantastic team.

We have lots of new and exciting jobs available across our Wigan Borough for staff who share our values placing Children and young people at the heart of all we do.

We have roles within our core CAMHS service providing assessment and treatment interventions to a variety for young people under the age of 18, who are presenting with difficulties with their mental health. We also have roles within our specialists services that include our community eating disorder service, our high intensive support teams that support young people on the edge of care due to their

We offer:

  • Psychological therapies training programme for all clinical staff
  • Preceptorships available
  • Full induction training and regular appraisals
  • Access to external development training,including improving access to psychological therapies and therapy skills
  • Staff wellbeing service, includingworkplace wellbeing plan for every staff
  • Mentoring and coaching
  • Flexible working
  • Great benefits and pension
  • Robust clinical and line management supervision.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will demonstrate an attitude which respects and values service users' and their carers.

The post holder will embrace the core values of the organisation and adopt the principles of Recovery and THRIVE. These principles will recognise the need to:

Promote safe practices

Value the aims of service users

Work in partnership and offer meaningful choice

Be optimistic about the possibilities of meaningful change

The role will be working as a responsible CAMHS practitioner to be an integral part of the MDT supporting comprehensive assessments treatments and where needed duty functions across the CAMH service, the role will encourage and allow opportunity to supervise, develop and lead on developments within the team. To be the key contact for young people and their families who are requiring support from CAMHS

Value social inclusion

About us

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over6,400members of staff, who deliver services from more than160locations.

We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford,Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.

Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.

Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.

Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.

Details

Date posted

03 January 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

437-5923626

Job locations

Wigan Community CAMHS

Manchester Road

Wigan

WN2 2JA


Job description

Job responsibilities

See attached detailed job description and person specification:

Staff benefits

    • Pay Enhancements 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
    • 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
    • Excellent pension
    • Cycle to work scheme
    • Salary sacrifice car scheme
    • Wellbeing programme
    • Blue Light Card Discounts

Job description

Job responsibilities

See attached detailed job description and person specification:

Staff benefits

    • Pay Enhancements 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
    • 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
    • Excellent pension
    • Cycle to work scheme
    • Salary sacrifice car scheme
    • Wellbeing programme
    • Blue Light Card Discounts

Person Specification

QUALIFICATIONS

Essential

  • CORE Profession
  • Assessor and mentorship training*
  • Post registration training in the relevant field

Desirable

  • Leadership/Management Training

EXPERIENCE

Essential

  • Experience of mentorship, supervision & co-ordination of staff
  • Experience of care planning process
  • Demonstrate experience of problem solving approaches
  • Experience of effective assessment/management and evaluation of risk
  • Experience of problem solving approaches

SKILLS

Essential

  • Ability to work to deadlines
  • Ability to utilise Assessment skills and tools effectively
  • Ability to communicate in a variety settings
  • Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues
  • Effective time & workload management & work to deadlines
  • Ability to identify and manage risk effectively
  • IT skills
  • Ability to maintain accurate and up to date clinical records

Desirable

  • Presentation skills
  • Formulation of reports
Person Specification

QUALIFICATIONS

Essential

  • CORE Profession
  • Assessor and mentorship training*
  • Post registration training in the relevant field

Desirable

  • Leadership/Management Training

EXPERIENCE

Essential

  • Experience of mentorship, supervision & co-ordination of staff
  • Experience of care planning process
  • Demonstrate experience of problem solving approaches
  • Experience of effective assessment/management and evaluation of risk
  • Experience of problem solving approaches

SKILLS

Essential

  • Ability to work to deadlines
  • Ability to utilise Assessment skills and tools effectively
  • Ability to communicate in a variety settings
  • Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues
  • Effective time & workload management & work to deadlines
  • Ability to identify and manage risk effectively
  • IT skills
  • Ability to maintain accurate and up to date clinical records

Desirable

  • Presentation skills
  • Formulation of reports

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHSFT

Address

Wigan Community CAMHS

Manchester Road

Wigan

WN2 2JA


Employer's website

https://www.gmmh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHSFT

Address

Wigan Community CAMHS

Manchester Road

Wigan

WN2 2JA


Employer's website

https://www.gmmh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Operational Managers and Service Managers

Deb Adamson Shelley Bunting Sonia Cunningham

Deborah.Adamson@GMMH.nhs.uk

01942775400

Details

Date posted

03 January 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

437-5923626

Job locations

Wigan Community CAMHS

Manchester Road

Wigan

WN2 2JA


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