Mental Health Practitioner

The post holder will deliver high quality mental health assessments where the needs of a child or young person will be established to understand whether they would be suitable for therapeutic intervention with the Core CAMHS team. The post holder will be allocated a case load where they will deliver CBT and DBT skills work. They will also have to opportunity to access clinical supervision to assist with developing therapeutic intervention skills. There is also the opportunity for group supervision within the core team., To undertake mental health assessment and formulation of a child and young persons needs and risk.

- To attend a weekly team meeting to discuss assessments, 1.1. work and to access group supervision/support.

- To partake in the CAMHS duty rota which involves taking telephone calls from the waiting list and offering advice/guidance to parents, carers and professionals.

- To hold a case load and offer 1.1. therapeutic intervention to children, young people and parents/carers.

- To be involved with collaborative working within the CAMHS team and with partner agencies.

- To attend meetings linked to childrens social care and Education as required.

- To access clinical supervision to assist with developing skills in therapeutic intervention and to support with clinical work.

- To write case notes and complete required paperwork relevant to the role.

- To be able to write reports, chronologies and summaries of work completed by CAMHS as required.

- To support group work within the service.

- To contribute to service and pathway development.

We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Being a foundation Trust means were accountable to our members, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.

Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.