Mental Health Practitioner - CAMHS Crisis Team

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Mental Health Practitioner in the CAMHS Crisis Team.

The CAMHS Crisis Team's purpose is to provide Crisis response, home treatment, duty cover, admission avoidance and the self harm pathway. The service also aims to facilitate discharge from hospital and assist children and young people to re engage with their local community.

This is a fast moving team, responding to young people facing crisis - candidates would need to be dynamic, responsive and excellent communicators

Main duties of the job

This role is work within the CAMHS Crisis Team to include triage, assessment, risk management, and home treatment.

To provide consultation, supervision and support to other clinical members of the team who provide care and treatment.

About us

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

Date posted

22 April 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year pa pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

270-TE221-ACS-F

Job locations

Newland House

Northampton

NN1 3EB

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Essential

2 years post qualification experience in CAMHS
Social Worker RMN, OT, RNLD
Previous experience of risk assessment, and safety planning.

Essential

Experienced in using clinical systems and IT
Committed to developing own skills and knowledge
Experience in supervising junior staff

Person Specification

Essential

2 years post qualification experience in CAMHS
Social Worker RMN, OT, RNLD
Previous experience of risk assessment, and safety planning.

Essential

Experienced in using clinical systems and IT
Committed to developing own skills and knowledge
Experience in supervising junior staff

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.