CAMHS Senior Mental Health Practitioner inGlasshoughton inGlasshoughton PUBLISHED FRI 13 DEC 2024

Full Time - 37.5 Hours Per Week

We are excited to advertise a new opportunity within Wakefield Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) for a Senior Mental Health Practitoner. The role is offering an in-reach service into The Croft, a 2-bedded therapeutic childrens residential home.

Our primary aim is to provide a safe, trauma-informed and therapeutic environment from which young people in our care can develop both physically and psychologically; can work on their relationship skills, which is key in making progress in their psychological development; can start to recover from developmental traumas and be provided with the opportunity to enjoy a level of settlement that might otherwise have been denied to them.

You will be offering risk assessment and care planning to support young people who reside in The Croft, this will also support the staff members who are based there. You will also be responsible for conducting assessments to deem appropriateness of The Croft being a suitable residential home.

You would be part of the Enhanced Outreach Team (EOT) which is a team that primarily work with Looked After Children.

The Croft is based in the Ackworth area of Wakefield and the role requires regular travel to this area.

At the time of advertising, this role does meet the minimum requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK. We look forward to receiving your application.

- Attend team meetings and development sessions.

- Offer clinical supervision to colleagues.

- Offer in-reach support to The Croft and support the young people that reside there and staff who are based there.

- Offer therapeutic intervention to young people and the network.

- Offering risk assessments and creating care plans which are individualised for the young person you are working with.

Completing assessments to deem appropriateness for The Croft.

All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect patients.

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About us

This job description is an outline of the main duties of the post. The post-holder will be required to undertake other duties commensurate with the grade as directed.

The content of this post will be reviewed in consultation with the post-holder when necessary and in line with the service developments.

To provide highly specialist skills and expertise, facilitating interventions of the highest quality in the field of mental health, including emergency assessments and intensive interventions with children, young people and their families.

To work autonomously and collaboratively within the MDT, providing consultation and teaching for other agencies and professionals.

To provider supervision and teaching to all other disciplines within CAMHS and to deputise as agreed for the team leader.

To promote safeguarding and the welfare of children and young people.

For full job description, please see attached supporting documents.