Job summary
Employer heading
B6 CAMHS Mental Health Practitioner
NHS AfC: Band 6
Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides specialist mental health, learning disability, and community healthcare services for the population of the Black Country.
Across the whole of the region we provide:
- Adult and older adult mental health services
- Specialist learning disability services
- Mental health services for children and young people
- Community healthcare services for children, young people and families in Dudley
Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was formed on 1 April 2020, with the merger of Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust. Combining resources, strategies and talented workforce enables us to deliver a wider variety of outstanding services that are based on best practice and are continually improving.
We currently employ over 4,000 people and just like the population we serve, we are made up of diverse cultures and backgrounds. Whatever your role, working in a NHS Foundation Trust, like ours, is a demanding and extremely rewarding experience. Knowing that every day you can help to make a positive difference to someone’s life is a very powerful feeling. We know that our Trust runs on this desire to help and support people, and our Trust vision expresses this. Our vision is to improve health and wellbeing for everyone, especially our colleagues to achieve the best possible work/life balance.
We proudly offer supportive, inclusive and family friendly employment and flexible working policies. We have a wide range of professional services and employee networks to help our colleagues be at their best - and find support if they need it. To find more about our staff benefits, please visit our website: blackcountryhealthcare.nhs.uk.
Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and ethnic minority candidates are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Black Country Healthcare we recognise and value all forms of knowledge and expertise, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification or criteria in the job description/person specification, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
For further supporting information to help you apply for this role please see documents attached under ‘Additional documents’.
Job overview
1wte (37.5hrs) Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner to work in Walsall Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service based at the Canalside, Bloxwich, Walsall.
We have a vacancy for an enthusiastic and committed individual to join our team as a permanent Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner within the Walsall Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service.
Main duties of the job
We are an energetic, enthusiastic and hard working team working with children and young people from 0—18. Walsall CAMHS operates from Canalside. We are a fully integrated multi-disciplinary team comprising Clinical Psychologists, Psychotherapists, Family Therapists, Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Social Work and Psychiatry.
Working for our organisation
Our team works within the Thrive Model, with strong links to other agencies and also to our sister teams across the Black Country. We have long standing connections with a number of educational establishments and offer placements regularly to trainees from a variety of disciplines.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As a Trust we are committed to increasing the quality of services and to providing services which are safe and supportive to families.
For further details please contact Emma Fletcher-Lee, Service Manager/Clinical Lead, on 01922 607400 or [email protected]
Person specification
Criteria
Essential criteria
- Degree in Social Work, Mental Health Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Psychotherapy or equivalent
- Professional Registration
- Knowledge of mental health in children and adolescents
- Application of mental health assessments and interventions
Desirable criteria
- Post graduate training/course relevant to CAMHS
- Supervision of junior staff
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
- Emma Fletcher-Lee
- Job title
- Service Manager/Clinical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01922 607400
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