CAMHS Nursing Associate

Are you passionate about children and young peoples mental health? Are you looking for a role where you can make a real difference and keep children/young people at the heart of what you do then a career with us may be just for you.

Our CAMHS Core Team is a growing and developing service within Wakefield which aims to provide intervention to improve the lives of children and young people., Delivering psychoeducation sessions to children and young people through group work packaged.

Delivering support to parents and carers in group and 1:1 sessions

Supporting allocated workers with complex cases and offering additional visits to provide intervention.

Updating progress notes and supporting allocated workers with care plans and risk assessments.

We are looking for an enthusiastic Nursing Associate to join our friendly and supportive CAMHS team. You will need to be flexible and adaptable, having a commitment to improving service delivery and developing new ways of supporting intervention through engagement with children, young people, parents/carers.

We encourage applicants who have experience of working with children/young people with emotional and mental health needs.

We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Being a foundation Trust means were accountable to our members, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.

Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.