Mental health practitioner

Job description

Job responsibilities

Salary: £38,907

Permanent: Full time 40 hours

Location: North East Region

We are making sure that the support we offer is constant, reliable and of the highest quality and it is our fantastic staff who are making this happen.

Amidst all the uncertainty, as everything we do changes, how about changing your story too and, in turn, help to change the lives of our children and young people?

Cambian Group, the UKs largest provider of specialist services in childrens residential care, education, mental health rehabilitation and learning disabilities, is looking for a dedicated individual to join the company as a Mental Health Practitioner. The post will require someone with previous experience of working with children with complex needs, such as in CAMHS, specialist residential settings or Looked After Childrens services.

We offer excellent training and career progression opportunities as well as a variety of staff benefits.

We offer excellent clinical network and peer support as well as a variety of staff benefits.

Job Role

You will be providing a clinical service to young people placed within community residential setting by assessing and identifying their needs and meeting them through using a consultation model. The consultation sessions offer the team around the young person the opportunity to review the young persons emotional wellbeing and/or behavioural presentation, discuss concerns and therapeutic approaches that will be delivered through the care team. You will be supporting with issues such as challenging behaviours, aggressive outbursts, self-harm, low mood & suicidal ideation, PTSD, ADHD, anxiety, attachment issues, relationships between the young people in the home, protective behaviours etc.

The aim is to work collaboratively with the management and staff of the residential homes in developing and sharing a vision of the therapeutic work which enhances a young persons life opportunities and choices and helps them maximise their strengths. The Mental Health Practitioner will play a key role in the continuous assessment of young peoples mental health and in supporting staff through the delivery of appropriate training and workshops that upskills staff working with the young people to be able to better meet their emotional needs. The Mental Health Practitioner is also available to de brief staff that are experiencing difficulties with processing traumatic events.

Further duties are described in the attached Job Description.

Candidate Profile

We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated, forward thinking Mental Health Practitioner to join our friendly team.

Essential:

Registered with the relevant professional organisation (HCPC, NMC, Social Worker`s England or BACP)

Be a strong team player, with excellent communication skills

Sound organisational and time management skills

Experience in working with children with complex needs/Look After Child

Beneficial

Previous experience in working with children & adolescents is advantageous

CAMHS experience

Nurse/Social Worker/Counselling or Creative art psychotherapy/therapeutic background.

In return we offer:

Full support from a multidisciplinary team

Regular clinical supervision

Meetings and peer support supervision

Developmental opportunities

Research opportunities

Internal/external training on new initiatives

You will also learn from some of the most dedicated and inspirational people in our profession.

Note:

Successful candidates will need to meet the person specification in order to be offered this post.

Cambian is committed to Safeguarding and protecting the young people and service users within our care.

All candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and reference checks aligned to safer recruitment checks.

Cambian is an equal opportunities employer.

Person Specification

General Requirements

Essential

• Please refer to job description above

Desirable

• Please refer to job description above

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).

Employer details

Employer name

The Cambian Group

Address

Hull

HU1 1AS

Employer's website

https://www.cambiangroup.com/ (Opens in a new tab)