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Location
Halesowen, West Midlands | United Kingdom
Job description
As a Mental Health Practitioner you will be responsible for the care of a caseload of young people with various emotional and mental health needs. You will also undertake regular assessments of young people who are new to the service, and be responsible for making recommendations about their future care. In addition you will take part in the duty and Single Point of Access (SPA) rota. You will have a can do attitude and work collaboratively with colleagues in the team and partner agencies. You will be able to work creatively to meet the needs of young people and their families. You will have a sound understanding of the principles of risk assessment and management. In return, we will provide you with robust supervision, opportunities to attend peer group meetings, personal development and training opportunities. Job Purpose To provide clinical and team leadership with Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS). To lead and work with other members of the multi-disciplinary CAMHS Team and with colleagues from other services, providing expertise in the care of children and young people with complex mental health needs and their families. To provide expert advice, support and supervision on a regular basis to a wide ranging workforce on all aspects of safeguarding children where matters can be highly complex and in difficult, sensitive and emotive situations. To provide professional expertise in the assessment, planning, implementation and review of care for children and young people in CAMHS. To support the Dudley CAMHS Duty and SPA rota system. To provide professional advice and support to other agencies and members of the multi-disciplinary team. To support the service manager by offering professional leadership, team leadership and line management supervision to other team members. Please contact Mark Edgerton (Dudley CAMHS Service Manager) should you wish to discuss this post further or have any questions on 01384 324689 or by e mailing
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Salary
£43.74k - £50.06k per annum
