Mental Health Practitioner/Senior Mental Health Practitioner

Location: North East Region (Middlesbrough, Gateshead, Cramlington, Hartlepool, Tyne & Wear, Durham, Trimdon Coliery,Stockton-on-Tees)

We are making sure that the support we offer is constant, reliable and of the highest quality and it is our fantastic staff who are making this happen.

Amidst all the uncertainty, as everything we do changes, how about changing your story too and, in turn, help to change the lives of our children and young people?

Cambian Group, the UK’s largest provider of specialist services in children’s residential care, education, mental health rehabilitation and learning disabilities, is looking for a dedicated individual to join the company as a Mental Health Practitioner. The post will require someone with previous experience of working with children with complex needs, such as in CAMHS, specialist residential settings or Looked After Children’s services.

We offer excellent training and career progression opportunities as well as a variety of staff benefits.

We offer excellent clinical network and peer support as well as a variety of staff benefits.

Job Role

You will be providing a clinical service to young people placed within community residential setting by assessing and identifying their needs and meeting them through using a consultation model. The consultation sessions offer the team around the young person the opportunity to review the young person’s emotional wellbeing and/or behavioural presentation, discuss concerns and therapeutic approaches that will be delivered through the care team. You will be supporting with issues such as challenging behaviours, aggressive outbursts, self-harm, low mood & suicidal ideation, PTSD, ADHD, anxiety, attachment issues, relationships between the young people in the home, protective behaviours etc.

The aim is to work collaboratively with the management and staff of the residential homes in developing and sharing a vision of the therapeutic work which enhances a young person’s life opportunities and choices and helps them maximise their strengths. The Mental Health Practitioner will play a key role in the continuous assessment of young people’s mental health and in supporting staff through the delivery of appropriate training and workshops that upskills staff working with the young people to be able to better meet their emotional needs. The Mental Health Practitioner is also available to de brief staff that are experiencing difficulties with processing traumatic events.

Further duties are described in the attached Job Description.

Candidate Profile

We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated, forward thinking Mental Health Practitioner to join our friendly team.

Essential:

· Registered with the relevant professional organisation (HCPC, NMC, Social Worker`s England or BACP)

· Be a strong team player, with excellent communication skills

· Sound organisational and time management skills

· Experience in working with children with complex needs/Look After Child

Beneficial

· Previous experience in working with children & adolescents is advantageous

· CAMHS experience

· Nurse/Social Worker/Counselling or Creative art psychotherapy/therapeutic background.

In return we offer:

· Full support from a multidisciplinary team

· Regular clinical supervision

· Meetings and peer support supervision

· Developmental opportunities

· Research opportunities

· Internal/external training on new initiatives

You will also learn from some of the most dedicated and inspirational people in our profession.

Note:

Successful candidates will need to meet the person specification in order to be offered this post.

Cambian is committed to Safeguarding and protecting the young people and service users within our care.

All candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and reference checks aligned to safer recruitment checks.

Cambian is an equal opportunities employer