Mental Health Practitioner

This advert is for a substantive post into Barnsley CAMHS Eating Disorder Service. We welcome applicants who wish to join a fast paced, dynamic and exciting team with an interest and awareness of eating disorders.

The Barnsley CAMHS Eating Disorder Team provide comprehensive triage, assessment and NICE compliant interventions for children and young people up to the age of 18; we support those with anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder and atypical variants. The team are community-based working Monday-Friday 9-5pm.

You will be supported to grow your own skills and expertise whilst also enhancing those of the wider multi-disciplinary team.

You will join an experienced and committed specialist multi-disciplinary team at New Street Health Centre; the team has well established links with regional and national partners within the field of eating disorders along with excellent supervision and training opportunities.

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

We are aware that an increasing number of applicants are using AI technology to generate responses on NHS Job application forms. We strongly discourage this and will conduct a thorough screening process before selecting candidates to progress to the next stage. If you are using AI to enhance your application, please disclose this in your NHS Jobs application form.

Main duties of the job

To be involved in duty, triage, assessment and implementing NICE concordant interventions Physical health monitoring Care coordination

Liaise with external agencies e.g., inpatient units, medical wards, social care and schools

Work closely with colleagues from other pathways within CAMHS Work closely with the wider multi-disciplinary team

Support with ongoing development of the service

Support student placements and the induction of new colleagues

Work closely with colleagues to develop and enhance the knowledge base across the workforce Work within the parameters of their position and following appropriate escalation processes

Supervision, CPD and training are essential to your work; we are committed to supporting you to develop your skills and practice. The CAMHS induction process ensures that you feel welcomed and join us with confidence. We prioritise workforce well-being and would value your commitment to working with Trust values.

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.