PCAMHS Mental Health Practitioner - Children and Young PeopleinBlaenau GwentinBlaenau GwentPUBLISHED FRI 21 MAR 2025

We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.

If you are successful at interview for this post you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.

Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process

Job Overview

Services for children, young people and families within Gwent are currently undergoing exciting transformation and have benefited from significant recent investment and newly developed services. As a clinician within our service you will have the opportunity to be at the forefront of these developments, including supporting the embedding of our Single Point of Access for Children's emotional Wellbeing (SPACE-Wellbeing) Panel.

Main duties of the job

An opportunity has arisen for someone with knowledge and experience of working with children and young people's mental health to join the Primary Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service as a Practitioner. In order to apply for this post one of the following qualifications/registrations is essential: Registered Nurse - Mental Health, Registered Nurse- Learning Disabilities, Occupational Therapist, Social Worker or Practitioner Psychologist.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Working for our organisation

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• CYP presentationsof mental health and behavioural issues, safeguarding legislation, evidence base
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Mental health legislation
  
  

Skills

Essential criteria

• Assessment, appropriate therapeutic intervention,engagement, team working
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Welsh speaker
  
  

Experience

Essential criteria

• Working with CYP and families, assessment, delivery of therapeutic intervention, leading change
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Supervision,training and consultation,groupwork
  
  

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Professional qualification
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Additional qualifications including CYP related