Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Associate Mental Health Practitioner to work within our Community CAMHS Service. This is a great opportunity, ideal for a newly qualified Nurse or AHP.

The children & young people who access our services present with a wide range of emotional and mental health difficulties ranging from mild to severe.

You must be a Registered Nurse, Dip SW or equivalent social work qualification (CSS, CQSW, degree in social work), Allied Health Professional registered with the HCPC and accredited by a HCPC recognised body e.g. UKCP/BACP.

The working hours of this substantive role will primarily be 9-5, Monday to Friday within the Community CAMHS South team, flexibility would be considered.

Main duties of the job

• Providing mental health assessments and formulations
• Building therapeutic relationships with children and young people and delivering evidence-based interventions (including group treatment)
• Utilise Routine Outcome Measures so to ensure partnership working which is goal specific
• Maintaining "lead professional" duties for an agreed caseload
• Liaising with and offering consultation to other agencies
• Participating in the enquiries (duty) rota
• Contributing to all aspects of positive team functioning
• Contributing to ongoing service innovations and development

About us
We have a huge variety of opportunities in our expansive Trust covering geographically from South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire to Leicester, providing mental health inpatient and community services, community health services, forensic mental health services and secure prison healthcare across the East Midlands.

We have more than 100 sites and a huge scope of unique opportunities to develop your career and gain some amazing experiences. We strive to be a great place to work and offer many staff benefits and tailored staff support and wellbeing programmes.

Do you want to make a difference?

Do you believe in Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork?

Then Nottinghamshire Healthcare is the perfect place for you to start, maintain or further your career. Join our team of nearly 9000 who are making a difference every day. We are all about our people - our staff, volunteers, carers, service users and patients. We are NottsHC.

Job responsibilities

• Enhance and support universal service professionals to promote and support the emotional health and wellbeing of children, young people and families through contributing to professional consultation and training
• To enhance access to the mental health services for children and young people for whom it is clinically indicated so to allow timely assessment, formulation and evidence-based intervention within a multi-agency framework
• Provide therapeutic mental health assessment and intervention within a variety of community settings so to better engage children and young people
• Work within the Choice and Partnership Approach framework
• Utilise Routine Outcome Measures so to ensure partnership working which is goal specific
• Collaborate and liaise with agencies, creating positive and helpful relationships
• Support the eradication of stigma associated with mental health services
• Support partnership working through offering children, young people and families choice and flexibility in the service that they receive
• Promote the safety and welfare of service-users and their families
• Support the agreed discharge plan
• Maintain a professional attitude so to be a representative of the wider CAMHS service

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Relevant professional qualification at degree level or equivalent
• Registration with relevant professional body Teaching qualification

Desirable

• Qualification in therapeutic approaches

Previous Experience
Essential

• Skills and experience of working with children, young people and their families around a range of emotional health and behavioural needs.

Desirable

• Evidence of additional training in working with children, young people and their families within a multi-agency context

Knowledge/ Skills/ Aptitudes
Essential

• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Knowledge and experience of practice with current legislation and guidance governing the delivery of children's services.
• Knowledge and experience of evidenced based interventions with children and their families.

Physical Requirements
Essential

• Effective communication skills.
• Good IT skills

Special Requirements
Essential

• To work flexibly according to service need

Travelling
Essential

• Daily use of motor vehicle/car driver

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.

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.