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Sefton CAMHS are looking for an experienced Senior Mental Health Practitioner or Clinical Psychologist to join our service.
Sefton CAMHS is seeking to appoint an experienced specialist mental health practitioner or clinical psychologist to join this dynamic team. At Sefton CAMHS we work with children and young people with a range of mental health support needs. This role will be integral to ensuring that children and young people can access the right support for them to help them build the skills they need to manage their own mental health needs in the future.
The successful applicant will contribute to clinical work and case management responsibility for their workload. Provision of supervision to lower banded team members, trainees and other internal professionals as required.
We are particularly seeking candidates who have substantial experience of working within complex systems, providing case consultation, multi-agency formulations and working with families indirectly via wider professional involvement
The post holder will undertake appropriate mental health assessment of children and young people referred to CAMHS and provide a range of appropriate, evidence based clinical interventions informed by assessed individual need.
The post holder will provide support, advice and consultation to families/carers and other professionals involved in the life of the child/young person
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.
Every individual makes a valuable contribution and Alder Hey is proud of its long history of providing pioneering and innovative healthcare to children and young people. We are looking for motivated and enthusiastic candidates to join our dynamic and experienced CAMHS team
Interested candidates are strongly encouraged to contact Paula Smith Service Manager for discussion regarding the job role and service overview.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Paula Smith Job title: Service manager Email address: paula.smith2@alderhey.nhs.uk