- Adult and older adult mental health services
- Specialist learning disabilities services
- Mental health services for children and young people
- Community healthcare for children, young people and families in Dudley
- Professional Registration
- CAMHS/Equivalent Experience
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ECT ManagerNHS AfC: Band 7
5 days ago
Black Country Job Support Dudley, United Kingdom Full timeJob overview · Band 7 ECT Manager · An exciting opportunity has arisen within The . We are pleased to invite experienced qualified staff to apply for the newly developed Band 7 ECT Lead Manager post for ECT services across our divisions. The right candidate will lead a team of ...
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Occupational TherapistNHS AfC: Band 6
1 week ago
Black Country Job Support Walsall, United Kingdom Full timeJob overview · Using personal recovery and "lived experiences" of mental health challenges, the Learning Support Assistant role will provide empathy, peer support, practical assistance and encouragement to Recovery College students and prospective students. · The Learning Suppor ...
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EPR Configuration AssissantNHS AfC: Band 3
1 week ago
Black Country Job Support Rowley Regis, United Kingdom Full timeJob overview · Band 8a Clinical Psychologist - Neuro Rehab and General Rehab, Rowley 18.75 hours · The successful candidate will have existing or recent extensive experience of working in stroke and neuro – either in a training or qualified post · We are pleased to offer this ex ...
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Black Country Job Support Brierley Hill, United Kingdom Full timeJob overview · Are you interested in a career with a genuinely integrated care organisation? Do you want to be part of a new organisation that is developing pathways and services to transform the way that care is delivered locally? Are you interested in improving the health of o ...
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E-Rostering AdministratorNHS AfC: Band 3
1 week ago
Black Country Job Support Dudley, United Kingdom Full timeJob overview · This new role is an exciting opportunity to employ your experience, skills and knowledge of Allocate's e-rostering systems in a forward thinking Resourcing department at the Black Country's Lead Provider for mental health and learning disability services. The succ ...
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Senior Applied PsychologistNHS AfC: Band 8a
3 days ago
Black Country Job Support Dudley, United Kingdom Full timeJob overview · Senior Applied Clinical / Forensic / Counselling Psychologist: · Dudley Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team (CRHTT) · An opportunity has arisen for a Senior Applied Clinical/Forensic/Counselling Psychologist to join the Dudley CRHTT. You will join a fast p ...
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Black Country Job Support Wednesbury, United Kingdom Part timeJob overview · The post holder will be responsible for assessment and specialist employment advice, support and interventions. They will manage a caseload of people assessing individual barriers into employment, experienced through physical health, mental health and social situa ...
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MHST Clinical LeadNHS AfC: Band 7
1 week ago
Black Country Job Support Halesowen, United Kingdom Full timeJob overview · 2wte B5 Education Mental Health Practitioners or Child Wellbeing Practitioners · Posts based in Dudley · We have an exciting opportunity for 2wte low intensity practitioners (Educational Mental Health Practitioner or Child Wellbeing Practitioner – EMHP/CWP) to ...
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Administration AssistantNHS AfC: Band 2
3 weeks ago
Black Country Job Support Wolverhampton, United Kingdom Part timeJob overview · Occupational Therapist · Adult Learning Disabilities Occupational Therapy Team · Band 5 · Post: 26.75 Hours per Week · We require a highly motivated individuals to join our specialist adult learning disabilities team. · Main duties of the job · The post holders ...
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Senior Staff Nurse/ Clinical LeadNHS AfC: Band 6
2 weeks ago
Black Country Job Support Sandwell District, United Kingdom Full timeJob overview · Sandwell Community Learning Disability Team has a vacancy for a Band 6 Community Learning Disabilities Nurse. · You will be part of an experienced and knowledgeable nursing team team with support from the MDT. The post is flexible over hours and days to be tailor ...
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Black Country Job Support West Bromwich, United KingdomJob overview · To provide efficient, effective, professional and confidential administrative and secretarial service to the Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) team. The post-holder will provide comprehensive secretarial and administrative support to the team, including diary managem ...
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Senior Occupational TherapistNHS AfC: Band 6
1 week ago
Black Country Job Support Brierley Hill, United Kingdom Part timeJob overview · An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our supportive and dynamic Community Mental Health Team in Dudley. · We pride ourselves on our commitment to the continual development and improvement of pati ...
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Senior Staff NurseNHS AfC: Band 6
2 weeks ago
Black Country Job Support Wolverhampton, United Kingdom Full timeJob overview · The Senior Practitioner Mental Health Lead will be responsible for the on-going day to day management and development of the mental health practitioner roles across Wolverhampton Primary Care Networks. This is a new role designated under the Additional Roles Reimb ...
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Black Country Job Support Wolverhampton, United Kingdom Full timeJob overview · We are currently receiving significant investment aiming to transform community mental health services across the Black Country. · Are you ready to take on an exciting role at the forefront of adult community mental health services in Wolverhampton. If you're som ...
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Black Country Job Support Sandwell District, United Kingdom Full timeJob overview · Are you Independent and supplementary Prescriber or willing to train? · Are you a registered Mental Health Nurse? · Do you have a passion for improving access to high quality, innovative and compassionate services for people with mental health needs? · The Senior ...
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ICT Support EngineerNHS AfC: Band 3
1 week ago
Black Country Job Support Wolverhampton, United Kingdom Full timeJob overview · 8a Senior Applied Psychologist Wolverhampton Stroke Service - 15 hours · The successful candidate will have existing or recent extensive experience of working in stroke and neuro – either in a training or qualified post · Are you a compassionate and committed Psy ...
