Senior Practitioner

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached person specification and job description for detailed main responsibilities.

Staff benefits

• Pay Enhancements - 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
• Excellent pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary sacrifice car scheme
• Wellbeing programme
• Blue Light Card Discounts

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Formal Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) training, with current professional registration with a professional body HCPC, BPS, BACP. or other relevant core qualification: such as SWP • Core profession with valid registration of professional body e.g. RMN, Occupational Therapist, Social Worker, CBT therapist. (NMC, Social Work England, BACP, HCPC). Senior wellbeing practioner Certificate in Supervision Skills and/or willingness to complete as part of the Senior role within the team.

Desirable criteria

• Post Graduate clinical supervision training/qualification (e.g. CYP IAPT) or a willingness to attend identified training

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of specialist mental health assessment and therapeutic interventions with children and young people with mental health problems and their families. • Clinical experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team. • Experience of working autonomously utilising a range of therapeutic perspectives and modalities. • Expertise in assessing and managing risk: including safeguarding, completion of effective risk management plans and liaison with other relevant agencies. • Experience of providing evidenced based assessments, formulations and treatment packages and effectively utilising ROMS. • Experience of gathering clinical evidence, reports and information as part of signposting to other internal or external pathways. • Excellent working knowledge and understanding of the importance of Clinical Governance and it's application within the role of Senior Practitioner. • Experience of supervision of others as well as supporting the emotional health and wellbeing of junior staff and trainees. • Must be able to develop and evaluate training to other professionals and staff groups.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working with children and young people in a variety of community settings. • Experience working with ASD, ADHD and/or other learning difficulties. • Experience of delivering training and consultation to education staff and professionals.

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Knowledge of legislation relating to children's mental health • Knowledge of MH issues relating to CYP emotional development. • Must demonstrate a working understanding of systemic, psychodynamic and cognitive theories along with recognition of when each approach is appropriate. • High level knowledge of the theory and practice of short term and long-term clinical interventions in CAMHS. • Knowledge of legislation in relation to children and adolescents and safeguarding procedures and policies. • Knowledge of outcome measures for CYP. • Knowledge of and ability to develop performance management, continuous improvement and quality assurance processes. • Must demonstrate knowledge of audit and evaluation methodology. • Must demonstrate an understanding of current government initiatives underpinning service developments.

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised therapies/intervention. • Level of knowledge of research methodology and data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of child and adolescent mental health.

Skills

Essential criteria

• Skills in the use of complex methods of mental health assessment, intervention and management. • Ability to safeguard and promote the welfare of all children and young people. • Ability to work autonomously in a community setting, making appropriate decisions in complex situations. • Must demonstrate a commitment to the overall vision of the development of the professional group of mental health practitioners in education settings. • Ability to provide support and facilitate personal and professional development. • Ability to manage own workload, organise own time and diary, and meet deadlines. • Ability to maintain high-quality clinical records and excellent report writing skills. • Knowledge and experience of using Microsoft word applications, including PowerPoint and excel. • 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 and outside the NHS. • Must demonstrate utilisation of professional development planning in own career progression.

other

Essential criteria

• Willing to carry out all duties and responsibilities of the post in accordance with the Trust's Equal Opportunities and Equality and Diversity policies. • Appointments to regulated and controlled activities require an enhanced DBS disclosure. • There is a frequent requirement to travel mainly within the Bolton in order to provide support in education settings and an occasional requirement to travel across the wider footprint of the Trust to attend meetings and events relevant to the role. • The ability to work outside normal working hours as part of a school approach.

Important Information about working for GMMH:

All positions within the Trust are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, for further information on the checks required please visit the NHS Employers website www..nhsemployers.org

Applicants are encouraged to apply for posts at Greater Manchester Mental Health who have direct experience of mental health, learning disability or drug and alcohol services either as a service user or a carer.

The Trust is also committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We are aspiring to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities that we serve, and we are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under-represented groups, for example BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities. If you would like to have an informal chat about the recruitment process for this role or would value some additional support, we'd love to hear from you.

Sponsorship

We are proud to be an approved sponsor for the Skilled Worker visa. Applications from individuals who require sponsorship will be considered alongside all other applications. Please be aware that not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible roles and salary requirements on the UK Government's website - click here.

If you are offered a role with us and you require sponsorship, we will check your eligibility in line with the information on the above website. Your offer of employment could be withdrawn if the role is not eligible for sponsorship, and you are not otherwise able to evidence your right to work in the UK.

Do you have experience outside the NHS?

We want to attract and retain people with diverse skills and experience, to deliver inclusive healthcare services to our communities.

We will consider relevant experience outside the NHS to calculate your salary on appointment. Please contact our Recruitment Team for more information.

**Please note, this vacancy may be closed at any time if sufficient applications have been received**

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

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, 288.4KB)
• Important Candidate information (PDF, 178.0KB)
• Guidance on the pre-employment checks procedure (DOC, 35.5KB)
• DBS Policy Statement (PDF, 111.7KB)
• Foundation Trust Membership (PDF, 85.3KB)
• Salary On Appointment Guidelines (PDF, 296.4KB)
• Trust Values (PDF, 149.6KB)
• Privacy Notice (PDF, 368.4KB)