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Mental Health Practitioner | Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 14 April 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £46,148 - £52,809 per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 14 May 2025 |
| Location: | Stevenage, SG1 4AT |
| Company: | Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7131511/812-25-KW-Step2 |
Summary
Step2 is an Early Intervention Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service which is working towards improving the mental health and emotional wellbeing of children and young people in Hertfordshire. The service works with children aged 0 – 19.
The post will provide highly skilled Child & Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHS) support to the Universal Children’s Workforce to increase their capacity to identify and manage children’s mental health needs, through liaison and joint working between services.
The post holder will carry out skilled mental health triage and assessments and offer brief intervention - group and 1:1 - therapy to children and families where a more targeted response is required. The post holder will provide consultation to team members and external professional and non-professional groups to address the mental health needs of children and young people.
*Proposed interview date: 1-May-2025*
• Deliver a quality service in line with the organisation's objectives and performance indicators.
• Carry out specialised triage, clinical assessments and formulation, and brief interventions.
• Work in partnership with and provide consultation to other professionals.
• Provide mentoring, case support and clinical supervision. Develop and present information about mental health support for children and young people within and outside of the service.
• To facilitate appropriate access to Specialist CAMHS and other relevant provision according to level and nature of need.
• Contribute to the promotion and participation in integrated practice and multi agency support team models.
• Responsible for the safe provision, use, maintenance and storage of equipment and materials for self and others.
• Maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping and exercise professional self-governance in accordance with professional codes of practice.
• Plan and deliver treatment interventions in line with Best Practice and local and National Guidelines.
• Promoting and embedding Children’s IAPT values within the service and wider workforce.
Please read the attached full job description and person specification document before applying for this post.
A big thank you for considering joining us at Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust
You’ll find it a great place to work with many benefits offered to you as a member of our staff
We put our patients, their families and carers at the centre of our vision - Outstanding Services and Healthier Communities
Our staff are proud to be Innovative, Caring and Agile in their work to help achieve the Trust vision
We welcome diversity in our workforce and are interested in applicants from all backgrounds and ages
We don’t want you to miss out so we’d like you to know that if we have a high level of interest in this role, the vacancy may close prior to the advertised closing date, so please make your application as soon as possible - Apply now
You’ve made a great decision to apply to join to HCT - we’re looking forward to taking the next steps of the journey with you.
Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK
Hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)
Please see attached job description for more details
Whilst it is not a legal requirement, Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust encourages and supports all staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.
We are committed to supporting flexible working options for staff, wherever possible, and welcome discussions on flexible working patterns to support our staff to maintain a healthy work life balance.
This advert closes on Thursday 24 Apr 2025
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