11 Oct
Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust
Slough
Job description
Job summary
An exciting 18-month FTC opportunity has become available for a Full-time Band 7 Advanced Mental Health Practitioner / Supervisor to join the CAMHS Getting Help and Mental Health Support Teams across East Berkshire.
The base will be Upton Hospital in Slough however the role is across the localities of Slough, Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead and Bracknell.
The East Berkshire Getting Help and MHST teams provide assessments, formulation and short-term, evidence-based therapeutic interventions to young people across East Berkshire with mild to moderate mental health needs.
Clinicians working for the CAMHS Getting Help and MHST service promote the emotional wellbeing and mental health of young people in the local community and educational settings.
The teams offer advice, information and support to CYPF, and consultation and training to professionals, as appropriate.
In this role you may provide outreach support to promote engagement, where needed. You will support the three locality teams across East Berkshire to provide assessment, formulation, mental health consultations and advice to partner agencies.
You will support and supervise clinicals undertaking consultation, multiagency working, assessment and short-term interventions.
Our service hours are Mon- Fri 9am-5pm, but we can be agile in accommodating flexible working, where needed, the teams work within a hybrid model of face-to-face work and working from home
Main duties of the job
Clinical assessments and formulation for young people up to the age of 18 years, presenting with mild to moderate mental health problems.
Short-term, evidence-based therapeutic interventions (individual, group, family, as appropriate)
To offer training and consultation to external agencies with regards to the mental health presentation of children and young people who are accessing the Getting Help Team.
Ensuring liaison and joint working between the Getting Help / MHST and the locality Early Help Hub and specialist CAMHS services.
Use of routine outcome measures to promote active participation from young people and evaluate the effectiveness of interventions.
Training to professionals.
Supervision, as appropriate to role - see detailed job description in separate attachment
About us
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.
We value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer.We work hard to create an inclusive environment where you'll be supported by friendly and professional colleagues to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare :
- Caring for and about you is our top priority
- Committed to providing good quality, safe services
- Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.
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
If you share our values and would like to come and work for us, please submit your application as soon as possible as we'll occasionally close roles early that have a high number of applications.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The 4 must haves for this role :
Appropriate qualification as detailed in the JD and experience of working with young people with mental health difficulties
Passion for providing collaborative and evidence-based mental health care
Enthusiasm for multi-professional and multi-agency working
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.
For further application tips see the help with your application document attached once you click apply.
If youre someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, you belong at Berkshire Healthcare!
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications / Training
Essential
- Appropriate qualification as either a Clinical / Counselling / Educational Psychologist (Doctoral) level training and relevant UK Professional Registration (HCPC / BPS).
- Or as a Systemic Family Psychotherapist (MA / MSc qualification with full registration as a Systemic Psychotherapist with UKCP) Or appropriate qualification at Band 7 l
- Or appropriate qualification at Band 7 level for example, Mental Health Nurse, CBT Therapist, or Social Worker.
- Or CYP IAPT Training CBT, Systemic Family Therapy, Attachment based training Interpersonal Therapy IPT .
Desirable
Supervision qualification, or willingness to undertake supervision training.
Continuous Professional Development
Essential
Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the relevant professional body.
Previous Experience
Essential
- Post qualifying experience or equivalent experience working with children and young people in the field of mental health.
- Experience of working with evidence based approaches in mental health.
- Good level knowledge of the theory and practice of psychological interventions
- An enthusiasm for using Routine Outcome Measures.
- Experience of formulation, assessment and treatment when working with children, young people, and their parents, presenting with a range of mental health difficulties and challenging behaviour
- Experience of multidisciplinary and multiagency working eg : with local authorities, education settings and other community services
- Experience of providing a culturally sensitive service.
Desirable
- Experience in managing child protection concerns
- Experience of providing supervision.
- Experience of providing training
- Experience of running / co-running groups.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Knowledge and understanding of child and adolescent mental health difficulties, their assessment, and current evidence-based intervention strategies
- An ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing to convey highly complex and clinically sensitive information to family members of all ages, pupil / students and to a wide range of professional people.
- An awareness of current issues in service delivery within community CAMHS and other settings and an ability to contribute to service development.
- Ability to work autonomously, managing and planning own workload.
- High level skills in working with professional networks and the ability to advocate for and advance the mental health needs of parents and their children.
- Ability to form excellent working relationships with colleagues and work flexibly with others in multidisciplinary and multi-agency settings
- Skills in providing consultation and support regarding mental health issues to other professionals.
- Ability to manage / supervise clinical staff
- An awareness of relevant legislation and its implications for clinical practice.
- Knowledge and understanding of issues relating to safeguarding children (child protection policies and procedures), integrated working and ISA (information sharing and assessment) procedures.
Additional Requirements
Essential
- A positive approach and resilient attitude to working with children, young people and their families 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 drive between sites and to locality meetings.
- Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.
- Be a car user to enable travel between sites.
▶️ Advanced Mental Health Practitioner and Supervisor
🖊️ Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust
📍 Slough