Senior Mental Health Practitioner
| Posting date: | 05 September 2024 |
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| Salary: | £46,148.00 to £52,809.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £46148.00 - £52809.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 September 2024 |
| Location: | Stalybridge, SK15 2AU |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9311-24-1370 |
Summary
Tameside and Glossop CAMHS are a multidisciplinary team providing a mental health service to children, young people and their families. The service has well-established links with our partner agencies including education, childrens social care and the Voluntary, Community & Social Enterprise (VCSE) Sector and is striving to fully align to the Thrive approach to delivering mental health services. We are committed to supporting our staff in their development with access to CPD opportunities, a robust clinical and management supervision structure, and access to an in-house training programme covering key areas of psychological practice. Tameside and Glossop CAMHS is also home to the Early Attachment Service which is a nationally recognised, specialist parent-infant mental health and under 5 service. Targeted investment has enabled the creation of an innovative and forward thinking, relationship-focussed and trauma-responsive approach to the integration of specialist clinical skills within a quality family intervention service. The FITS clinical team comprised of mental health professionals, work in partnership with the Family Intervention Service of Childrens Social Care, while also maintaining strong links with core CAMHS. The aim is to ensure timely access to training, consultation, supervision, and intervention while simultaneously promoting trauma-responsive practice and supporting healthy relationships within our Tameside families. Please see attached job description and person specification to support your application for this post. Please refer to the essential and desirable criteria in the person specification which will highlight the skills, knowledge and experience you will need to demonstrate in your application, by way of example, to give yourself the best opportunity to be shortlisted.