NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
CAMHS Practitioner
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Job overview - Youth Justice CAMHS Practitioner role - Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker
Essex MID CAMHS team have an exciting opportunity for a CAMHS Practitioner role co-located within the Mid Essex Youth Justice service. The applicant will provide consultation and support to the Youth Justice team for young people presenting with emotional and mental health difficulties. The role also includes assessment and treatment for young people open to Youth Justice with a range of emotional health needs. The role will be based in Chelmsford but covers the whole of MID Essex including Braintree, Halstead and Maldon.
The Essex CAMHS service works to the iThrive model providing a range of evidence-based interventions such as CBT, DBT and trauma-informed approaches. The service uses outcome measures to track progress and inform formulation and manage risk. We are looking for clinicians with experience in working with young people who present with complex needs and have experience of working as a part of a multi-agency network.
Main duties of the job
- To routinely measure clinical outcomes and deliver evidence-based clinical interventions, both in-line with the CYP-IAPT programme within SET CAMHS.
- The post holder will be responsible for delivering clinical interventions within SET CAMHS/Youth Justice settings to children, young people and their families/carers.
- To be able to assess and develop plans of care to meet the complex needs of patients with a variety of conditions. This includes brief and longer-term intervention through NICE recommended treatments.
- Providing a direct service to children and young people and their families, in an accessible and less stigmatizing environment, based on the best available research evidence, within clinical governance.
- To be part of the Youth Justice team, providing support and guidance on mental health presentations in young people and providing direct interventions.
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Working for Us
Joining Essex MID CAMHS NELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London and Essex. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award-winning equality and diversity initiatives, along with staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest significantly in your development because when you feel valued and supported, we can deliver the highest quality care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been recognised in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and hold a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Through our staff networks and training opportunities, we strive to foster a just and compassionate culture at NELFT.
Our Values 2025 - 2030
Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.
They Are
- We are kind.
- We are respectful.
- We work together with our communities.
These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers, and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Goodmayes Hospital.
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Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period
Certificates of Sponsorship
Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points-based system. When calculating the basic salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High-Cost Area Supplement) is not included to ensure fairness and consistency within our Trust.
Use of AI
We value applications that genuinely reflect each candidate’s own skills, experience and motivations. We therefore strongly discourage the use of AI-generated content in applications.
Applications should be written in your own words and accurately represent your knowledge, skills and experience.
We reserve the right to reject an application where we reasonably believe AI has been used to generate or materially contribute to its content.
Please See The Attached Job Description And Person Specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer to this when completing your application.
We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Please apply as soon as possible as some posts close early to limit the number of applications.
Name: Joanne Seward
Job title: Team Manager
Contact Number: 0800 953 0222 option 1 option 1
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