Dorset CAMHS, within Dorset HealthCare's transforming children mental health service, is offering pan-Dorset roles for practitioners on a part-time, 22.5-hour contract. The work centres on assessing children and young people with complex mental health needs, delivering interventions and coordinating care for a caseload under the Getting More Help pathway. Roles may begin from a temporary base while new service structures are set up, and extended hours may be required. Applicants must be registered mental health nurses, RNLD or qualified social workers, and visa sponsorship is not available.
What the job involves
- Undertake comprehensive mental health assessments, including risk assessment and formulation
- Deliver goal-focused, evidence-based interventions for children and young people
- Provide care coordination for a defined caseload
- Help implement the i-Thrive model and develop accessible mental health services across Dorset
- Work collaboratively with families, schools, social care, GPs and voluntary services
- Contribute to multi-disciplinary team working and decision-making
- Promote early intervention, recovery, resilience and inclusion
- Maintain accurate, timely and confidential clinical records
- Engage in clinical supervision, reflective practice and continuing professional development
What’s required
Registration & licences
- NMC, HCPC or SWE registration
Experience
- Experienced registered mental health nurse, RNLD or qualified social worker
Skills & knowledge
- Understanding of therapy outcome measures
- Knowledge of the legislative framework for the role
- Knowledge and application of therapy assessments and interventions for the client group
- Ability to write correspondence and reports
- Ability to communicate clearly, verbally and in writing, with patients, carers and colleagues
- Ability to manage time, conflicting demands and workload to agreed deadlines
Checks & eligibility
- Enhanced DBS check
- Right to work in the UK without sponsorship
- Able to travel by own vehicle on Trust business, subject to the Equality Act
Other
- Ability to liaise with colleagues in health, private and voluntary organisations
- Documented evidence of continuous professional development
- Understanding of and commitment to equal opportunities and the issues relating to disabled people
- Basic IT keyboard skills
- Willingness to work flexibly
Nice to have
- Broad experience of working with clients with a range of mental health problems
- Previous experience in children's mental health or CAMHS
- Experience of group work
What’s offered
- Trust covers the cost of the Enhanced DBS check
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
