Specialist Mental Health Practitioner
Alder Hey Children's Nhs Foundation Trust, Liverpool
Specialist Mental Health Practitioner
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Alder Hey Children's Nhs Foundation Trust, Liverpool
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted 1 day ago, 12 Nov | Get your application in today.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: f4d5a49aff274968b05b036b1698113c
Full Job Description
Specialist Mental Health Practitioner or Practitioner Psychologist, Eating Disorder Service
This is an exciting opportunity for a specialist mental health practitioner specialising in supporting children and young people with eating difficulties to join the Eating Disorder Service at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust.
The mental health practitioner will be a member of the specialist, multi-disciplinary service and will have case management responsibility for their case load, however, they will be supported through supervision by a senior member of the team on a regular basis.
The post holder will provide a range of appropriate, evidence based clinical interventions informed by assessed individual need.
The post holder may be required to provide support, advice and consultation to families/carers and other professionals involved in the life of the child/young person.
We are looking for individuals who have skills and experience in engaging families who are from communities that may be at increased risk of social exclusion or marginalisation.
Main duties of the job
To provide highly specialised assessment and therapeutic interventions and to offer advice and consultation to other professionals across a range of agencies including: primary care, social care, and education.
The post holder will have clinical responsibility for complex therapeutic and risk management work with children and young people who have been assessed to require specialist eating difficulties CAMHS Interventions.
The services comprise several multi-disciplinary teams including staff from varied backgrounds, including psychology, psychiatry, social work, nursing and psychotherapy. In addition, our team members are trained in a wealth of different therapeutic interventions and approaches, making the teams truly multi-disciplinary.
Alder Hey has already earned our place as one of the world's leading children's hospitals, thanks to innovation and pioneering medical work. We treat 250,000 young patients a year and have a broad range of hospital and community services, serving the local population of children, as well as being a tertiary referral centre for children from across Merseyside, Cheshire and parts of Lancashire, Shropshire and North Wales.
We would welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds as our ambition is that our workforce is fully reflective of the communities that we serve. Alder Hey is signed up to the disability confident scheme.
Alder Hey are offering excellent benefit schemes
This will be paid in two parts, £250 in first month pay on commencement in post, and £750 on completion of six months.
Accommodation
Alder Hey will support the cost of accommodation for up to 3 months from the date of employment (up to £500 per month)
The cost is to be paid by the staff member and reclaimed as expenses.
Relocation package
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