Band 5 - Band 6 Senior Mental Health Practitioner - development post inMarlborough inMarlborough PUBLISHED THU 17 OCT 2024

* Developmental opportunity available *

Do you want to join a team who are strongly committed to staff development and training and like eating cake?

Congratulations! You have qualified and now after all that hard work, you can take a breath, put up your feet with a nice cup of tea and contemplate what you would like to do for the rest of your career. If you look across the recruitment horizon a bit more to the left by that clump of trees (that's Savernake Forest) you can see a big hill just outside of town and atop the hill you can see the team at Marlborough CAMHS waving to you.

Now we've caught your attention, we would like to say hello and let you know that we are a friendly and experienced team who will support and nurture you both personally and professionally, providing a fertile ground for you to not only grow, but flourish.

We are generous with knowledge and support and would allow you to consolidate your skills and knowledge whilst gaining a great experience that will also grow your confidence. We like to be busy and happy and take enormous pride in what we do with a resolute passion.

We would be delighted if you would like to wave back, or even better phone us or come for a visit so we can answer any questions you might have. We hope to see you soon.

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The role will include undertaking the assessment of the young person's mental health needs, collaborative formulation and providing the treatment plan drawing on a variety of interventions that may involve multi-agency networking where necessary.

We have opportunities available to work in a range of clinical areas including:

• Community CAMHS
• Mental Health Hospital Liaison
• Learning Disabilities
• Assertive Outreach
• Eating Disorders in our Eating Disorders Service

You will be offered in-house training in a number of evidence-based interventions. There will also be the opportunity for further training based on individual learning needs. We have good professional support in our service and regular professional regional meetings, including regular team safeguarding supervision.

The main duties of the job are:

• Comprehensive assessment of children and young people presenting to the service.
• Shared formulation and care planning
• Multi agency working
• Delivery and/or oversight of collaborative treatment plan using evidence-based interventions
• Collaborative risk management
• Support and supervision of colleagues
• Being part of the on-call rota covering out of hours contact from professionals.

About us

We embody the importance of staff wellbeing in our practice, and this is why we are interested to get to know you as a person and hear what you would like from your job. We are open to conversations about flexible working and including some home working where appropriate to the role.

We have a number of specialist clinics such as The Eating Disorder Service, Neurodevelopmental Clinic and Family Therapy clinic and we like to work with staff to help them gain experience and skills and to work in these clinical areas to give variety to their job role.

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, and you will be paired with other new starters as you begin to find your feet.