CAMHS Mental Health Practitioner Band 6

Job overview Children & Young People's Community Eating Disorder Service (CYP CEDS) Permanent - Band 6Full Time 37.5 hours per weekThere has never been a more exciting time to join Bradford District Care Trust! Do you want to make a difference? Do you have a ‘can do’ attitude, enthusiastic, motivated, and ready for a challenge? Do you possess excellent communication and organisational skills? If so, an exciting opportunity has arisen to work within Bradford's Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services.We are seeking to recruit a number of professionally qualified practitioners to further develop and grow our multi-disciplinary Children and young people eating disorder teamYou will be working in a community based multi-disciplinary team delivering a service to children in a rich and diverse community, young people and their families in a supportive and lively team, where different professions are respected and valued. You will have the opportunity to play a significant role in the leadership delivery of a modernised and comprehensive service.The post requires enthusiastic and self-motivated individuals who are willing to make a real change. Do you have a ‘can do’ attitude and are you quality focused? Are you enthusiastic, motivated and ready for a challenge, possess excellent communication and organisational skills? Closing- 10th July 2024Shortlisting- 11th July 2024Interview- 17th July 2024 Main duties of the job An exciting opportunity has arisen for nurse mental health practitioner with experience and/or interest in eating disorders a to join a well-established, dedicated, and friendly children and young people's community eating disorders service across Bradford, Aire Wharfe Craven CAMHS. The successful applicant will join a multi-disciplinary team including psychology, psychiatry, nursing, dietitian, family therapist mental health practitioner and associate practitioner roles. We have a close working relationship with our paediatric colleagues who support with in patient refeeding when necessary. The family therapy FT-AN, FT-BN approach is at our core.We work closely within our team we have twice daily huddles, weekly team meetings, individual and small group supervision, small group formulation, and team development sessions, these team processes support team members to work with complexity and risk. Working for our organisation Everything we do is underpinned by our core values: -We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value differenceWe Listen - We understand people’s views and respond to their individual needsWe Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :Increase mileage rates for > 3500A wide range of health and wellbeing support packagesA range of internal and external development and learning opportunitiesPlus many more.We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.The Trust reserves the right to close this position early if a significant number of applications are received. Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please read the attached Job description and the person specification for more information about this role. Person specification Qualifications Essential criteria RMN, Occupational Therapist, Social Worker Desirable criteria EMB 998 or equivalent - mentor or students Experience Essential criteria 2 years post qualification experience within a MH setting Desirable criteria Experience of child and adolescent Mental Health Please note that the Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy before the closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received. It is in the candidates best interest to apply as soon as possible. In view of Home Office Immigration Regulations all applicants must state their current immigration status, including expiry dates.Bradford District Care Trust is an award-winning Trust that provides a range of innovative services that have been recognised as best practice nationally. As a provider of care for people of all ages who have mental and/or community health needs we are dedicated to providing a high-quality service, close to where people live and as much as possible tailored to an individual’s needs. The Trust’s purpose is to create connected communities and help people to feel as healthy as they can be at every point in their lives and our vision is to connect people to the best quality care, when and where they need it and be a national role model as an employer and provide our staff with the best place to work. Bradford has been awarded the coveted status of UK City of Culture 2025. The year is set to deliver more than 1000 new performances and events including 365 artist commissions, a series of major arts festivals as well as exciting national and international collaborations. Its themes will be rooted in the unique heritage and character of Bradford and will reveal the magic of the district that is held in its people, its ambition, and above all, its potential.We would welcome applicants with lived experience of providing unpaid care and/or support to a family member or friend with a disability, health condition, frailty, mental health problem, addiction or other health and care needs. We welcome people from all backgrounds and in particular Bradford District Care Trust is keen to reflect the population we serve, we are currently underrepresented in terms of black and minority ethnic staff. Applications are encouraged from these groups, but it must be stressed that selection will be solely on merit and in accordance with the Trust recruitment policy. BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities. Employer certification / accreditation badges Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.