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Job Title: Senior Mental Health Practitioner/Clinical Psychologist - Youth Justice Service
Grade: Band 7
Department: Salford Core CAMHS
Location: Salford CAMHS and Youth Justice Office, Pendleton Gateway, Salford, M6 5FX
Trust: Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Shift Pattern: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Pay rate: £26.83
Are you passionate about improving the mental health and well-being of children and young people? Do you thrive in a multi-agency team environment, delivering evidence-based interventions and supporting young people in complex circumstances? If so, we invite you to join the team as a Senior Mental Health Practitioner/Clinical Psychologist within the Youth Justice Service at Salford CAMHS.
This role offers the unique opportunity to work across the Salford Youth Justice Service and the Salford Community CAMHS team, delivering high-quality, needs-led, evidence-based mental health assessments and interventions. You will manage a complex caseload, provide consultation to professionals across agencies, and ensure integrated care for children, young people, and their families.
Main duties of the job
- managea complex caseload
- provide care appropriate to the child or young person’s needs which will include; mental state assessment, risk assessment and management, providing consultation to colleagues within Youth Justice and to wider networks such as social care and, Greater Manchester Police and courts and therapeutic interventions.
- develop a formulation and plan for intervention, based on an appropriate conceptual framework in collaboration with the child, young person and parents/carers, communicating this to the referrer and other relevant professionals
To be successful in applying for this role you will need:
- A relevant qualification in Clinical or Counselling Psychology, Nursing (RMN/RSCN), Social Work, or Occupational Therapy.
- Registered with the relevant professional body e.g. NMC, SW England, UKCP, HCPC, BACP
- Relevant experience and training in mental health assessments and interventions.
- Experience of hard to reach diverse community groups and individuals with emerging complex needs, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities and safeguarding.
About us
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Job description
Job description can be provided upon request.
Qualifications
In addition to experience, all Qualified roles will be required to provide evidence of
- Relevant Qualifications
- Registration with the relevant Registration Body if applicable.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
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