Job summary
Employer heading
Band 6 - Mental Health Practitioner-Barton Hill Settlement
Band 6
Job overview
The opportunity has arisen to join us in our East and Central Bristol community CAMHS team for a fixed term (12 months) maternity cover.
The East and Central Bristol CAMHS Team is located within a community settlement in a diverse and culturally rich area of Bristol. The post holder should be passionate about working within this community and be keen to develop an awareness of local community organisations and
services that support the wellbeing of all families.
You will be appropriately qualified (Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist, Social Worker, High-Intensity CBT etc) and have appropriate professional registration. You will need to demonstrate that you have experience of holding your own caseload including risk assessment and management of complex and enduring mental health needs. Experience of using a family based treatment for eating disorders is desirable, but not essential.
Main duties of the job
To work within the support of a highly experienced multi-disciplinary team to provide assessment and treatment of children and young people with serious and complex mental health difficulties.
To work with and support the system around the child or young person including family and wider professional network.
To contribute to the rota/duty system providing telephone support and advice to young people, carers and professionals who are open to East Central CAMHS
Contribute to the CAMHS Getting Advice team to support in triaging referrals made to the wider CAMHS service.
We welcome potential applicants to make contact to discuss the opportunities of this role prior to submitting an application and/or if offered an interview.
Working for our organisation
We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust) a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care. We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset. Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.
At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To offer high standards of clinical assessment and treatment when working with all young people and their families/carers
To liaise with relevant agencies in the delivery of care to young people and their families
To provide evidence-based therapeutic interventions to children, young people and their families
To work with colleagues within Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services and other professionals to ensure seamless delivery of care.
Please see attached job description and person specification for further details
Person specification
Knowledge and Expereince
Essential criteria
- Post graduate experience
- Previous experience of working with adults, children and their families with MH difficulties
- Demonstrates knowledge of anti-oppressive practice
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience of working with children and young people with eating disorders
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Professional qualification
- Membership of Professional body
Desirable criteria
- training in family based treatment for eating disorders (FBT/ FT-AN)
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates self reflexivity
- Demonstrates ability to organize and prioritize client caseload and to write concise reports
Desirable criteria
- demonstrates ability to work with children, young people and families from a wide range of social, cultural and minority ethnic backgrounds
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
- Gwen Jenkins
- Job title
- Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01173408600
- Additional information
Becky Davies - Clinical Service Manager
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