NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
SET CAMHS Senior Practitioner
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Job Overview
We welcome applications from highly motivated and enthusiastic mental health nurses, psychologists, social workers, psychotherapists, family therapists, and other qualified professional staff for the role of senior practitioner within SET CAMHS.
SET CAMHS has an exciting opportunity for a qualified professional to step into an established role within a diverse and experienced team delivering mental health interventions to children and young people. SET CAMHS works to the Thrive model, with this role sitting within the Getting Help, Getting More Help and Risk Support sections of the model. We are looking for dynamic individuals who are passionate about helping young people and their families to join our friendly, supportive and innovative team covering the locality of South Essex.
Working as a Senior CAMHS Practitioner in the SET CAMHS team you would have a high standard of knowledge and experience of working with young people in CAMHS services who present with a range of mental health difficulties. The successful candidate will work within the Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) to assess and treat using the most appropriate evidenced-based options to meet the needs of young people and children. The post-holder would work within the supportive and experienced senior leadership team, and support other members of the team both through MDT discussion, case support and supervision.
Main duties of the job
The role of senior practitioner is to support the delivery of a range of individual therapy within the Thrive Model, as indicated by SET CAMHS & NICE guidance. You would ideally have experience of supervising & managing others, although additional support & training can be given for this to the right candidate. You would also have a keen interest in developing innovative strategies to support young people & their families.
Children & young people who are referred to SET CAMHS have a range of presentations which would include: low mood, anxiety, obsessional compulsive disorders, self-harm, suicidal ideation, other trauma-related emotional difficulties, & other mental health difficulties. For those with additional neurodevelopmental needs, interventions for their co-morbid mental health issues are provided through adapted interventions, both group and individual.
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As well as your own case load, the Senior CAMHS Practitioner supports the wider clinical team to deliver therapeutic interventions, implementation of the Thrive model through supervision, teaching & mentoring. Knowledge & experience of delivering interventions within child and adolescent mental health is essential, as is an understanding of the presentations within the context of neurodevelopmental disorders. Additional therapeutic skills & training such as CBT, Family / Systemic, DBT & other counselling approaches is desirable as is experience of providing adapted interventions.
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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 places 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, Essex.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period.
High Cost Area Supplement Fringe
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 5% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £1,303 and a maximum payment of £2,198 per annum, pro rata for part-time).
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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
We pride ourselves on working within a strong and supportive multi-disciplinary team with opportunities for learning, development, and progression.
Locality Teams in CAMHS
The aim of CAMHS is to respond earlier to children and young people’s needs in order to help prevent, reduce or delay the need for more specialist interventions. This transformation of children and young people’s mental health services has a clinical focus, integrated with local authorities to deliver a long-term collaborative approach to planning and delivering services.
The service is driven by the principles underpinning the national CYP-IAPT programme (Children and Young People’s Improving Access to Psychological Therapies); evidence-based interventions, routine measurement of outcomes, access to high-quality training and supervision for professionals and co-production with children and young people.
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.
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.
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