Senior Mental Health Practitioner - KeynshaminKeynshaminKeynshamPUBLISHED THU 13 MAR 2025
Oxford Health NHS TrustrH27iWzC
In this collaborative environment, you'll be part of a multi-disciplinary team, supporting young individuals facing a range of mental health challenges. Your responsibilities will include assessing their mental health needs and developing tailored treatment plans that make a real impact. We provide robust training in evidence-based interventions like DBT skills and motivational interviewing to enhance your expertise. Plus, with strong support from seasoned professionals, you'll have the guidance necessary to thrive in your role. Whether you're a Registered Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker, or an Occupational Therapist, your dedication is what we need to help transform lives. Ready to take the next step? Get in touch with Lisa Williams, Clinical Team Manager for an informal chat about how you can contribute to this vital work.
Are you seeking a community role based in Child and Adolescent Mental Health services (CAMHS) where flexible working arrangements are considered to enable you to bring your best self to work and, most significantly, help transform the lives of children and young people?
With a big national focus on improving services for children and young people's mental health and wellbeing, there has never been a better time to join us an enthusiastic Registered Mental Health Nurse, Learning Disability Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist.
As part of the multi -disciplinary team, you will be working with young people experiencing a wide variety of mental health difficulties sometimes with complex social situations and neurodevelopmental challenges.
We strongly encourage professionals who are interested in re-direction to apply and have a robust training package tailored to specific roles to ensure you feel confident as you join us.
Check us out online at: BSW Recruitment
The role will include undertaking the assessment of the young person's mental health needs alongside your colleagues.
You'll be working 1-1 with young people in providing the treatment plan, drawing on a variety of interventions that may involve multi-agency networking where necessary.
You will be offered in house training in a number of evidence-based interventions, for example DBT skills, Mentalisation based therapy, motivational interviewing and compassionate focused therapy to name just a few.
The main duties of the job are:
- Comprehensive assessment of children and young people presenting to the service. BANES CAMHS have a multi disciplinary clinic working with colleagues to assess and make the best plan for young people.
- Shared formulation , risk assessment and care planning
- Multi agency working
- Delivery and/or oversight of collaborative treatment plan using evidence-based interventions
- Support and supervision of colleagues
- Being part of the on-call rota covering out of hours contact from professionals.
About us
Please note the Job Description is currently going through evaluation.
You will be supported by excellent team knowledge and experience on a formal/informal basis. Clinical and managerial supervision are augmented with profession specific supervision. We are investing heavily in training and preceptorships to develop staff skills. We have a thorough induction process.
We encourage people to get in touch if they are interested, please contact Lisa Williams, Clinical Team Manager for an informal discussion about these roles
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