Camhs Mental Health Practitioner - Haringey, United Kingdom - Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust

Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust

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Haringey, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We are excited to be able to a suitably qualified CAMHS Practitioners to the Haringey Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS).

We are currently recruiting a Band 7 practitioner and are particularly keen to see applicants with Nursing/Occupational Therapy and Social Work qualifications.

The CAMHS generic team provides both generic and specialist mental health treatment for children and their families in Haringey. The team is based at St Ann's Hospital.

The team consists of Clinical Psychologists, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists, specialist Speech and Language Therapists, Art Therapists, Clinical Nurse Specialists and Systemic Family Therapists.

The successful applicant will undertake direct clinical work in the CAMHS generic team contributing to the multi-disciplinary team providing specialist assessment, therapy, consultation, training and supervision as appropriate.

They will also have the opportunity to be a part of their professional discipline group, across the service.

The successful applicant will also provide dedicated support to Children and Young People and their families in addition to working with colleagues from Education, Health, Social Care and the Voluntary Sector in order to plan appropriate and timely Interventions.

Haringey CAMHS teams are part of the CYP-IAPT project funded by NHS England which aims to improve quality and effectiveness of services through the routine use of clinical outcome measures and the development of service-user involvement projects.

The service is in the process of adopting the principles of the Thrive model incorporating initiatives to increase resilience and early intervention in schools and the community through the Trailblazer project.

It is benefitting from the interest and investment brought by this initiative as well as that of the Learning Disability and Autism Strategy (formally transforming care) agenda.

The London Borough of Haringey covers Tottenham, Wood Green, Hornsey, Crouch End, Muswell Hill and Highgate is situated between the inner-city areas of Hackney and Islington to the south and more suburban areas of Enfield and Barnet to the north and west.

The Trust's values are:

Compassion
Respect
Being Positive
Working together

By coming to work at Barnet, Enfield and Haringey NHS Trust you will be joining a multiple award-winning, combined mental health (MH) and community Trust providing local, regional and national healthcare services.

We are one of the largest employers in North London with over 3000 staff delivering a range of mental health and community services to a population of over one million.

The Trust will support flexible working hours where appropriate.

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification document for a more detailed view of the role and its requirements.