Band 7 Senior Mental Health Practitioner CAMHS - Weston Super Mare

NHS Jobs; Weston-super-Mare; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Band 7 Senior Mental Health Practitioner CAMHS in Weston Super Mare is advertised to provide specialist assessment and evidence-based treatment for children and families. The role involves managing a caseload, safeguarding duties, and working autonomously within the CAMHS team.

The post requires liaison with Education, Social Services and voluntary sectors, with travel to different sites and schools as part of delivering care. Supervision and governance are integral to the role.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist assessment, consultation and evidence-based treatment to children, adolescents and families referred to CAMHS.
• Manage own caseload from referral to discharge, including medium to high risk cases, with autonomous practice.
• Work within safeguarding guidelines and maintain thorough clinical records and reports.
• Lead in an agreed area as part of the multi-disciplinary CAMHS team and coordinate care with other services.
• Liaise with Education, Social Services and voluntary sector partners to support coordinated care.
• Be prepared to travel to other sites, schools and the child’s home as part of service delivery.
• Participate in supervision, time for reflective practice, and ensure governance and training are up to date.

Job description

Band 7 Senior Mental Health Practitioner CAMHS - Weston Super Mare

To provide a specialist assessment, consultation and evidence based treatment service to children, their families or their professional carers, referred to CAMHS team. To manage own caseload from referral to discharge, holding medium to high risk cases working autonomously the majority of time using highly developed specialist expertise. To always work within Trust/best practice safeguarding guidelines and policy. To provide reports and maintain written records of assessments, clinical interventions and consultation meetings. To work to a job plan and participate in Choice and Partnership Approach (CAPA) in the delivery of Tier 3 CAMHS. This will include specialist assessments and evidence based treatment for children, adolescents and their families. To work with children, young people and their families promoting opportunities for their maximum engagement and involvement in formulation, care planning and evaluation of the service they receive. To ensure throughput of young people managing and creating regular appointment slots in work schedule. To work closely as part of the multi-disciplinary CAMHS team providing leadership in an agreed area. To liaise closely with our partnership agencies of Education, Social Services and the Voluntary Sector in order to facilitate proper coordination and development of services for children/young people with emotional, behavioural and mental health problems. To liaise with other disciplines and agencies to ensure the best practice is shared. To be prepared to travel to other sites and clinics, to schools and to the childs home. To participate in suitable clinical and caseload supervision (as provided) and ensure that time is available to undertake this effectively. To engage young people and their families with suitable strategies and approaches. To use IT and technology to maintain affective communication and clinical record keeping. To work within the guidelines of Clinical Governance and employing AWP Trust policies. To keep up to date with statutory mandatory training See Job Description for full details