Senior CAMHS Practitioner - Sandy / Biggs MHST in Biggleswade

You would be joining a comprehensive and dynamic CAMH service, delivering a substantial, stepped model of care following the needs-led i-Thrive framework. These are posts within an established Mental Health Support Teams in Central Bedfordshire and Luton. Your role will help to develop and deliver a wide range of interventions, projects and system changes, with the aim of the whole school and whole community approaches supporting young people's mental health.

In addition to providing comprehensive consultation, assessment, risk management and interventions for young people experiencing emotional and mental health difficulties in schools, the post-holder will also clinically supervise colleagues. There may be a possibility of supervisor training at Reading University, which we would strongly encourage the post-holder to take up.

We offer an exciting and dynamic environment, where your ideas and career development will be valued. You will be supported directly by a senior colleague, and we will develop the service together. You will be supported by regular, separate clinical and management supervision sessions, access to a variety of CPD sessions, and an annual performance appraisal. You will also participate in weekly clinical discussions with the team. East London NHS Trust prioritizes staff wellbeing, and there are a range of staff wellbeing initiatives to support this.

We are looking for a confident CAMHS professional with a demonstrable track record, within CAMHS, of providing good quality, evidence-based interventions and improving service quality. You will be a Mental Health Nurse, Systemic Family Psychotherapist, Psychologist, Art Psychotherapist, Social Worker, Child Psychotherapist, CBT Therapist, Counsellor or Occupational Therapist, with the requisite professional registration. We welcome applicants who have experience of working or living in Central Bedfordshire or Luton.

There is a national focus on increasing the reach of Mental Health Support Teams, with the aim of improving the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people in the community. The recently published NHS 10 Year Plan has an ambition to increase MHSTs' coverage to all schools by 2030. There is a specific focus on developing more access to help and aiding and improving the general culture of emotional support within all primary and secondary schools, including special educational provisions and PRUs. Working alongside community partners, the Mental Health Support Team will be fully integrated with community CAMHS and educational settings.

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

For further information regarding this post, please kindly refer to the job description and person specification attached to this advert.

Qualifications
A qualification of Mental Health Nurse, Systemic Family Psychotherapist, Clinical Psychologist, Art Psychotherapist, Social Worker, Child Psychotherapist, Occupational Therapist, CBT Therapist & Registration, Counsellor
Understanding of current NHS/Social Care policies/practices relating to Mental Health and Services and understands the Child Protection Policy
Parenting qualification and parenting supervision qualification
Specific therapeutic modality training and qualification e.g. CBT, DBT, IPT

Experience
Previous experience of working in CAMHS
Experience of working with a wide range of mental health problems commonly seen in CAMHS
Experience of care planning
Knowledge and experience of working within a CBT framework to support trainee practitioners
Delivery of parenting programmes - Webster-Stratton, Triple P, NVR, etc.
Previous experience working with schools in a mental health capacity
Supervision of clinicians delivering parenting and manualised CBT interventions
Experience of working in a culturally diverse, inner-city area

Skills
Evidence of well-developed clinical skills and knowledge in CAMHS
Specialist clinical skills within specific therapeutic modalities
Able to manage own time and caseload
Evidence of ability to lead, support and influence others

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.