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    Senior Mental Health Practitioner/Clinical Psychologist - Liverpool, United Kingdom - Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

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    Senior mental health practitioner or clinical psychologist

    Band 7


    This is an exciting opportunity for a mental health practitioner or clinical psychologist to join the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust.


    The MHP or clinical psychologist will be a member of the specialist, multi-disciplinary service and will have case management responsibility for their case load, however, they will be supported through supervision by a senior member of the team on a regular basis.


    The post holder may be required to provide support, advice and consultation to families/carers and other professionals involved in the life of the child/young person.

    We are looking for individuals who have experience of engaging children and young people from marginalised communities.

    The post holder will undertake appropriate mental health assessment of children and young people referred to CAMHS and provide a range of appropriate, evidence based clinical interventions informed by assessed individual need.

    The post holder will provide support, advice and consultation to families/carers and other professionals involved in the life of the child/young person

    Alder Hey has already earned our place as one of the world's leading children's hospitals, thanks to innovation and pioneering medical work.

    We treat 250,000 young patients a year and have a broad range of hospital and community services, serving the local population of children, as well as being a tertiary referral centre for children from across Merseyside, Cheshire and parts of Lancashire, Shropshire and North Wales.


    Every individual makes a valuable contribution and Alder Hey is proud of its long history of providing pioneering and innovative healthcare to children and young people.

    We are looking for motivated and enthusiastic candidates to join our dynamic and experienced CAMHS team
    Qualifications & Training

    Qualified in core profession such as Mental Health Nurse (RMN), Mental Health Practitioner, Clinical Psychologist, Occupational Therapy, Social Work or creative therapies e.g.

    Art Therapy
    Recognised degree level broad based health & social care qualification which will require completion of The British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) Knowledge Skills and Attributes

    Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of child and adolescent mental health.
    Post graduate (masters and above) level study

    Experience of specialist mental health assessment and therapeutic interventions with children and young people with mental health problems and their families.

    Experience of working with a wide variety of child mental health problems, across the whole age range, reflecting all levels of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems and verbal and physical abuse.

    Must be experienced in providing risk assessment of self harming behaviour
    Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
    Experience of the application of specialist mental health assessment and therapeutic interventions of in different cultural contexts.
    Experience of working with children and young people in a range of clinical settings.

    Some knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
    Must demonstrate understanding of child development and psychosocial influences
    Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc)
    High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised therapies/interventions

    Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of child and adolescent mental health.


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