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Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner

companyNHS Professionals
locationSheffield S1, UK
PublishedPublished: Published 6 months ago
Permanent
Job Title: Mental Health Practitioner

Grade: Band 6

Department: Primary Mental Health Team

Location: Centenary House, Sheffield, S6 3BR

Trust: Sheffield Childrens Hospital

Shift Pattern: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Pay rate: £21.80

Sheffield Childrens Hospital are currently seeking experienced Mental Health Practitioner to provide a high quality, responsive service in supporting the delivery of the CAMHS Primary Mental Health Service.

Are you a caring and empathetic individual who feels passionate about the Mental Health needs of young people and families? If so, we would like to hear from you today!

Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is one of only three dedicated children’s hospital trusts in the UK and provides integrated healthcare for children and young people, including community and mental health care as well as acute and specialist services.

We see children from 0-16 in most cases and in some cases up to 18.

We provide a full range of services for residents of Sheffield and South Yorkshire as well as specialised services for patients from across the United Kingdom

Main duties of the job

* Providing specialist CAMHS consultation, assessment and interventions to Early Help Services

* Undertaking mental health assessments with other members of the Early Help services

* Formulating packages of care to meet the mental health needs of children and families

* Providing universal group work to professionals, parents or young people to promote good mental health and problem prevention.

* Use their own knowledge of a range of therapeutic interventions to provide treatment for young people using specific clinical intervention/strategies

To be successful in applying for this role you will need:

* Current Nursing, Social Work or Occupational Therapy Registration

* Post registration clinical training relevant to CAMHS/Mental Health

* Teaching and Assessing ENB 998/Mentorship or equivalent

* Significant post registration experience within a CAMHS/Mental Health Setting

* Hold a current UK driving licence and have access to a vehicle

About us

Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.

Career Progression access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges.

Work-life Balance flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave

Opportunity & Access over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want

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