CAMHS Mental Health Practitioner Bedford, England
Job description
Band 6 CAMHS Mental Health Practitioner
12-month fixed-term contract - 1.0 WTE
We would welcome applications from RMN’s, Social Workers, Psychologists, CBT Therapists, Counsellors, Family Therapists, Occupational Therapists and Arts Therapists.
NORTH BEDS CAMHS: CENTRAL BEDS Emotional Behavioural Team (EB2)
We are looking for an enthusiastic CAMHS Clinician to join our innovative multi-disciplinary Emotional & Behavioural Team (EBT) in North Bedfordshire CAMHS.
You will hold a caseload of children and adolescents with moderate to severe mental health difficulties, providing evidence based practice to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions. You will also provide support to parents, carers and educational services as well as attending the appropriate MDT meetings.
ELFT is a fantastic trust to work for and provides many opportunities for training and professional development. Depending on the applicant’s interests, there are opportunities to join our Family Therapy Clinic, develop therapeutic skills in CBT/DBT, Trauma work, Narrative approaches, Compassion-Focused Therapy, DDP, Sand Tray work, etc.
We offer newly qualified clinicians half a day a week to spend on continued professional development for the first year post qualification, this can include training, spending time shadowing in other team/areas of speciality, reading, model specific supervision etc.
The main base would be at the CAMHS office, Rush Court, Bedford, MK40 3JT and currently there is flexibility regarding working from home. We are willing to consider candidates who would like to work part-time.
For a more detailed job description and person specification please see attached JD & PS.For contact details please see below.
