About this role
## Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Associate Mental Health Practitioner to work within our Community CAMHS Service. This is a great opportunity, ideal for a newly qualified Nurse or AHP.
The children & young people who access our services present with a wide range of emotional and mental health difficulties ranging from mild to severe.
You must be a Registered Nurse, Dip SW or equivalent social work qualification (CSS, CQSW, degree in social work), Allied Health Professional registered with the HCPC and accredited by a HCPC recognised body e.g. UKCP/BACP.
The working hours of this substantive role will primarily be 9-5, Monday to Friday within the Community CAMHS South team, flexibility would be considered.
### Main duties of the job
Providing mental health assessments and formulations
Building therapeutic relationships with children and young people and delivering evidence-based interventions (including group treatment)
Utilise Routine Outcome Measures so to ensure partnership working which is goal specific
Maintaining "lead professional" duties for an agreed caseload
Liaising with and offering consultation to other agencies
Participating in the enquiries (duty) rota
Contributing to all aspects of positive team functioning
Contributing to ongoing service innovations and development
### About us
We have a huge variety of opportunities in our expansive Trust covering geographically from South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire to Leicester, providing mental health inpatient and community services, community health services, forensic mental health services and secure prison healthcare across the East Midlands.
We have more than 100 sites and a huge scope of unique opportunities to develop your career and gain some amazing experiences. We strive to be a great place to work and offer many staff benefits and tailored staff support and wellbeing programmes.
Do you want to make a difference?
Do you believe in Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork?
Then Nottinghamshire Healthcare is the perfect place for you to start, maintain or further your career. Join our team of nearly 9000 who are making a difference every day. We are all about our people - our staff, volunteers, carers, service users and patients. We are NottsHC.
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## Job description
### Job responsibilities
Based in the Community CAMHS South team, you will be working alongside a wider MDT (Multi-disciplinary team) to serve and support children of South Nottinghamshire, working under the supervision of senior staff to:
Enhance and support universal service professionals to promote and support the emotional health and wellbeing of children, young people and families through contributing to professional consultation and training
To enhance access to the mental health services for children and young people for whom it is clinically indicated so to allow timely assessment, formulation and evidence-based intervention within a multi-agency framework
Provide therapeutic mental health assessment and intervention within a variety of community settings so to better engage children and young people
Work within the Choice and Partnership Approach framework
Utilise Routine Outcome Measures so to ensure partnership working which is goal specific
Collaborate and liaise with agencies, creating positive and helpful relationships
Support the eradication of stigma associated with mental health services
Support partnership working through offering children, young people and families choice and flexibility in the service that they receive
Promote the safety and welfare of service-users and their families
Support the agreed discharge plan
Maintain a professional attitude so to be a representative of the wider CAMHS service
## Person Specification
### Qualifications
#### Essential
* Relevant professional qualification at degree level or equivalent * Registration with relevant professional body Teaching qualification
#### Desirable
* Qualification in therapeutic approaches
### Previous Experience
#### Essential
* Skills and experience of working with children, young people and their families around a range of emotional health and behavioural needs.
#### Desirable
* Evidence of additional training in working with children, young people and their families within a multi-agency context
### Knowledge/ Skills/ Aptitudes
#### Essential
* Evidence of continuing professional development * Knowledge and experience of practice with current legislation and guidance governing the delivery of children's services. * Knowledge and experience of evidenced based interventions with children and their families.
### Physical Requirements
#### Essential
* Effective communication skills. * Good IT skills
### Special Requirements
#### Essential
* To work flexibly according to service need
### Travelling
#### Essential
* Daily use of motor vehicle/car driver
### 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
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 [UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)](https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration).
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. [Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants).
### UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see [NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).](https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals)
## Employer details
### Employer name
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
### Address
Pebble Bridge, Hopewood
Foster Drive
Nottingham
NG5 3FL
United Kingdom
### Employer's website
[https://www.nottinghamshirehealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)](https://www.nottinghamshirehealthcare.nhs.uk/)
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