Senior CAMHS Practitioner - Luton North

Job overview

You would be joining a comprehensive and dynamic CAMH service, delivering a substantial, stepped model of care following the needs-led i-Thrive framework. These posts are within an established Mental Health Support Team in Luton and Central Bedfordshire. Your role will help to develop and deliver a wide range of interventions, projects and system changes, with the aim of the whole school and whole community approaches supporting young people's mental health. In addition to providing comprehensive consultation, assessment, risk management and interventions for young people experiencing emotional and mental health difficulties in schools, the post-holder will also clinically supervise colleagues. There may be a possibility of supervisor training at Reading University, which we would strongly encourage the post-holder to take up.

We offer an exciting and a dynamic environment, where your ideas and career development will be valued. You will be supported directly by a senior colleague, and we will develop the service together. You will be supported by regular, separate clinical and management supervision sessions, access to a variety of CPD sessions, and an annual performance appraisal.  You will also participate in weekly clinical discussions with the team.  East London NHS Trust prioritizes staff wellbeing, and there are a range of staff wellbeing initiatives to support this.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a confident CAMHS professional with a demonstrable track record, within CAMHS, of providing good quality, evidence-based interventions and improving service quality. You will be a Mental Health Nurse, Systemic Family Psychotherapist, Psychologist, Art Psychotherapist, Social Worker, Child Psychotherapist, CBT Therapist, Counsellor or Occupational Therapist, with the requisite professional registration. We welcome applicants who have experience of working or living in Central Bedfordshire or Luton.

There is a national focus on increasing the reach of Mental Health Support Teams, with the aim of improving the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people in the community.  The recently published NHS 10 Year Plan has an ambition to increase MHSTs’ coverage to all schools by 2030.  There is a specific focus on developing more access to help and aiding and improving the general culture of emotional support within all primary and secondary schools, including special educational provisions and PRUs.  Working alongside community partners, the Mental Health Support Team will be fully integrated with community CAMHS and educational settings.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information regarding this post, please kindly refer to the job description and person specification attached to this advert.

For further details / informal visits contact:

Amanda Wallace - Integrated Schools Lead - [email protected]