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Job summary

Main area
CAMHS ARRS East
Grade
Band 6
Contract
12 months (Fixed term end date will be determined after pre-employment checks have been completed)
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
371-CFS468
Employer
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
CAMHS ARRS East , King Edward VII Hospital
Town
Windsor
Salary
£39,205 - £47,084 per annum ( Incl of HCAS)
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
16/03/2025 23:59
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CAMHS Senior Mental Health Practitioner for GP ( Fixed Term)

Band 6

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a CAMHS Senior Mental Health Practitioner for GP in the East of Berkshire (Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme - ARRS) to  join our Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) to enhance joint working across primary care and the network of emotional wellbeing and mental health services within the locality, improving patient journeys and making it easier for children, young people and their families to obtain the help they need. To enable robust access to clinical supervision, professional development and to facilitate recruitment and retention, we will seek to recruit two staff to roles that are shared across the PCN and locality Getting Help or Mental Health in Schools Team. Post holders will spend 2.5 days in the PCN and 2.5 days in the identified CAMHS Team.  

This is a unique opportunity to be part of and contribute to a newly developed and innovative service. This is an important post, at the interface with partner agencies and specialist CAMHS. The post holder will be an integral part of this team, holding a small caseload of Getting Help level cases accepted via triage and assessment in their PCN role. The PCN Clinical Director will be responsible for ensuring that the practices within the PCN are aware of the role and allocate the resource across the PCN footprint. 

Main duties of the job

  • Clinical triage and assessment of patients requesting appointments for mental health issues including challenging behaviour. This includes same day appointments and planned appointments.  

  • Signpost/navigate to other sources of information and local support including peer support, social prescribers, VSCE services e.g. youth counselling, youth workers, GEMS; within the Thrive framework/stepped care approach.  

  • Identify any onward referral pathways and make appropriate referrals, undertaking screening and ensuring provision of required information to support the referral 

  • Help people to develop coping strategies and draw on their own strengths and resources 

  • Liaise with CAMHS to enable crisis support and admission avoidance where necessary 

  • Facilitate appropriate representation in practice-based MDT’s to support clinical management of identified patients 

  • Provide specialist advice to GP’s and other members of the MDT on the particular needs of children and young people and their families including advice on symptoms, risk or the need for a referral. 

Working for our organisation

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:

  • Caring for and about you is our top priority
  • Committed to providing good quality, safe services
  • Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:

  • Flexible working options to support work-life balance
  • 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
  • Generous NHS pension scheme
  • Excellent learning and career development opportunities
  • ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
  • Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
  • Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
  • Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
  • Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
  • Free parking across Trust sites

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The 4 “must haves” for this role: 

  1. Experience of working with young people with mental health difficulties  

  1. Passion for providing collaborative and evidence-based mental health care   

  1. Enthusiasm for multi-professional and multi-agency working  

  1. Ability to travel between multiple sites  

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification. 

We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.  

We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.   

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to contact Vicki Livingstone 07557458788, and/or Rhona Edwards, Team Lead - Getting Help and Mental Health Support Teams in WAM (01628 683800)  who’ll be delighted to help. 

Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible. 

Person specification

Education/Qualifications/Training

Essential criteria
  • Qualification in appropriate mental health core profession. i.e./ relevant professional qualification
  • Current professional registration with an approved regulatory body (NMC, HCPC, ACP, UKPC etc.): e.g. Registered Mental Health Nurse, Registered Social Worker, Occupational Therapist
  • Additional training in CYP Mental Health / Specialist training in skills relevant to child & adolescent mental health
  • Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the relevant professional body.

Previous Experience

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrable experience of working in CYP mental health services
  • Skills and experience of working with children, young people and families around a range of emotional/mental health, behavioural/additional health/developmental needs
  • Ability to meet agreed /specified service targets
  • Ability to manage competing demands / manage a caseload
  • Experience with routine outcome monitoring
  • Experience of working within a multicultural framework
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of teaching and liaising with other professional groups
  • Experience of running / co-running groups.
  • Experience of supervising others

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies with clients with mental health problems
  • Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
  • Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
  • Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
  • Good organisational and time management skills, ability to plan and prioritise own workload
  • Ability to teach and train others.

Additional Requirements

Essential criteria
  • A positive approach to working with children and young people with mental health difficulties.
  • Ability to work as part of a team and independently.
  • Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
  • Willingness to work flexibly
  • An awareness of own strengths and limitations.
  • Ability to travel between sites and to locality meetings (preferably valid UK driving license).
  • Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.
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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.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Rhona Edwards
Job title
Team Lead
Telephone number
01628683800

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