CAMHS Crisis and Home Treatment Practitioner

NHS; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated CAMHS Crisis and Home Treatment Practitioner to join their innovative team. In this role, you will conduct holistic mental health assessments and provide vital support to children and young people facing mental health crises. You will work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, ensuring timely interventions and effective care plans. This position offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact on the lives of young individuals and their families, all while contributing to a forward-thinking organization committed to excellence in mental health care. Join a team that values diversity and inclusion, and help shape the future of mental health services.

Qualifications

• Professional qualifications in mental health nursing or social work required.
• Extensive post-registration experience in mental health care preferred.

Responsibilities

• Conduct urgent mental health assessments and provide community-based treatment.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams for safe discharge planning.
• Monitor prescribed medications and provide feedback to the team.

Skills

Positive risk assessment

Solution-focused interventions

De-escalation skills

Mental health assessments

Communication with families

Education

Professional qualification - RMN / RCN / RNLD

Specific qualification in therapeutic specialty

Job description

CAMHS Crisis and Home Treatment Practitioner

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Crisis and Home Treatment - Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS)

Based at Parkview Clinic.

There are also opportunities for Band 5 development roles.

The post will involve holistic mental health assessments, signposting and liaison, specialist clinical input to children and young people with physical health and co-morbid mental health issues (e.g. eating disorders), working with parents, schools, and educating colleagues. You would need to be confident and competent in positive risk assessment and management with robust care plans and be able to provide brief solution-focused interventions to support children, young people, and their families.

Main duties of the job

You will undertake urgent assessments of people with mental health problems in acute crisis and where appropriate provide intensive community-based treatment/support services as an alternative to inpatient admission. You will also work with partner inpatient agencies to support timely discharge from hospital back to the community.

You will be part of a robust multidisciplinary team (MDT) and attend regular clinical caseload reviews, as well as completing any associated tasks to ensure safe care and/or discharge planning. You will be required to keep clear and concise records on young people under our care.

You will be a point of contact for young people and families as crises arise. You will be expected to employ effective de-escalation skills and to ensure that the young person is referred or signposted to the most appropriate level of care.

You will be responsible for ordering and monitoring the efficacy of prescribed medications and providing feedback to the MDT.

The service is available 365 days a year. Please note that this role is on a shift basis (long days) and weekends, but does not include night working.

All staff should comply with the Trust's Values, Employee guidelines, Trust Policies and Procedures, and Equality and Diversity.

About us

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children, and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK-leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.

Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single-site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year, offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners, FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity, and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion, or sexual orientation.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust.

When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).

Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Professional qualification - RMN / RCN / RNLD qualifications, social worker.
• Specific qualification in a relevant therapeutic specialty e.g. counselling, Family Therapy, CBT, substance misuse.

Experience

• Extensive post-registration experience in mental health care.
• Experience of working with young people.

Other Requirements

• Full clean driving license.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.