CAMHS Crisis Practitioner

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is expanding its CAMHS Liaison and Crisis Team, seeking dedicated professionals to provide high-quality crisis intervention and support. This role involves conducting assessments, managing risks, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to enhance the psychological stability of individuals in crisis. You will have the opportunity to make a significant impact on the lives of children and young people, ensuring they receive the best possible care. Join a supportive and inclusive environment that values your expertise and commitment to improving mental health outcomes. If you're passionate about making a difference in the community, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• At least 2 years post registration experience in mental health.
• Training in CAMHS is essential for this role.

Responsibilities

• Conduct bio psychosocial assessments for individuals in crisis.
• Develop crisis plans to improve future resilience.

Skills

Assessment and Care Planning

Risk Management

Crisis Intervention

Multidisciplinary Team Collaboration

Communication Skills

Computer Skills

Education

RN Mental Health/CQSW/CSS/DipSW or equivalent

CYP IAPT Dip in CBT/SFP/IPT-A

Specialist training in Child & Adolescent Mental Health

Job description

Following additional funding into our CAMHS Liaison and Crisis Team, we are excited to be expanding our staff team.

The crisis service provides integrated, high quality assessment, support and interventions in and out of hours. We work closely with the Adolescent teams and borough based clinical teams across the three boroughs, as well as with tier 4 (inpatient services) which are provided by the South London Partnership. The crisis team is multidisciplinary, and is supported by a team manager, consultant nurse, operational manager and a full time Consultant Psychiatrist.

The pathway is made up of the Crisis Team, DBT Team and the Intensive Home Treatment Team.

Main duties of the job

• To carry out effective bio psychosocial assessments of individuals in crisis referred to the team from community mental health teams, GPs and other sources.
• To carry out effective risk assessment and management, seeking advice from multi-disciplinary colleagues and other teams where needed.
• To provide a range of agreed brief crisis clinical interventions to service users and their relatives in any setting, aimed at increasing the individual’s psychological stability.
• To develop effective crisis plans with individuals which will improve their future resilience.
• To assess the welfare of people discharged from inpatient wards in a timely manner.
• To liaise collaboratively with hospital and community based mental health services, both within Oxleas and elsewhere, also with emergency services and non-statutory bodies.
• To maintain comprehensive and timely clinical records in accordance with Trust standards.
• You will work closely with colleagues within the crisis team, borough CAMHS services and wider colleagues across the South London Partnership. In addition, there will be opportunity to work closely with acute trust and social care colleagues.

Working for our organisation

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We Listen
• We Care

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To be trained and confident in the use of CYP IAPT principles, evidence based interventions and routine outcome measures.
• To co-ordinate and deliver individualised care packages / programmes for children and young people and evaluate these programmes, ensuring high standards of practice in accordance with national guidelines and trust policy.
• To provide specialist mental health advice, consultation and signposting using an outcome based triage model, to the multi-agency network.
• To gate keep all referrals to inpatient services to test their suitability for home treatment as an alternative to admission.
• To provide phone advice to people in crisis.
• To carry out assessments of mental capacity as required to do so.
• To work extended hours within a two shift system over seven days per week.

Person specification

Experience

• At least 2 years post registration experience in a setting where mental health is the primary focus.
• Appropriate training/experience gained in CAMHS to undertake role.

Qualifications

• RN Mental Health/CQSW/CSS/DipSW or equivalent Social Work qualification.
• Specialist training in a subject/skill relevant to Child & Adolescent Mental Health (0-18 years).
• CYP IAPT Dip in CBT/SFP/IPT-A.
• Registration with relevant Professional body.
• A valid driver's license is desirable for this role, as it may involve travel to various locations.

Skills

• Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate risk/care plans to meet the needs of clients.
• Ability to work to standards for quality within the Service.
• Ability to work as a member of a multidisciplinary team and demonstrate awareness of MDT functioning.
• Ability to maintain and manage own workload and work autonomously within the specialist area.
• Willingness and ability to develop specialist knowledge of clinical aspects of child & adolescent mental health.
• Ability to recognise own limits & seek support re supervision as appropriate.
• Developed computer skills to enable input of relevant data and typing of summaries and reports.
• Ability to supervise, teach and develop the skills of student nurses/social workers/OT’s and junior staff as appropriate.
• Good interpersonal skills & demonstrable ability to work flexibly and respectfully with others.
• Ability to analyse risk and respond appropriately, seeking support as necessary.

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that welcomes and supports individuals of all abilities. Remember, if you meet the minimum criteria for this role and you have a disability, you can be guaranteed an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme - Please ensure you select this on your application form. We would encourage you to be open about your needs so we can work with you to design a comfortable and accessible interview experience. Any information you provide regarding a disability or a need for adjustments will be treated in confidence and will only be shared with colleagues who are supporting this request.

If you require any adjustments to participate fully in the interview process, please let us know by adding the relevant details when scheduling your preferred interview date and time. Please feel free to contact the appointing manager to discuss your needs.

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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 Babajide Laleye Job title CAMHS Crisis Manager Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 02033197666 Additional information

Mrs Shirley Addo
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Job title: Crisis Practice Development Lead
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