Specialist CAMHS Practitioner - Learning Disabilities

Location Hillingdon
Job type Contract
Salary £30.00 - 31.80 per hour
Consultant Andrew Cleeve
Call +44 7700 176524
Reference 224975

Sanctuary Personnel is currently seeking an experienced Band 7 Specialist CAMHS Practitioner to take on a new locum opportunity based in Hillingdon, within the Leaning Disabilities team.

Location: Hillingdon

Contract Type: Locum

Pay Rate: £30-£31.80 per hour (assignment rate)

Main Duties:

  • To provide comprehensive specialist assessments, including risk assessment of children,
    young people and their families/carers referred with moderate, complex and severe mental
    health problems/ behaviours that challenge others using the PBS framework.
  • Touse a range of assessment techniques including observations, standard measures and
    questionnaires, direct work and interviews with parents and professionals in order to collate
    information required to complete a functional analysis assessment.
  • To formulate and to be responsible for implementing in partnership with other agencies
    working with the child/young person a positive behaviour plan/ intervention.
  • To communicate in a sensitive manner assessment outcomes/ PBS formulations and positive
    behaviour support plans.
  • To co-ordinate and run psycho-educational and therapeutic groups using the PBS framework
    with support from the assistant psychologist/team lead.

Requirements of the Specialist CAMHS Practitioner:

  • Degree or equivalent in Mental Health Nursing
  • Proven experience as a Registered Mental Health Nurse
  • Valid NMC Registration
  • Registered Nurse in Learning Disabilities or Post graduate training in autism and challenging behaviour (e.g. ABA diploma, IABA extended course, post grad certificate in autism, MSc in Applied Behaviour Analysis)
  • Previous experience of working in CAMHS Or experience in Adult Services for autism/ Learning Disability with clear evidence of transferrable skills

Contact:

This Band 7 Specialist CAMHS Practitioner job is advertised by Andrew Cleeve; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

We welcome applications from: PIP Assessors, Ward Managers, Deputy Ward Managers, CAMHS Practitioners, Community Mental Health Nurses, Mental Health Nurses, Nurses, Psychiatric Nurses & Community Nurses as we have vacancies that match with these job titles. Online remote nurse jobs are available from time to time so please get in touch.

Regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet these requirements for this Registered Mental Health Nurse role as we need to meet our clients’ requirements.

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Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into you work placement.

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