Generic Mental Health Practitioner

at  Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust

Bradford District Care Trust has an exciting opportunity to join the trust as a mental health practitioner within Children Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). We are looking to recruit experienced band 6 practitioners (nurses, social workers, occupational therapists) into CAMHS.
The role will consist of completing assessments of mental heath need. Assessments can cover a variety of presentations and take place in different settings. Assessments will be delivered in a clinic setting as well as within the community. There is a need for assessments to take place in ward settings to support young people back into the community.
As a mental health practitioner, you will need to be able to assess risk and use this to inform decision making for children and young people. We support children and young people with moderate to severe mental health presentations in the community. We work with risk in the community to prevent hospital admission where possible and manage crisis when needed.
Within CAMHS mental health practitioners deliver a range of therapeutic interventions to children and young people. Therapeutic interventions are offered to support acute presentations where risk has increased as well as more enduring moderate to severe presentations. We also provide accessible assessments and interventions to children and young people with learning disabilities.
Mental health practitioners within CAMHS work agilely across the district and have access to two main bases Fieldhead in Bradford and Hillbrook in Keighley. As a CAMHS team we work district wide and where needed support children and young people in hospital settings to return to the community. CAMHS is a continually developing service and plans are I place for services to be offered over seven days and between eight am and eight pm, this will consist of some shift work.
Do you want to make a difference? Do you have a ‘can do’ attitude, enthusiastic, motivated, and ready for a challenge? Do you possess excellent communication and organisational skills?
You will be working in a community based multi-disciplinary team delivering a service to children in a rich and diverse community, young people and their families in a supportive and lively team, where different professions are respected and valued. You will have the opportunity to play a significant role in the leadership delivery of a modernised and comprehensive service.
Closing Date - 16/02/25
Shortlisting - 17/02/25
Interview - TBC

EVERYTHING WE DO IS UNDERPINNED BY OUR CORE VALUES: -

We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference
We Listen - We understand people’s views and respond to their individual needs
We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners
We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :
Increase mileage rates for > 3500
A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages
A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities
Plus many more.
We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.
BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.
Within CAMHS mental health practitioners deliver a range of therapeutic interventions to children and young people. Therapeutic interventions are offered to support acute presentations where risk has increased as well as more enduring moderate to severe presentations. We also provide accessible assessments and interventions to children and young people with learning disabilities.
Mental health practitioners within CAMHS work agilely across the district and have access to two main bases Fieldhead in Bradford and Hillbrook in Keighley. As a CAMHS team we work district wide and where needed support children and young people in hospital settings to return to the community. CAMHS is a continually developing service and plans are I place for services to be offered over seven days and between eight am and eight pm, this will consist of some shift work.
Do you want to make a difference? Do you have a ‘can do’ attitude, enthusiastic, motivated, and ready for a challenge? Do you possess excellent communication and organisational skills? If so, an exciting opportunity has arisen to work within Bradford’s Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services.
We are seeking to recruit a number of professionally qualified practitioners to further develop and grow our multi-disciplinary CAMHS team.
You will be working in a community based multi-disciplinary team delivering a service to children in a rich and diverse community, young people and their families in a supportive and lively team, where different professions are respected and valued. You will have the opportunity to play a significant role in the leadership delivery of a modernised and comprehensive service.
The post requires enthusiastic and self-motivated individuals who are willing to make a real change. Do you have a ‘can do’ attitude and are you quality focused? Are you enthusiastic, motivated and ready for a challenge, possess excellent communication and organisational skills?
Right to Work in the UK
Prior to your appointment you will be asked to provide confirmation of your right to work and reside in the UK. During your continued employment with the Trust, you have a personal responsibility to notify your manager as soon as possible should there be any changes to your right to work status.
Regrettably, if the role is not eligible for sponsorship under the Trust’s eligibility criteria, the Trust are unable to extend your employment beyond the expiration of your current visa. The Trust is not responsible or liable for ensuring that your employment continues after this period.
As a condition of continuous employment, it essential you maintain the legal right to work in the United Kingdom throughout the duration of your employment with Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust (BDCFT). Any change in your right-to-work status, including but not limited to visa expiration, revocation, or denial of renewal, may impact your eligibility for employment with the Trust. It is your responsibility to promptly inform your Line Manager of any changes in your right-to-work status immediately and to provide necessary documentation for verification purposes. Failure to obtain or renew your visa in a timely manner is a breach of employment conditions and will result in termination of your employment. We appreciate your attention to this matter and your commitment to fulfilling this requirement promptly

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