FCAMHS Senior Mental Health Practitioner

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities

1. Provide specialist advice and consultation to other professionals working with and on delivering interventions to children/young people with diagnosed or suspected mental health/neurodevelopmental/learning issues.
2. Provide highly skilled assessment of mental health and risk and, on occasion, intervention to children/young people with diagnosed or suspected mental health/neurodevelopmental/learning issues
3. Conduct specialist structured forensic and neurodevelopmental assessments as per training and skill base
4. To provide detailed comprehensive written reports following assessments
5. To advice and contribute to decisions/plans for high-risk child/young person who are vulnerable to and at risk of neglect, physical, sexual or emotional harm
6. To support the safe and effective transitions for children/young people between the community and custodial/welfare secure settings to ensure the appropriate services are available and coordinated.
7. Make clinical judgements that satisfy the expectations and demands of the role, and support colleagues to do so (seeking support from senior colleagues when needed)
8. Make and receive referrals
9. Regularly undertake clinical supervision for specialist practice area
10. To deliver and develop specialised training regarding adolescent forensic mental health to other mental health professionals and to other professionals in probation, youth offending teams, mental health services, education and social services who also work with young children who are a risk to others.

Person specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Relevant professional qualification e.g. Dip OT, Dip SW, RMN (or equivalent)
• Up to date registration with relevant professional body
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Desirable criteria

• Recognised post-basic qualification in an evidence - based therapy (e.g. Dip CBT, CAT, IPT, etc)

Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant experience at Band 6 or equivalent of working in a mental health service and of liaising and working with other professionals
• Significant management or clinical leadership component to previous post
• Experience of completing mental health assessment
• Experience of managing own caseload and making independent decisions
• Experience of risk assessment and risk management

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working within child and adolescent mental health services.
• Experience of working within forensic mental health settings
• Experience of working in a secure setting

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria

• Receptive to and able to use clinical supervision appropriately
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written
• Ability and confidence to build and maintain relationships and credibility with a wide variety of professionals/stakeholders
• Able to assimilate new information and apply theory to practice

Desirable criteria

• Ability to contribute audit, service evaluation and development.

Knowledge & Understanding

Essential criteria

• Understanding of mental health legislation Knowledge of issues relating to child and adolescent mental health difficulties
• Evidence- based practice relevant to the role
• Knowledge of research methods/audit relevant to the job
• Interest in developing knowledge base and skills relating to the provision of high-quality mental health care

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of Safeguarding requirements for children
• Knowledge of the impact of trauma and neglect

Other

Essential criteria

• The ability to travel independently (There will be a requirement to travel across the wide footprint of FCAMHS in the East of England).

Here at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) we are dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion. We deliver many of the NHS services that are provided outside of hospital and in the community such as physical, mental health and specialist services.

We are a health and social care organisation, offering a wide range of services, including:

• Integrated physical and mental health services for adults and older people;
• Specialist mental health and learning disability services;
• Children and young people's mental health services;
• Children's community services in Peterborough;
• Social care;
• Ground-breaking research

We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people and members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities. For further information about our positive equality, diversity and Inclusion work, please visit https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/equalityanddiversity.

CPFT is looking to build upon its pool of temporary workers with Temporary Staffing Services (TSS). You will be asked at interview if you would be willing to register with TSS. This is an excellent opportunity for those looking to take on additional hours that are flexible around your personal circumstances.

Please be advised that in line with the WHO Health Workforce Support and Safeguards List, 2020 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust currently are unable to accept applications from overseas candidates whose country of residence is classed as a 'Red List' country.

Applicants who require entry into the UK will be required to provide a valid police certificate from the relevant authority from each country (except the UK) where the applicant has been present for 12 months or more, 10 years before the date of visa application, while aged 18 or over.

If you are successful at interview you will be subject to pre-employment checks, including a DBS (if appropriate), references and Occupational Health. To ensure a smooth process please bring all identity documents to your interview. A list of required identity documents will be attached to your interview invitation.

All communications will be sent to you via TRAC Systems. By applying for this post you are agreeing to CPFT transferring the information contained in this application to TRAC. If you are made an offer, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Documents to download

• Job Description and Person Specification (PDF, 376.4KB)
• CPFT Values (PDF, 114.7KB)
• CPFT Mindful Employers (PDF, 51.3KB)
• CPFT Accommodation (PDF, 296.6KB)