CAMHS Clinician Single Point of Access

Job overview

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, well-motivated, forward-thinking clinician to work as part of our CAMHS Single Point of Access team - working with young people with mental health problems living across North Yorkshire, York and Selby. For a 6 month secondment cover.

As a team we offer triage assessments for young people who are struggling with their mental health or have a neurodevelopmental concern. Our aim is to ensure young people receive the right service at the right time for their mental health and wellbeing.

This post requires the candidate to have a professional registration Child, mental health or Learning disability nurse, social worker or occupational therapist.

The CAMHS Single Point of Access team work across the locality of North Yorkshire, York and Selby, the post would include being able to travel across the locality if needed.

Candidates must have 18 months post qualifying experience including sign off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework at the point of application

Main duties of the job

The team is multi-disciplinary and provides specialist triage/ screening assessments for young people suffering from moderate to severe complex emotional, behavioural and psychological issues resulting in mental health problems.

Ideally the candidate will have experience of working clinically with children and young people with Mental Health and Neurodevelopmental needs.

If you enjoy working within a team who is passionate about children and young people's mental health, enjoy a challenge and have a flexible approach, then we would like to hear from you. You will work as part of a team but will need to be confident in your own clinical decision making skills. You will work with a range of professionals from a variety of different agencies including social care, acute care and a range of community and voluntary sector partners.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The trust is keen to promote learning and development opportunities for the right candidate we are able to offer a number of different developmental / training opportunities

We would welcome contact from any interested candidate to either ring up for an informal chat or look round.

The role can be demanding but also highly rewarding so you will need to be someone who is motivated, resilient and passionate about working with this client group.

An experience CAMHS clinician who is able to provide support to young people and families through the triage, experience of risk assessments, safeguarding, inter-agency working and have clinical experience within mental health.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.

You must have the Right to Work in the UK in order to be successfully appointed to this role. Please note, due to the fixed term period of less than 12 months, the role would not be eligible for sponsorship under the Health and Care (Skilled Worker) visa. Health and Care Worker visa

This job advert may close early if a high volume of applications have been received. If interested, please apply for this post as soon as possible.

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.