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252859 (GH) Mental Health Practitioner
NHS Scotland Job Description
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Job Opportunity
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS)
Mental Health Practitioner
Meadows Child and Adolescent Trauma Team (Edinburgh)
1 x full-time (36 hours) Fixed Term (1 year) Band 6 Post
We have a full-time vacancy in the Meadows Child and Adolescent Trauma Service based in The Rivers Centre at Fountainbridge Library, Edinburgh. This is a fixed term post which could be considered as a secondment within CAMHS.
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The team provides a multi-disciplinary and systemic approach to children and young people (0-18 yrs) and their families who are experiencing emotional, behavioural and mental health difficulties following allegations of sexual abuse. The team covers all of Edinburgh and the Lothians.
We also offer a service to refugees and asylum seekers across Lothian.
The job includes individual assessment and therapeutic work with children and young people, parent/carer work, family work, and liaison and consultation with the child/young person’s wider system.
Applications are invited from innovative, motivated practitioners with excellent assessment, care planning and communication skills.
Prospective applicants must have a professional qualification in a relevant field including nursing, social work, occupational therapy or psychology.
It is expected that the successful applicant will either have experience working in CAMHS or can demonstrate the ability to transfer existing skills and experience to this field; and will have some knowledge and working experience of sexual abuse and mental health issues.
Informal enquiries to
- Elayne McBride, Team Leader, Meadows Child & Adolescent Trauma Team
- Wendy McLellan, Advanced Practitioner in Occupational Therapy
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- Email: elayne.mcbride@nhs.scot; wendy.mclellan@nhs.scot
- Phone: 0131 451 7400
Work Authorization
To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigration Service. Further information on what NHS Scotland Boards are required to do to check this as well as what your responsibilities include can be found in the further information for this vacancy.
Please note: we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the vacancy early once a sufficient amount of applications are received. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage.
Equal Opportunities
We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.
PVG Scheme
This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e. child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post.
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