Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Senior CAMHS Practitioner
How your CV stacks up
Upload your CV to see how well it fits this job role
?%
Job Overview
Central CAMHS are seeking to appoint a Senior CAMHS Practitioner to join our team at a very exciting time as we review and work to improve all aspects of our service delivery, supported by significant investment.
Central CAMHS offers a service to children, young people and families. We provide an extensive offer to our local community including significant early intervention and prevention services, unscheduled care, an Early Years 0-7 service and a broad range of NICE recommended and other evidence-based interventions. We are a dynamic and committed multidisciplinary team of Clinical Psychologists, Psychiatrists, Family Therapists, and CAMHS Practitioners with a range of core professional backgrounds and Assistant Psychologists. Significant joint working takes place with multi-agency partners with whom we have very good relationships.
We are proud of our commitment to supporting continuing professional development for our team. Regular weekly peer case discussions, in addition to multidisciplinary team meetings take place.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will have a significant role in undertaking assessments and providing evidence-based interventions to children, young people and families. The post holder will be a key member of our team with involvement in multidisciplinary meetings, offering consultation and training. They will care co-ordinate and provide supervision to colleagues. Involvement in developing and maintaining clinical skills within the wider team and service development will form part of this role.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Working for our organisation
If you relish a challenge, have a passion to help others or simply fancy a fresh start, then Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) North Wales, has all the right ingredients. The largest health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and elective hospital services for a population of around 700,000, across North Wales. Join our team and get the support you need, in line with our Organisational Values and ‘Proud to Lead’ competence framework.
Reasons to use Rodeo
Start with a chat, not a search bar
Grad scheme, placement, apprenticeship? Not sure what you want yet — that's fine. Your agent talks it through with you and turns "I have no idea" into a shortlist.
It searches the market for you
Every day your agent scans the market matching roles against what actually matters to you, not just keywords on a CV.
Only hits
No noise. No "maybe this fits." Just roles with a clear explanation of why they're right — and where to focus when applying.
Enjoy being part of working with engaged leadership at all levels, and be assured we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and are proud to welcome applicants under the “Disability Confident Employer” scheme.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment-related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.
Person specification
Qualification and Knowledge
Essential Criteria
- A recognised core profession such as Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Social Work or Psychology
- Continued professional and management development
- Clinical Masters’ Degree or equivalent educational or experience indicating performance at Masters’ level
- Good knowledge of a broad range of mental health disorders and their presentation within children and young people
- Good knowledge of family dynamics and the issues of working with families
- Understanding of Child Protection procedures
- Up-to-date knowledge of legislation in relation to children, young people and their families and mental health
Desirable criteria
- A recognised post-graduate qualification in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- BACP (or equivalent Board) accredited CBT Therapist
- Able to demonstrate and teach CBT approaches to other professionals
- Training in evidence-based therapies that may complement a CBT approach
- Training in supervision
- Good knowledge of a range of evidence-based psychotherapies
- Detailed generic understanding of child and adolescent mental health and development
- Good knowledge of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, including theory, developments and current research
- Knowledge and experience of psychological research methods
Get help with your application
Your very own career expert that helps elevate your application to the next level.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Broad Clinical Experience of working therapeutically with children and young people who are experiencing complex mental health difficulties
- Experience working in a specific clinical role relating to CAMHS
- Experience of work with families, carers and professional support systems
- Substantial experience in clinical practice post qualification or in therapeutic clinical practice
- Experience of care coordination
Desirable criteria
- Previous specialist CAMHS experience carrying out risk assessment with vulnerable or high-risk groups
- Experience of providing focused CBT to this client group
- Experience of providing indirect clinical support through supervision consultation or training
- Experience of clinical practice within the framework of the Mental Health Measure
Aptitudes And Abilities
Essential criteria
- Able to carry out comprehensive mental health assessments using effective interview, observation, review of records and relevant psychometric measures
- Experience of working with a wide range of CAMHS presentations across the age range
- Able to identify a range of mental health difficulties and the factors that may have contributed to their development and maintenance
- Able to collate, interpret and formulate information to guide intervention and care planning
- Able to deliver effective evidence-based Therapy to children, young people and their families with highly complex psychological problems
- Able to communicate complex and highly sensitive clinical information, orally and in writing to children, young people, families/carers, and other professionals within and outside the NHS
- Experience of care planning and knowledge of the Mental Health Measure Wales
- Mental Health Measure compliant
- Able to work autonomously to take responsibility for own caseload
- Able to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
Desirable criteria
- Ability to speak Welsh
“It took my CV and asked me questions relevant to understanding what kind of jobs to suggest for me. Suggestions were almost perfect. Jobs were exactly what I’ve been looking for.”
Jessica, London
Skills
Location