NHS AfC: Band 6
Main area CAMHS Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity Cover) Hours Full time – 37.5 hours per week (5 days per week Mon-Friday) Job ref 311-HYM720-25-F
Site Oldham CAMHS – Royal Oldham Hospital Town Oldham Salary £39,959 – £48,117 per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 14/07/2026 23:59
The successful candidate will need the ability to work autonomously within the context of a multi-disciplinary team approach and undertake specific work with young people and their families. Excellent assessment skills and the ability to formulate clinical decisions and management plans are essential, including assessment and management of risk.
The role will be within Oldham CAMHS Core team, assessing and formulating treatment plans for young people. This will involve both routine mental health assessments and providing ongoing evidence based interventions.
You will strive to achieve the best for every young person, show commitment to delivering evidence based practice and have the capability of making clinical decisions around complex and emotive issues, supported by knowledge of relevant legislation and safeguarding in relation to the client group. You will monitor and evaluate treatment offered to service users adhering to professional and Trust guidelines and using routine outcome measures related to service development and reporting. You must be an excellent communicator, be flexible, self motivated and have a willingness to build links with colleagues across team and agencies.
Main duties of the job
This is a busy multi-disciplinary CAMHS team which includes nurses, psychologists, social workers and psychiatrists. A key focus of the service leadership team will be implementing transformation that ensures timely access to high quality care. Our vision is for our local community to be well equipped to support the young people of Oldham to grow up with good emotional health and wellbeing. We work closely with our partners in education, children’s services and the third sector to achieve the recently developed ambitious Local Transformation Plan for CAMHS services. This plan provides us with the guide and resources to begin delivering our vision of having CAMHS workers available in new ways, and working closely with children’s universal and targeted services in each of our locality areas.
Working for our organisation
All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.
Person specification
Experience
- Professional involvement with the users of mental health services.
- Experience of case management of young people
- Experience of multi-agency working
- Experience of relating to young people in a group or community setting.
Knowledge
- Knowledge of mental health issues in young people
- Knowledge of relevant legislation and National policies in relation to young people
- Knowledge of therapeutic interventions with young people
- Understanding of Youth Offending services.
- Knowledge of drug and alcohol issues relating to young people
Skills and Abilities
- Ability to undertake appropriate mental health assessments
- Ability to carry out therapeutic interventions with this client group
- Ability to work well with a team
- Ability to manage a caseload effectively
- Ability to work independently
- Ability to work creatively and flexibly in a clinical context
Education / Qualifications
- NMC nursing or social work or equivalent Health /social care qualification
- Significant post qualification experience in community mental health services to post graduate diploma level
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Name Nicole Renshaw Job title Team Leader Email address Nicole.renshaw2@nhs.net Telephone number 0161 716 2020
If you have problems applying, contact
Address Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust225 Old Street225 Old StreetOL6 7SRTelephone 01617163181
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