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First Contact PractitionerNHS AfC: Band 7
1 week ago
Black Country Job Support Stourbridge, United Kingdom Full timeJob overview · The post holder will be part of a dynamic team of clinicians whose responsibility it is to develop and improve services for people over 18 years with common mental health problems in primary care. The role includes working across designated GP practices within the ...
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Black Country Job Support Walsall, United Kingdom Full timeJob overview · We are looking to recruit a full-time 8a Highly Specialist Psychologist. The post holder will join our community based psychological therapies service for working age adults, who are based within secondary care services. You will work alongside our Community Menta ...
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Black Country Job Support Walsall, United Kingdom Part timeJob overview · We are pleased to offer this opportunity for you to develop your career within our friendly, multi-disciplinary LD CAMHS team. The team is led by a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and supported by an Assistant Psychologist with links to the wider network of Clini ...
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8a Senior Clinical PsychologistNHS AfC: Band 8a
4 weeks ago
Black Country Job Support Wolverhampton, United Kingdom Part timeJob overview · We invite you to be part of our psychology leadership team in the Black Country - joining a growing group of Consultant Psychologists and psychotherapists across our 4 clinical divisions (MH, LD, CYPF, OA). · You will join the MH Consultants team, acting as the 0 ...
8B Principal Clinical PsychologistNHS AfC: Band 8b - West Bromwich, United Kingdom - Black Country Job Support
Description
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Single Point of Access for Sandwell and Wolverhampton CAMHS. We are seeking an experienced and enthusiastic CAMHS practitioner to join our friendly and diverse team. The SPA team acts as a front door to specialist mental health and getting help services for both Sandwell and Wolverhampton localities, with future plans to become part of a combined Black Country CAMHS SPA Team covering all four localities within the Black Country.
Main duties of the job
·To provide a quality specialist service to clients (and their families/carers) referred to CAMHS across all sectors of care
·Triage referrals into CAMHS, including the assessment and prioritisation of clinical complexity and risk
·To lead on referral and triage pathways and processes within CAMHS
·To participate in the development of a clinical workforce rota to cover the SPA in collaboration with admin colleagues
·To promote the reputation of CAMHS
·To provide specialist assessment and intervention for complex mental health needs and to work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise systematic governance of practice within CAMHS
·To contribute to the proposal, development and implementation of policy and procedures for CAMHS and wider children and family services
·To utilise skills in audit, service evaluation, policy and service development and research in particular conduct regular audits pertaining to SPA processes including demand and capacity for different types of initial assessment
·Effectively assess and prioritise clinical complexity and risk
·Liaise with referrers and professionals in relation to clinical concerns and queries
·Be a clinical point of contact for children, young people and families
·Effectively liaise with referrers, professionals, partners and agencies in relation to referrals and/or assessments
Working for our organisation
Black Country Healthcare is a major provider of NHS mental health services for more than a million people across Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton:
We're proud to be rated Good by the Care Quality Commission, and that many of our staff have won awards for their work.
More than 3,000 people work for the Trust and just like the population we serve, we're made up of diverse cultures and backgrounds. Our staff take pride in supporting and living our values. .
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Main Duties/Responsibilities
·To provide specialist systematic process for the assessment of children and young people referred into CAMHS. To assess, triage and prioritise referrals ensuring an equitable system and that those with urgent needs are clearly identified and needs are addressed in a timely manner. The post will require independent management of caseload with appropriate supervision and professional management, as per professional body guidelines.
·To provide highly specialist assessments of clients referred to CAMHS based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex information from a variety of sources including self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients and their families/carers.
·To provide effective and safe assessment of safeguarding concerns. Liaising and reporting to other agencies where appropriate, including the completion of safeguarding referrals and safety planning.
·To consider the appropriateness of CAMHS referrals in relation to agreed referral criteria and organise safe signposting as appropriate to the needs of the child/young person referred.
·Ensure pathways into CAMHS are accessible for children, young people and families with additional needs e.g., a learning disability.
·To exercise professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment, signposting and discharge of clients.
·To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and their families/carers.
·To gather comprehensive information from a range of community children/young people's services and to liaise with services around assessment outcomes and safeguarding concerns.
·To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner in both written and verbal form, information concerning the assessment and treatment plans of clients referred to CAMHS.
·Take a lead on training colleagues in SPA duties and pathways
·To provide post-qualification training (CPD) and clinical professional supervision to junior staff, students or trainees in relevant profession.
·To maintain and develop skills in the area of professional pre- and post-graduate training and clinical supervision.
·To provide advice, consultation and training to staff working with the client group across a range of agencies and settings, where appropriate.
·To participate as a clinician in the development of a high quality, responsive and accessible service, including advising both service and professional management on those aspects of the service where professional and/or organisational matters need addressing.
·To exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of professional practice within the SPA.
·To participate, if required in staff recruitment, both in the short-listing process and as a member of interview panels as relevant.
·To assist in on-going audit and evaluation of policies within the SPA in consultation with other members of the multi-disciplinary team(s), service heads/professional managers.
·To undertake any other duties of a similar nature consistent with the responsibilities of this post in order to provide a quality CAMHS service.
Person specification
Qualifications / Experience
Essential criteria