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Clinical psychologist/Specialist Mental Health Practitioner
| Posting date: | 10 July 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £52,963 - £59,360 per annum , pro rata ( Incl of HCAS) |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 09 August 2024 |
| Location: | Wokingham, RG41 2RE |
| Company: | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6466001/371-CFS255-A |
Summary
A Vacancy at Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
Interview will be held on 30th July 2024
Berkshire Healthcare’s vision is to provide the best care in the right place; developing and delivering excellent services in local communities with people and their families to improve their health, well-being, and independence. We pride ourselves in recruiting staff who display our values and the right behaviours and work hard to create a culture which respects all of our staff for the unique contribution they make to ensuring high quality care is delivered.
We are offering an exciting opportunity to be to be part of one of the Mental Health in School Teams (MHST) within Berkshire. We are looking for an experienced Clinical Psychologist/ Specialist Mental Health Practitioner with a committed interest in working in schools to improve outcomes of young people in a new multi-disciplinary Mental Health Schools Team in Wokingham.
This will be in addition to an existing, established MHST, which will increase the number of schools able to access this support across the borough.
The aim of the team is to improve the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people in the community. There is a specific focus on developing more access to support and improving the general culture of emotional support within primary and secondary schools. The Mental Health Support Team is fully integrated with community educational settings.
• To develop and deliver a wide range of interventions, complete projects, and support system change.
• To develop and deliver whole school and whole community approaches to supporting young people’s mental health.
• To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team based within Wokingham Local Authority, which consists of Senior Educational Psychologists, Primary Mental Health Workers, EMP’s and Outreach Workers as well as a CAMHS senior clinician based in the existing MHST.
• To work autonomously and in an integrated way within professional guidelines being responsible for providing specialistmental health assessments of clients referred to the team. You will formulate and implement plans for the formal treatment and/or management of a client’s mental health problems, and implement a range of interventions for individuals, carers, families, and groups within and educational setting.
• To develop good working relationships with key professionals across the partnership
• Toimprove service delivery and develop new ways of supporting early intervention within the wider MHST.
• To contribute to and support the collection of service outcome data.
• To contribute to the wider aims of the service through joint working, training and supervision to other professionals and will integrate fully into the MHST.
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire.
We value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer. We work hard to create an inclusive environment where you’ll be supported by friendly and professional colleagues to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare:
• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.
Benefits of working for us include:
• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites
If you share our values and would like to come and work for us, please submit your application as soon as possible as we'll occasionally close roles early that have a high number of applications.
The “must haves” for this role:
• A Professional Clinical Qualification
• Experience of working in Mental Health services
• The ability to work autonomously as part of a team located within a local authority setting.
• You need to be an experienced clinically qualified clinician, with the requisite professional registrationwho has experience post qualifying within a CAMHS setting. Experience of working independently in the community would be particularly advantageous.
We are looking for a confident CAMHS professional with a demonstrable track record of providing good quality evidence-based interventions, improving service quality with a strong interest in service development.
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted. For further application tips – see the help with your application document attached once you click apply.
If you’re someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, you belong at Berkshire Healthcare!
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to call: Michelle Loveseyon01189046780or email:michelle.lovesey@berkshire.nhs.ukwho’ll be delighted to help.
We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.
This advert closes on Sunday 21 Jul 2024
Interview will be held on 30th July 2024
Berkshire Healthcare’s vision is to provide the best care in the right place; developing and delivering excellent services in local communities with people and their families to improve their health, well-being, and independence. We pride ourselves in recruiting staff who display our values and the right behaviours and work hard to create a culture which respects all of our staff for the unique contribution they make to ensuring high quality care is delivered.
We are offering an exciting opportunity to be to be part of one of the Mental Health in School Teams (MHST) within Berkshire. We are looking for an experienced Clinical Psychologist/ Specialist Mental Health Practitioner with a committed interest in working in schools to improve outcomes of young people in a new multi-disciplinary Mental Health Schools Team in Wokingham.
This will be in addition to an existing, established MHST, which will increase the number of schools able to access this support across the borough.
The aim of the team is to improve the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people in the community. There is a specific focus on developing more access to support and improving the general culture of emotional support within primary and secondary schools. The Mental Health Support Team is fully integrated with community educational settings.
• To develop and deliver a wide range of interventions, complete projects, and support system change.
• To develop and deliver whole school and whole community approaches to supporting young people’s mental health.
• To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team based within Wokingham Local Authority, which consists of Senior Educational Psychologists, Primary Mental Health Workers, EMP’s and Outreach Workers as well as a CAMHS senior clinician based in the existing MHST.
• To work autonomously and in an integrated way within professional guidelines being responsible for providing specialistmental health assessments of clients referred to the team. You will formulate and implement plans for the formal treatment and/or management of a client’s mental health problems, and implement a range of interventions for individuals, carers, families, and groups within and educational setting.
• To develop good working relationships with key professionals across the partnership
• Toimprove service delivery and develop new ways of supporting early intervention within the wider MHST.
• To contribute to and support the collection of service outcome data.
• To contribute to the wider aims of the service through joint working, training and supervision to other professionals and will integrate fully into the MHST.
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire.
We value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer. We work hard to create an inclusive environment where you’ll be supported by friendly and professional colleagues to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare:
• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.
Benefits of working for us include:
• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites
If you share our values and would like to come and work for us, please submit your application as soon as possible as we'll occasionally close roles early that have a high number of applications.
The “must haves” for this role:
• A Professional Clinical Qualification
• Experience of working in Mental Health services
• The ability to work autonomously as part of a team located within a local authority setting.
• You need to be an experienced clinically qualified clinician, with the requisite professional registrationwho has experience post qualifying within a CAMHS setting. Experience of working independently in the community would be particularly advantageous.
We are looking for a confident CAMHS professional with a demonstrable track record of providing good quality evidence-based interventions, improving service quality with a strong interest in service development.
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted. For further application tips – see the help with your application document attached once you click apply.
If you’re someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, you belong at Berkshire Healthcare!
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to call: Michelle Loveseyon01189046780or email:michelle.lovesey@berkshire.nhs.ukwho’ll be delighted to help.
We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.
This advert closes on Sunday 21 Jul 2024
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