CAMHS Senior Mental Health Practitioner/Nurse for Primary Care ARRS

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Job summary

The Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust has an exciting opportunity to join our our Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) in a new role , Fixed Term for 12 months in Berkshire West.

We are looking for experience of working with child and adolescents who experience mental health difficulties, to work in a role enhancing joint working across primary care and the network of emotional wellbeing and mental health services within Reading, improving patient journeys and making it easier for children, young people and their families to obtain the help they need.

This is a new role that will provide triage, assessment and mental health advice to children and young people presenting for help to the GP surgeries in the Reading Primary Care Network. The roles will provide an opportunity to support primary care, reducing demand on GP's, streamlining care and alleviating suffering and distress in a timely way for patients.

They will have a base within the Reading PCN and will be employed within the BHFT's Child & Adolescent Mental Health service. The PCN Clinical Director will be responsible for ensuring that the practices within the PCN are aware of the role and allocate the resource across the PCN footprint.

This is a unique opportunity to be part of and contribute to a newly developed and innovative service. This is an important post, at the interface with partner agencies and specialist CAMHS.

Interviews to be held 21stJune 2023

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be an experienced child and adolescent mental health practitioner who will work as part of the PCN MDT to deliver the following:

o Clinical triage and assessment of patients requesting appointments for mental health issues including challenging behaviour. This includes same day appointments and planned appointments.

o Signpost/navigate to other sources of information and local support including peer support, social prescribers, VSCE services e.g. youth counselling, youth workers, GEMS; within the Thrive framework/stepped care approach.

o Identify any onward referral pathways and make appropriate referrals, undertaking screening and ensuring provision of required information to support the referral

o Help people to develop coping strategies and draw on their own strengths and resources

o Liaise with CAMHS to enable crisis support and admission avoidance where necessary

o Facilitate appropriate representation in practice-based MDT's to support clinical management of identified patients

o Provide specialist advice to GP's and other members of the MDT on the particular needs of children and young people and their families including advice on symptoms, risk or the need for a referral.

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.

The trust employs almost 5,000 people over more than 100 sites and community settings across Windsor & Maidenhead, Slough, Bracknell Forest, Wokingham, Reading and West Berkshire.

As an inclusive employer, we value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall 100 Top Employer. Whatever your background or individual needs, at Berkshire Healthcare you'll be supported by friendly and professional managers to succeed.

These are the values that we live by at Berkshire Healthcare:

o Caring for and about you is our top priorityo Committed to providing good quality, safe serviceso Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.

Job description

Job responsibilities

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 leave Generous NHS pension scheme 20.68% employer contribution Excellent learning and career development opportunities Advanced IT enablement Cycle to Work and car leasing scheme Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants via the Blue Light Card Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities and more to support equality Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave and access to our three staff nurseriesThe 4 must haves for this role:

1. Experience of working with young people with mental health difficulties2. Passion for providing collaborative and evidence-based mental health care 3. Enthusiasm for multi-professional and multi-agency working4. Ability to travel between multiple sites

If youre someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, join us and lets be outstanding together.

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have.

We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.

Job description
Job responsibilities

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 leave Generous NHS pension scheme 20.68% employer contribution Excellent learning and career development opportunities Advanced IT enablement Cycle to Work and car leasing scheme Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants via the Blue Light Card Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities and more to support equality Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave and access to our three staff nurseriesThe 4 must haves for this role:

1. Experience of working with young people with mental health difficulties2. Passion for providing collaborative and evidence-based mental health care 3. Enthusiasm for multi-professional and multi-agency working4. Ability to travel between multiple sites

If youre someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, join us and lets be outstanding together.

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have.

We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications/Training

Essential

• Qualification in appropriate mental health core profession. i.e./ relevant professional qualification as defined by BABCP http://babcp.com/Accreditation/Core-Profession.aspx
• Registration with relevant UK governing body (HCPC/UKPC/BABCP
• Qualification in therapeutic approaches with children and families/Specialist training in skills relevant to child & adolescent mental health e.g. CYP IAPT Dip in CBT/SFP/IPT-A/Parenting
• Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the relevant professional body.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Essential

• Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies with clients with mental health problems
• Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health
• Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
• Good organisational and time management skills, ability to plan and prioritise own workload
• Ability to teach and train others.

Additional Requirements

Essential

• oA positive approach to working with children and young people with mental health difficulties.
• oAbility to work as part of a team and independently.
• oAbility 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
• oWillingness to work flexibly
• oAn awareness of own strengths and limitations.
• oAbility to travel between sites and to locality meetings.
• oCommitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults

Previous Experience

Essential

• Demonstrable experience of working in CYP mental health services
• Skills and experience of working with children, young people and families around a range of emotional/mental health, behavioural/additional health/developmental needs
• Ability to meet agreed /specified service targets
• Ability to manage competing demands / manage a caseload
• Experience with routine outcome monitoring
• Experience of working within a multicultural framework.

Desirable

• Experience of teaching and liaising with other professional groups
• Experience of running / co-running groups
• Experience of supervising others

Person Specification
Education/Qualifications/Training

Essential

• Qualification in appropriate mental health core profession. i.e./ relevant professional qualification as defined by BABCP http://babcp.com/Accreditation/Core-Profession.aspx
• Registration with relevant UK governing body (HCPC/UKPC/BABCP
• Qualification in therapeutic approaches with children and families/Specialist training in skills relevant to child & adolescent mental health e.g. CYP IAPT Dip in CBT/SFP/IPT-A/Parenting
• Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the relevant professional body.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Essential

• Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies with clients with mental health problems
• Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health
• Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
• Good organisational and time management skills, ability to plan and prioritise own workload
• Ability to teach and train others.

Additional Requirements

Essential

• oA positive approach to working with children and young people with mental health difficulties.
• oAbility to work as part of a team and independently.
• oAbility 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
• oWillingness to work flexibly
• oAn awareness of own strengths and limitations.
• oAbility to travel between sites and to locality meetings.
• oCommitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults

Previous Experience

Essential

• Demonstrable experience of working in CYP mental health services
• Skills and experience of working with children, young people and families around a range of emotional/mental health, behavioural/additional health/developmental needs
• Ability to meet agreed /specified service targets
• Ability to manage competing demands / manage a caseload
• Experience with routine outcome monitoring
• Experience of working within a multicultural framework.

Desirable

• Experience of teaching and liaising with other professional groups
• Experience of running / co-running groups
• Experience of supervising others

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship

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From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

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Additional information
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust
Address

CAMHS ARRS West, University of Reading, Earley Gate

Whiteknights Road

Reading

RG6 6BZ

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