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CAMHS Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner - Eating Disorders

Cheswold Park HospitalCastleford, England, United Kingdom

3 days ago

Job type

Full-time

Part-time

Permanent

Job description

CAMHS Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner - Eating Disorders

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1x 37.5 Hours per week1x 30 Hours Per Week

Is CAMHS your passion? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join our award-winning Eating Disorders Team in Wakefield!

Job Summary

1x 37.5 Hours per week1x 30 Hours Per Week

Is CAMHS your passion? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join our award-winning Eating Disorders Team in Wakefield!

Hi, my name is Jen Wilson and I am the Team Manager for the Wakefield CAMHS Eating Disorder Team! Were seeking an enthusiastic, committed Mental Health Practitioner with experience and transferrable skills to join our eating disorder team.

You should be able to demonstrate considerable mental health skills and knowledge. An experience of working with Children and Young people facing eating difficulties is desirable, this can be transferrable skills from previous clinical experience.

The team is based predominantly between Airedale Health Centre in Castleford and Drury Lane Health Centre in Wakefield. You will also work in different community settings across the Wakefield District; therefore you will be required to demonstrate a flexible approach to travel as part of this role. We would strongly encourage candidates to call for any further information needed.

At the time of advertising, this role does meet the minimum requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK. We look forward to receiving your application.

Main duties of the job

As part of the role you will be responsible for the assessment of young people presenting with difficulties associated with an eating disorder. You will hold a caseload within which you will deliver evidence informed care to assist the young person and family through recovery.

The successful candidates will need to develop good working relationships with key professionals across the district; therefore excellent communication and engagement skills are essential. A commitment to improving service delivery and developing new ways of supporting children, young people and families experiences is crucial to work within the wider CAMHS team. In return we will provide a comprehensive induction programme, regular clinical and management supervision.

I would love to give the opportunity for further discussion surrounding the role, so please do not hesitate to reach out. Visits to the team are welcomed and strongly encouraged!

All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect patients.

We are aware that an increasing number of applicants are using AI technology to generate responses on NHS Job application forms. We strongly discourage this and will conduct a thorough screening process before selecting candidates to progress to the next stage. If you are using AI to enhance your application, please disclose this in your NHS Jobs application form.

About Us

We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Being a foundation Trust means were accountable to our members, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.

Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment.

We do reserve to right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.

Details

Date posted

23 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

37,338 to £44,962 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

C9378-W1315

Job locations

C A M H S

2 Flemming Court

Castleford

West Yorkshire

WF10 5HW

Job Description

Job responsibilities

The Post Holder Will :

Provide assessment and treatment to children and young people with mental health needs;
Work autonomously and collaboratively within the MDT, providing consultation for other agencies / professionals;

Promote the safeguarding and welfare of children and young people.

To provide routine and urgent assessment and interventions to young people with a wide range of emotional and psychological problems who are referred to specialist CAMHS, in keeping with evidence based practice with supervision from a senior clinician within professional guidelines and within the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures.

KEY RESULT AREAS :

To support the ongoing process of delivering a comprehensive CAMHS system.

To provide assessment, interventions, therapy to children, young people with the most severe, complex and persistent mental health problems, including those who are severely mentally ill or at suicidal risk and where appropriate, families as both an autonomous practitioner and as part of a multidisciplinary team in a variety of settings to address need. This will include working with the CAPA model.

To apply a sound knowledge of safeguarding children and guidelines in clinical work.

To be committed to a quality approach for patient care.

The post-holder will demonstrate high levels of concentration and provide sustained effort in assessment of complex family issues.

To manage own caseload, accessing support and guidance appropriate to individual need.

To operate within the clinical and case management supervision framework.

To provide training, consultation and supervision to other service providers, partner agencies and junior members of staff as required regarding intensive interventions with children, young people and families.

To participate in the development, audit and review of this extension to existing service provision.

To undertake extended hours of work alongside fellow specialist CAMHS practitioners.

To work collaboratively with all services to provide coherent and co ordinated mental health services for children and young people as well as other significant partners, ensuring timely transition and relevant consultation, training and support to universal services and targeted groups.

To use a range of Information Technology systems (including Rio) ensuring high quality data is collected appropriately, kept securely and confidentially

To participate in an agreed clinical audit programme for the service, and ensure lessons learnt from both audit and clinical incidents are reported.

To comply with both clinical and corporate governance frameworks.

To support the engagement of service stakeholders and users in the development and monitoring of service delivery and identify opportunities for service improvement and redesign.

To actively promote user / carer involvement in all aspects of care planning / delivery whilst respecting the rights, capabilities and wishes of the individuals concerned.

To work in an innovative and child, young person and family centred way, in a culture of continuous improvement and learning.

Apply Trust policies and procedures in instances of aggression, acute distress and disturbed mental health presentations.

To maintain relevant professional registration

To identify and communicate any concerns through the relevant management processes.

To demonstrate continued practice development and engage in annual appraisal.

VDU USER

To record own data and to access email and internet

Trust Values :

The Trust is committed to ensuring the highest standards of care and treatment and expects that all staff treat people e.g, service users, their carers, relatives, friends, colleagues, visitors etc, with dignity and respect at all time. The post holder must all time act in accordance with the Trusts Values :

Honest, open, transparent

Respectful

Person first and in the centre

Improve and be outstanding

Relevant today, ready for tomorrow

Families and carers matter

Safeguarding :

Report any concerns regarding the safety or wellbeing of children, adults service users, members of their families etc, in accordance with Trust Policy.

Prevent and respond appropriately to abuse and understand own role in this by undertaking Safeguarding training.

