Community Practitioner

Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust


Date: 18 hours ago
City: Carlisle, England
Contract type: Full time
1x Permanent position and 1x 12 months Fixed Term Contract available.

An exciting opportunity is on offer to join our dynamic and ever evolving Children & Young people’s Mental health service.

Are you a registered nurse or other registered clinical professional (social worker, OT , ect) who is interested in pursuing a career in children's mental health.

Are you passionate about helping children, young people and their families?

Are you looking for opportunities to develop your skills and knowledge? If the answer is yes to the above, then we would be delighted to hear from you.

This role offers the chance to be part of a team who pride themselves on offering mental health services to children and young people within the community. The team is made up of an assessment and treatment team and also a Crisis team. We have several pathways within the service offering intervention to children and young people up to the age of 18. Working closely with family, carers and the professional system to achieve the best possible outcomes and support healthy transitions.

This role offers the chance to be part of a specialist children’s mental health team who pride themselves on offering highly skilled assessment and treatment to children and young people within the community.

Risk assessment

Specialist mental health assessments including eating disorders

Care co ordination

Specialist treatment & intervention.

You will be responsible for your on caseload of young people and would work with families and other professionals involved in the young person’s care.

Assessing, formulating, planning and delivering care & treatment, within NICE guidance.

We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.

North Cumbria Children & Young peoples services (CYPS) has several bases at either West of the County or East of the County. Current bases are Carlisle & Workington and option to work from either.

We work mainly in the community seeing children & young people and their families within clinic's, their homes and sometimes on line via TEAMS. We also see young people in hospital if in Crisis.

The current posts give the opportunity to work either full time or part time.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Karen Heslop Job title: CAMHS Team manager Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01228 603017

Vicky Bell

CAMHS Clinical lead

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