Preceptee Mental Health Practitioner

Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) is the place to be! We have developed an innovative, integrated model of childrens community services and now looking to appoint enthusiastic individuals to join our friendly and dedicated locality and county-wide professional teams., Our Urgent Care Pathway, a part of CFHD, presents an exciting opportunity for newly qualified practitioners. In this role, you will be dedicated to providing vital support to children and young people during times of crisis. This includes delivering short interventions to stabilise their mental health, conducting assessments to identify their specific needs, and working closely with parents and caregivers.

Our pathway covers all children and young people across Devon and Torbay, with work bases located throughout the county. Our services operate from 9am to 10pm, seven days a week, with shift options to support work-life balance.

You will work alongside colleagues in a multi-disciplinary team, fostering relationships with various agencies to meet the diverse needs of children and families. Adapting your communication and intervention style to address individual needs is essential. You will be encouraged to develop your knowledge of child development and child protection procedures.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic professional to join our CAMHS community teams; we have vacancies in our Urgent Care Pathway

We are looking for a Band 5, CAMHS Mental Health Nurse to join our experienced, knowledgeable and friendly CAMHS crisis teams.

This post is a great opportunity for an existing mental health practitioner or newly qualified who is looking gain experience and skills in working with children and young people with complex emotional and mental health needs in the community.

This post is a fantastic opportunity to work and build on skills in a specialist child and adolescent mental health service. We know that moving from student to qualified professional can be an exciting but scary time, we therefore offer, a full programme of support designed to support this transition., We would like the people who work for Children and Family Health Devon to be understanding, patient and respectful. They should be trustworthy and make us feel safe and comfortable. It is important that they use their skills and experience to listen carefully in a non-patronising and non-judgemental way. When staff are positive and friendly, they help to create an environment that is informal and without pressure.

Successful applicants will be employed by Devon Partnership Trust (https://jobs.dpt.nhs.uk/locations/working-here )

Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) comprises an Alliance of NHS organisations working together to improve health outcomes for children and young people in Devon.

CFHD provides integrated care and treatment for children and young people across physical and mental health which are provided by Torbay and South Devon Foundation Trust and Devon Partnership Trust. We are working closely with other organisations and providers to ensure we deliver locality and county-wide based integrated access to all of our services, based on the i-Thrive Framework.

CFHD works closely with our local universities of Plymouth, Exeter & the Peninsula Medical School where we support students in clinical training placements and in addition support our own staff to undertake post graduate training.

Our integrated care and treatment has been developed and refined in partnership with children, young people and their families/carers.