CAMHS Senior Mental Health Practitioner

Job overview

We are seeking to recruit a Senior Mental Health Practitioner within our Child and Adolescent mental Health Service in Central CAMHS, Norwich.

We work with children, young people (0-14 years) and their families, with the principal objectives of providing consultation, training, mental health assessment and short-term therapeutic interventions.

It is an exciting time to join our CAMHS teams as we review our ways of working, to ensure our services our needs led, outcome informed and accessible for the young people within Norfolk and Waveney. We expect opportunities to be involved in providing specialist mental health care in a creative and innovative way, informed by overarching THRIVE principles.

Whilst experience working with children and young people would make you perfectly suited to this role, we are really open to welcoming people from clinical backgrounds who have experience in other areas of mental health.  We understand that you will be able to bring with you a wealth of skills and experience to the team and would welcome ways of thinking.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for an experienced Mental Health Practitioner who can provide assessment and goal-focussed, evidence-based interventions to young people who are experiencing difficulties with their mental health.

The post holder will be required to offer mental health assessments and be part of the Duty Clinician rota for urgent response, in addition to having their own caseload.

You should have experience of risk assessment, an understanding of formulation and the ability to work collaboratively with young people and their families.

The successful candidate will work with a Multi-disciplinary team comprising of Psychology, Occupational Health, Social Work and Mental Health Nursing. We collaborate with colleagues from health, education, social care and the voluntary sector.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We want you in our team if you share our values and core beliefs. If you want to work in an environment of mutual respect, transparency, integrity, and collaborative working we are the team for you. Please see the attached job description for more detailed information regarding job role and responsibilities.

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

* Previous applicants need not apply *