Mental Health Practitioner

Overview

In this Band 6 CAMHS role you will work part-time (30 hours) in Havant & Petersfield, joining a warm multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality child and family mental health care. You will contribute to a stepped care service and evolving CAMHS transformation, applying evidence-based interventions and developing care plans. You will have scope to pursue areas of interest and support learning through supervision and mentoring. This position offers meaningful impact through partnership with families, carers and partner agencies to improve outcomes for children and young people.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement care and recovery plans for service users with complex mental health presentations
• Provide clinical interventions including education, discharge planning, and care coordination with families and partner agencies
• Apply evidence-based therapeutic interventions and wellness recovery action plans
• Promote safety and wellbeing of service users and their families at all times
• Assess, plan, and implement care, offering specialist advice and interventions
• Provide clinical supervision to staff and students and act as a mentor for students

Key requirements

• Current professional registration with NMC, HCPC, or Social Work England
• Or evidence of completing the KSA portfolio route to BABCP Accreditation with current BABCP accreditation
• Evidence of continuous professional development
• Disclosure and Barring Service check
• UK professional registration

• Collaborative teamwork
• Strong communication with families and carers
• Mentoring and supervisory skills
• Knowledge of evidence-based therapeutic interventions for CAMHS
• Education, clinical care, and discharge planning
• Wellness recovery action planning

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