Recruit to Train - Senior Mental Health Practitioner

at  Devon Partnership NHS Trust

Main duties of the job The CYP IAPT Recruit to Train programme involves both academic learning, coursework and supervised clinical practice. Alongside this, the post holder will work with colleagues in a specialist CFHD pathway, building relationships and wider skills in working children and young people with complex emotional and mental health needs in the community. This will include evidence-based assessment and outcome-monitored interventions in conjunction with the training. There will also be opportunities to engage in Participation and service development as well as contributing to service delivery within the team as required.
Post holders will be employees of CFHD on a substantive contract and also enrolled on a Postgraduate Diploma course with Exeter University. It is essential that applicants are able to balance a busy work and study schedule. As this is a Postgraduate level training, you will be required to study and perform at academic level and be prepared to work towards their studies outside of identified study time. Study time and/or teaching days are typically two days a week during term.
As these are training positions initially, please be aware that you must both gain employment in an CFHD SMHP Recruit to Train role and be accepted onto the University Course. You will be interviewed for both in one interview on the date listed. If you are ineligible for the University Course, we will be unable to be offer the role. If you withdraw from an employment offer but you have accepted a university offer, you will be unable to join the course.
Please note for this role, the training course is not optional; the roles are dependent on meeting all course requirements. Applicants for this training will need to be available to start by January 2025 when the course starts. If you apply to this job, you are giving permission that information relevant to establishing eligibility can be shared between the CYP IAPT programme at Exeter University and CFHD. No irrelevant information will be disclosed or discussed.
Job Description. Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description and Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification. The post holder will undertake academic and clinical practice training in evidence based psychological therapies and is required to attend, complete and pass all elements of the allocated CYP-IAPT training.
The post holder will deliver high quality comprehensive mental health services. The role involves managing a defined caseload with a focus on providing expert assessment, formulation and evidence-based treatment for children and young people with complex mental health difficulties and their parents/carers in line with NICE guidance. Collaborative working with a wide range of statutory and non-statutory agencies is central to this role. The post holder will contribute to the multi-disciplinary approach of the team, providing integrated healthcare for children across Children and Family Health Devon.
Bringing professional expertise, skills and knowledge to multi-disciplinary team work, the post holder will work with, and offer supervision/consultation/advice to others. With a focus on providing high quality, safe and compassionate care to children/young people the post holder will engage in team and service development including participating in audit, evaluation and review

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