Band 7 Senior Practitioner CAMHS to Adult Transitions Worker

Avon And Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Nhs Trust; Bristol; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS mental health service provider in Bristol is seeking a professional to assist young people transitioning from children's to adult mental health services. The successful candidate will ensure a smooth transition, provide expert advice, and support young individuals and their carers. This role demands strong communication skills, empathy, and a commitment to diversity and inclusion. Experience in mental health services is essential. Join a diverse organisation dedicated to improving mental health care for the community.

Qualifications

• Must have experience working with young people in mental health.
• Ability to work collaboratively with multiple stakeholders.
• Strong commitment to diversity and inclusion in practice.

Responsibilities

• Ensure smooth transition for young adults from CAMHS to AMHS.
• Provide support to young people and their carers.
• Maintain accurate clinical records and monitor workload.

Skills

Experience in mental health services

Ability to communicate complex information

Expertise in emotional dysregulation support

Empathy and reassurance communication

Education

Relevant degree in mental health or related field

Job description

Overview

Working with young people experiencing poor mental health across Bristol, who are in secondary mental health services and helping them and their mental health professionals in mapping and transitioning into a pathway to manage their mental health beyond their 18th birthday. The post holder will ensure a cohesive, smooth transition for young adults from Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) to Adult Mental Health Services (AMHS) that is evidenced as being significant in terms of their longer term recovery. They will also provide expert advice and support to all relevant stakeholders with regards to young adults who are receiving support from secondary mental health services who are approaching their 18th birthday. NICE guidelines detail good practice in respect to the transition process and will help inform future practice.

Key Responsibilities

• Work as a member of the South Gloucestershire adult recovery service and link into, and share a base with, the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services.
• Provide comprehensive and specialist advice around the development of a care pathway for a young person experiencing emotional dysregulation who is transitioning into AMHS.
• Work with professionals and carers for the young person to ensure transition is seamless.
• Plan, prioritise and work alongside the young person to ensure the transition process is clearly understood and managed effectively.
• Ensure that a care coordinator is identified within AMHS and that joint working is undertaken during the period of transition.
• Work with and on behalf of young people in a way that promotes and develops their efforts, resources and quality of life, delivering services in a manner that is appropriate, relevant and respectful to all community members and recognising diversity of ethnicity, culture, belief, privilege and capacity.
• Liaise and work in partnership with staff from other statutory services, voluntary agencies and community groups that work with adolescents.
• Provide advice and assist other professionals working with young people with interventions that draw on own specialist professional knowledge.
• Provide advice and support to carers/relatives of young people.
• Participate in clinical meetings such as CPA and client reviews as appropriate.
• Support the full implementation of the Care Programme Approach.
• Ensure that legal and Trust requirements affecting service users and staff are adhered to, and maintain a safe working environment for service users and staff. Cooperate with statutory agencies with the responsibility to protect children and ensure risk and safety issues are assessed and necessary action is implemented.
• Maintain a high degree of professionalism at all times when working with highly distressed people.
• Receive regular clinical supervision in line with Trust policy, and also participate in caseload supervision arrangements provided by the Wiltshire Early Interventions for Psychosis Service.
• Maintain accurate records relating to clinical and professional activity, and monitor clinical workload using agreed systems.
• Communicate complex and sensitive information to patients, carers and professionals, including information about diagnosis and prognosis, enabling young people and their families to understand this information and providing empathy, reassurance and hopefulness.

Diversity and Inclusion

We are proud to foster a diverse workforce that reflects our communities. We are committed to improving staff representation from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, LGBTQ+ communities, those with lived-experience of mental health conditions, and people living with disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Employer offering a guaranteed interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria, including disabilities and neurodivergent conditions such as autism, ADHD and learning disabilities.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours. We do our utmost to work with staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service users.

Working for Our Organisation

We are Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust (AWP), a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care. We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset. Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care. AWP is committed to support and create a positive research and evidence-based environment and culture, which can have a beneficial impact on everyone who works for the organisation and the care we provide to those who use our services.

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.