CAMHS Practitioner post within the Citywide Targeted CAMHS team at Nottingham City Council, a six-month fixed-term role. The work centres on brief, outcome-focused therapeutic sessions with children and young people with mild to moderate emotional and behavioural difficulties, delivered individually, with families and in groups. The post follows a trauma-informed, relationship-based approach, contributes to the CAMHS Single Point of Access and works alongside a multi-disciplinary team and partners in education, health, social care and the voluntary sector. Applicants need a recognised professional qualification and a therapeutic modality qualification.
What the job involves
- Deliver brief, outcome-focused therapeutic interventions to children and young people with mild to moderate difficulties, such as anxiety, low mood and behavioural difficulties
- Provide individual, family and group interventions
- Support children and young people to understand their experiences, build resilience and achieve positive outcomes
- Contribute to the CAMHS Single Point of Access
- Work with education, health, social care and voluntary sector partners so children get the right support at the right time
- Contribute to multi-agency care planning
- Safeguard children and promote their emotional wellbeing
- Work as part of a community-based multi-disciplinary team
What’s required
Qualifications
- Relevant professional qualification in social work, nursing or teaching (for example DipSW, CSS, CQSW, QTS or RMN), or NVQ level 4 or above in a relevant field
- Qualification in a therapeutic approach or modality, such as CBT, DBT, systemic family therapy, solution-focused or play therapy
Experience
- Experience working with children, young people and families with mild to moderate mental health problems
- Experience delivering therapeutic interventions to children, young people or families, such as guided self-help, CBT or parent work
- Running group therapeutic interventions with children and families
- Experience liaising with the wider network around the child, including education, social care, family and health
- Experience working with culturally diverse populations and adapting services to improve access
What’s offered
- Competitive pay
- Leave entitlement
- Generous pension scheme
- Flexible working
- Home or remote working
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The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
