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CAMHS Practitioner - Dunstable MHST
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Job Description
- Req#: C9363-25-0132?language=en&page=156&sort=publicationDateDesc
- Qualification in appropriate mental health/social welfare profession such as: (Family & Systemic Practitioner /Occupational Therapist / Nurse (Mental Health) / Social Worker / Art therapist/ EMHP/CWP
- Senior EMHPs/CWPs with advanced post qualification experience. All applicants must be BABCP accredited or eligible to apply for accreditation within 6 months.
- Appropriate level of qualification for your profession e.g. PG Diploma, BSc, Masters.
- Post Grad training or experience to support the needs of different children, young people and their families
- Mentor/Practice educator qualification
- Experience of working with CYP across the full age-range (5-18)
- Experience of working with parents/caregivers
- Experience of delivering low-intensity interventions for social anxiety
- Recognising when core interventions are appropriate for neurodiverse CYP and being able to make necessary adaptations
- Experience of delivering low-intensity interventions for OCD
- Experience and skills of giving appropriate constructive feedback to professional colleagues at a range of levels in the system, and of following necessary procedures when required
- Able to manage own time and caseload
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Skilled in emergency and crisis assessments
- Teaching skills, both in clinical setting and education centres
- Understanding of an overarching, multi-component Whole School Approach, and how elements of this interact with one another
- Knowledge, experience, and competence in applying and following Safeguarding legislation and pathways (including contextual safeguarding)
- Knowledge and understanding of the Mental Health and Mental Capacity Acts
- Knowledge of development in inter agency partnership
- Qualification in appropriate mental health/social welfare profession such as: (Family & Systemic Practitioner /Occupational Therapist / Nurse (Mental Health) / Social Worker / Art therapist/ EMHP/CWP
- Senior EMHPs/CWPs with advanced post qualification experience. All applicants must be BABCP accredited or eligible to apply for accreditation within 6 months.
- Appropriate level of qualification for your profession e.g. PG Diploma, BSc, Masters.
- Post Grad training or experience to support the needs of different children, young people and their families
- Mentor/Practice educator qualification
- Experience of working with CYP across the full age-range (5-18)
- Experience of working with parents/caregivers
- Experience of delivering low-intensity interventions for social anxiety
- Recognising when core interventions are appropriate for neurodiverse CYP and being able to make necessary adaptations
- Experience of delivering low-intensity interventions for OCD
- Experience and skills of giving appropriate constructive feedback to professional colleagues at a range of levels in the system, and of following necessary procedures when required
- Able to manage own time and caseload
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Skilled in emergency and crisis assessments
- Teaching skills, both in clinical setting and education centres
- Understanding of an overarching, multi-component Whole School Approach, and how elements of this interact with one another
- Knowledge, experience, and competence in applying and following Safeguarding legislation and pathways (including contextual safeguarding)
- Knowledge and understanding of the Mental Health and Mental Capacity Acts
- Knowledge of development in inter agency partnership
Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for you at Bedfordshire CAMHS within our Dunstable Mental Health Support Team (MHST). The service is a part of our wider CAMHS Access Services (CAS) delivering care through the most accessible points in the community.
Integrated with other partner agencies across Central Bedfordshire Borough and South Bedfordshire CAMHS, you will support schools in the Dunstable area by providing;
- Direct interventions to children, young people and their families, through 1:1, group and whole classroom interventions.
- Support to the designated senior mental health lead in education settings to introduce or develop their whole school or college approach.
- Timely advice to school, college and community staff, and liaise with external specialist services, to help children and young people to get the right support and stay in education.
Bedfordshire has a diverse and vibrant community, which will require candidates to show an awareness of, and interest in, supporting these communities, and to deliver evidence based and innovative care to suit the needs of the local communities.
Main duties of the job
You will provide consultations, triage, mental health assessments, effective brief therapeutic support, including evidence-based low intensity/high intensity early interventions, group work and workshops to prevent moderate to severe mental health problems developing, using the iThrive model.
You will deliver this to children and young people, working across Dunstable and will be required to be flexible, and be able to travel across Bedfordshire.
The post is embedded in the community, and you will have an attached base in CAMHS, and be an integrated part of the CAMHS Access Services multi-disciplinary services and the wider CAMH Specialist Service.
You will need a relevant professional qualification, with excellent interpersonal, written and oral communication skills. You will need experience in working with children and families, preferably in a school or community setting. You will need to be able to operate confidently in an environment where IT is the main method of record keeping, communication and program management.
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Family Friendly Policies & Flexible Working
Childcare Voucher Scheme
Subsidised Holiday Play-schemes
Maternity and Paternity & Welcome Back Packs
Employee Assistance Programme
Cycle to Work Scheme
Car Lease Scheme
Home Technology Scheme
London Capital Credit Union
Wellbeing Activities
Employee & Team of the Month Awards
Reward for Exceptional Leave
Date posted
03 February 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
363-SSLB6937392
Job locations
Dunstable MHST CAMHS
67 High Street North
Dunstable
LU6 1JF
Job descriptionJob description
Job responsibilities
For further information regarding this post, please contact:
Chioma Dafipaku (Operational Lead Dunstable MHST )
Job responsibilities
For further information regarding this post, please contact:
Chioma Dafipaku (Operational Lead Dunstable MHST )
Person SpecificationPerson Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Experience
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Desirable
Skills
Essential
Desirable
Knowledge
Essential
Desirable
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Experience
Essential
Desirable
Skills
Essential
Desirable
Knowledge
Essential
Desirable
Additional informationDisclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
East London NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Dunstable MHST CAMHS
67 High Street North
Dunstable
LU6 1JF
Employer's website
https://www.elft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
East London NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Dunstable MHST CAMHS
67 High Street North
Dunstable
LU6 1JF
Employer's website
https://www.elft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
About the company
National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.