Job summary
Employer heading
Band 6 CAMHS Practitioner for Looked After Children - SOLAR
Band 6
Please note that this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.
Job overview
CAMHS practitioner is often an umbrella term used to describe a registered professional working in CAMHS. This might include a social worker, registered therapist, Nurse, Occupational Therapist or another allied health professional.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an CAMHS Practitioner within a team that specialises in improving outcomes for Looked After Children within Solar. Solar provides specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services for young people 0-19 year olds.
Main duties of the job
We are a service that has embraced the transformational change as part of the CYP IAPT programme and have worked collaboratively with our local training providers to embed the model across the service. Solar offers a stepped approach to care and our team consists of a wide range of professional groupings. The team usually works between Monday and Friday and is based across two clinics within the Solihull borough, with an emphasis on community working to help promote positive engagement with our young people and families.
We offer generous supervision arrangements including both peer/individual and support from a vast and varied multi-disciplinary team, we work closely together offering high levels of experience and expertise, within a friendly and professional atmosphere. We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated addition to the team who can help us on our journey to offering outstanding care for young people and families within the Solihull Borough.
Working for our organisation
Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.
Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people’s lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Professional Qualification/ HCPC allied professional body
- Substantive post qualification experience relevant to post
- Experience/ Exposure of working with Looked After Children
- Experience/ Exposure of working within a CAMHS service
Desirable criteria
- Relevant additional qualifications applicable to post
- Additional Therapeutic Training/qualification
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Gemma Shannon
- Job title
- Looked After Children's Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01213012750
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