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SalaryMental Health Practitioner – CC, Yorkshire
Salary: Up to £38,110 (FTE) pro rata (covering 12 months Maternity leave from July 2024)
Permanent: Full Time Monday to Friday
Location: Covering across residential homes, Scarborough, Leeds, Hull, Rotherham, Bradford, Goole and Doncaster
Cambian Group, the UK’s largest provider of specialist services in children’s residential care, education, Mental Health rehabilitation and learning disabilities, is looking for a dedicated individual to join the company as a Mental Health Practitioner. The post will require someone with previous experience of working in CAMHS settings, specifically within Looked After Children’s services.
We offer excellent training and career progression opportunities as well as a variety of staff benefits.
Job Role
You will be providing a therapeutic service to young people placed within community residential setting by assessing and identifying their needs and meeting them through consultation and training to Residential and Care staff, direct therapeutic work, care planning and management in conjunction with the Multi-disciplinary team.
Dependant on your experience you may be required to supervise other Mental Health Practitioners, Clinical Psychology Trainees, Healthcare Students, and Assistants.
The core of your role you will be providing specialist assessments of children and young people within the residential setting. So, subsequently, you will formulate and implement plans of therapeutic intervention/management of children and young people’s presentation based on psychological understanding the difficulties within the current evidence-based practice, in conjunction with the wider MDT at the setting.
Further duties are described in the attached Job Description.
Candidate Profile
We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated, forward thinking Mental Health Practitioner to join our friendly team.
Essential:
Registered with the relevant professional organisation (HCPC, NMC)
Be a strong team player, with excellent communication skills
Have excellent communication, organisational and time management skills
Beneficial
Previous experience in working with children & adolescents is advantageous
CAMHS experience
Mental Health Nurse background
