Job Summary
This is a brilliant opportunity for a dedicated healthcare professional to promote and improve the mental health and well-being of Children, Young People and those who care for them. Working for MFT CAMHS, you’ll work with Children and Young People aged up to 18 years and who present with a wide range of complex emotional and behavioural difficulties. You’ll be supported to manage a defined caseload and have the responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of children and young people. We’ll rely on you to ensure there is effective and sensitive communication between, the Children and Young People in your care, those who care for them, the health professionals you work with and other relevant agencies. MFT CAMHS sits within Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital (RMCH) and is comprised of 44 separate services, including 5 Core CAMHS services.
Please note, this post is based at Central Manchester Core CAMHS and has been developed to provide maternity cover.
Let us tell you more about what the job involves and why this could be your next and best career move – you just need the right skills, experience and attitude so you can meet the needs and demands of this critical and life enhancing role for our patients.
Main duties of the job
With current NMC, HCPC or SWE registration alongside a recognised qualification, you’ll have a working knowledge of CAMHS and/or adult mental health and have an understanding of assessing complex mental health needs & levels of risk, including safeguarding and self-harm
Using your experience of working with vulnerable people and their carers who present with complex mental health needs and are often a risk to themselves or others, you’ll undertake assessments and formulate plans for intervention, in collaboration with the Child, Young Person and those who care for them.
Dedicated to providing an environment that encourages patient-centred involvement, you’ll promote good working relationships as part of a wider multi-disciplinary team, making sure care is coordinated with the internal and external departments you work with, with the ultimate aim of providing the best patient journey possible.
Using your knowledge of evidence-based practice, you’ll offer therapeutic solutions in line with the National Institute for Health & Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines.
Person Specification
Skills
Essential
- Up to date knowledge of child mental health and relevant legislation
- Understanding of evidence-based practice and the ability to demonstrate how this influences clinical practice
- The ability to assess, formulate and manage care appropriately, ensuring discharge is timely
- The ability to reflect on and critically appraise own practice
- To have the ability to manage own caseload and act as lead practitioner
- Ability to manage and organise own time and diary
- The ability to follow policy and make proposals for change
- The ability to work independently with the support of clinical and management supervision
Desirable
- Experience of delivering training
- Demonstrable therapeutic skills
- IT competent
- Knowledge and understanding of the research process
Experience
Essential
- Proven experience of working effectively with people with mental health difficulties
- Experience of assessing and managing risk: including safeguarding
- Experience of providing evidenced based assessments, formulations, and care plans
- Experience of liaison and working with a range of other relevant agencies and professionals.
- Experience of autonomously managing a caseload within a service
- Experience of mentoring and supervision of others
- Understanding of the principles of Clinical Governance
Desirable
- Experience of working in Child and Adolescent Mental Health
- Experience of providing interventions for children and young people with mental health problems and their families
- Community mental health experience
Qualifications
Essential
- You must have a recognised qualification (e.g. RMN/RSCN/RNMH, CQSW/DipSW) or Other relevant accreditable qualification
Desirable
- Qualifications in Psychological Therapies e.g. CBT / SFT/ IPT
- Mentorship course ENB998 or equivalent
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.
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).
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).
Closing Date: 19 February 2025
