Multi-Disciplinary Pathway Worker

Are you looking to gain experience in working within Children and Young People’s Mental Health Services? If so, an exciting opportunity has arisen in Ashford, Kent.As a key part of our Children and Young Peoples Mental Health Service, the post holder will undertake assessments of children and young people up to age 18 and will confidently make recommendations for treatment within a spectrum of mental health presentations. You will have a caseload, offering evidence based interventions to children and adolescents with complex mental heath needs and their families .You will have the ability to deliver a range of evidence based clinical interventions for children and young people and will be supported to train in other treatment modalities . Close working relationships with members of the team and partnership agencies e.g. Social Services, Education and others is essential.You must demonstrate an interest in multi-agency and multi-disciplinary work and be familiar with evidence-based practice in childrens mental health. There are excellent opportunities for CPD, in service teaching and supervision within the team and the Trust.You must be able to work independently and have good clinical / therapeutic and case management skills to engage this group of young people.Come and work for NELFT, an organisation that values the best care by the best people.Are you enthusiastic, motivated and an experienced CAMHS Practitioner , who has an interest and knowledge of working with Children and Adolescents who present with mental health and significant behavioural difficulties.If so this is the job for you.Our Values 2025 - 2030Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.They AreWe are kind. We are respectful. We work together with our communities.These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.Starting with NELFTNELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers, and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received.Probationary PeriodThis post will be subject to a probationary period.For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Lianne Fitzmaurice Job title: Integrated Team Manager Email address: lianne.fitzmaurice@nelft.nhs.uk Telephone number: 0300 3001982