Trust policies and commitments to be read in line with the relevant Trust Policy :

All Staff Employed By The Trust Must Comply With The Trusts Policies And Procedures, Undertake Appropriate Training Required For Their Role And Commit To :

ensure they are aware of the Whistleblowing Policy and how they raise concerns;

maintain confidentiality, in line with the Trusts Confidentiality Policy and Code of Conduct;

understand their personal responsibilities with regards to data quality for any information which they create, use or process in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), The Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA) and Trust Data Protection policy;

comply with the provisions of The Trusts Health and Safety Policy and Protocol. Ensuring their own safety and that of colleagues, service users and visitors. Know the action to be taken in the event of a fire and must undertake fire training annually;

For further job information, please see attached documents.

All Staff Employed By The Trust Must Comply With The Trusts Policies And Procedures, Undertake Appropriate Training Required For Their Role And Commit To :

ensure they are aware of the Whistleblowing Policy and how they raise concerns;

maintain confidentiality, in line with the Trusts Confidentiality Policy and Code of Conduct;

For further job information, please see attached documents.

Person Specification

Special Knowledge and Skills

Essential

Good verbal and communication skills

Ability to manage own caseload

Good negotiation skills, and problem solving skills

Customer service orientation

Effective record keeping and report writing skills to include care planning and risk assessments.

IT skills.

Have good team working skills. Be able to work across disciplines with an ability to predict and manage inter-disciplinary tensions and foster good working practices.

Physical Attributes

Essential

Ability to undertake the duties and demands of the post. A satisfactory sickness record over the previous 2 years (subject to the need to act with fairness and equality of opportunity, particularly where the sickness is related to a disability and / or pregnancy).

Qualifications

Essential

Relevant professional qualification, e.g. nursing, or other professional allied to medicine

Dip SW or relevant mental health profession

Membership of professional body

Desirable

Post Registration qualification e.g. degree

Post graduate qualification in mental health (e.g. CBT, Family Therapy, Counselling)

A teaching and assessing qualification.

Personal Attributes

Essential

Able to work autonomously and as part of a team

Commitment to multi-agency approach

Ability to work and make decisions under pressure.

Calm, confident, innovative, creative

and assertive

Clarity of decision making

Willingness to be flexible and adaptable in accordance with changing service priorities.

Commitment to challenging discrimination and improving accessibility of services.

Ability to cope calmly in a crisis

To demonstrate good self care and encourage the same in team members

A Current driving licence and access to a car during the working day is essential (reasonable adjustments will be considered for any applicants who are unable to drive due to a disability)

Experience

Essential

Substantial post qualification experience, some of which must be working with Children, young people and their carers in a mental health or other complex care setting

Multidisciplinary team working

Inter-agency liaison and consultation

Experience of supervising / mentoring junior staff

Knowledge of relevant legislation and guidance e.g. NHS plan, Mental Health Legislation, Childrens act, Education Act, Working Together, Childrens NSF, Every Child Matters, etc.

Clinical / therapeutic knowledge and skills in mental health.

Experience in assessment and risk management and ability to implement evidence based practice

Proven ability to work with other agencies and disciplines and in partnership with other organisations.

Experience of safeguarding children and young people.

Desirable

Experience of community settings

Experience of working in different cultural contexts

Knowledge and experience of working with Equality and Diversity.

Training.

Essential

Training and experience relating to specialist CAMHS

Experience of delivering training to others

Person Specification

Special Knowledge and Skills

Essential

Good verbal and communication skills

Ability to manage own caseload

Good negotiation skills, and problem solving skills

Customer service orientation

Effective record keeping and report writing skills to include care planning and risk assessments.

IT skills.

Have good team working skills. Be able to work across disciplines with an ability to predict and manage inter-disciplinary tensions and foster good working practices.

Physical Attributes

Essential

Relevant professional qualification, e.g. nursing, or other professional allied to medicine

Dip SW or relevant mental health profession

Membership of professional body

Desirable

Post Registration qualification e.g. degree

Post graduate qualification in mental health (e.g. CBT, Family Therapy, Counselling)

A teaching and assessing qualification.

Personal Attributes

Essential

Able to work autonomously and as part of a team

Commitment to multi-agency approach

Ability to work and make decisions under pressure.

Calm, confident, innovative, creative

and assertive

Clarity of decision making

Willingness to be flexible and adaptable in accordance with changing service priorities.

Commitment to challenging discrimination and improving accessibility of services.

Ability to cope calmly in a crisis

To demonstrate good self care and encourage the same in team members

A Current driving licence and access to a car during the working day is essential (reasonable adjustments will be considered for any applicants who are unable to drive due to a disability)

Essential

Substantial post qualification experience, some of which must be working with Children, young people and their carers in a mental health or other complex care setting

Multidisciplinary team working

Inter-agency liaison and consultation

Experience of supervising / mentoring junior staff

Knowledge of relevant legislation and guidance e.g. NHS plan, Mental Health Legislation, Childrens act, Education Act, Working Together, Childrens NSF, Every Child Matters, etc.

Clinical / therapeutic knowledge and skills in mental health.

Experience in assessment and risk management and ability to implement evidence based practice

Proven ability to work with other agencies and disciplines and in partnership with other organisations.

Experience of safeguarding children and young people.

Desirable

Experience of community settings

Experience of working in different cultural contexts

Knowledge and experience of working with Equality and Diversity.

Training.

Essential

Training and experience relating to specialist CAMHS

Experience of delivering training to others

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

C A M H S

2 Flemming Court

Castleford

West Yorkshire

WF10 5HW

Employer's website

https : / / www.southwestyorkshire.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

C A M H S

2 Flemming Court

Castleford

West Yorkshire

WF10 5HW

Employer's website

https : / / www.southwestyorkshire.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Seniority level

Entry level

Employment type

Part-time

Job function

Management and Manufacturing

Industries

Hospitals and Health Care

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