Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Shift Work)
- Job ref
- 270-TE221-ACS-F
- Employer
- Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Newland House
- Town
- Northampton
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Mental Health Practitioner - CAMHS Crisis Team
Band 6
Job overview
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.
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main 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.
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
- 2 years post qualification experience in CAMHS
- Social Worker RMN, OT, RNLD
- Previous experience of risk assessment, and safety planning.
Essential
Essential criteria
- Experienced in using clinical systems and IT
- Committed to developing own skills and knowledge
- Experience in supervising junior staff
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Marie James
- Job title
- Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07724 700321
- Additional information
For more information please contact Marie James 07724 700321
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