CAMHS Senior Mental Health Practitioner

You will be offering risk assessment and care planning to support young people who reside in The Croft, this will also support the staff members who are based there. You will also be responsible for conducting assessments to deem appropriateness of The Croft being a suitable residential home., Attend team meetings and development sessions.

- Offer clinical supervision to colleagues.

- Offer in-reach support to The Croft and support the young people that reside there and staff who are based there.

- Offer therapeutic intervention to young people and the network.

- Offering risk assessments and creating care plans which are individualised for the young person you are working with.

Completing assessments to deem appropriateness for The Croft.

All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect patients.

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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.