CAMHS Intensive Behavioural Support Lead

NHS; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health organization is seeking a Lead Intensive Behaviour Support Practitioner in Plymouth. This role requires expertise in children's mental health and demands experience in managing a caseload. Candidates will lead a team providing intensive support to children and their families. The organization offers full-time and flexible working arrangements, promoting a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in line/caseload management.
• Experience in working with children with mental health difficulties.

Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of mental health care to children and families.
• Lead a team to provide intensive behavioural support.

Skills

Communication skills

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Education

Post graduate training qualification in mental health methods

Job description

Livewell CAMHS provides a new way ofsupporting Children and Young People (CYP) with Mental Health presentations andchallenging behaviour including those with Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD)and/or a Learning Disability (LD) and their family/carers. The team will bevery responsive to rapidly changing environments, and the focus of the workwill be intensive behaviour support in the home or care setting with the childor young person and their parents/ carers. Although this team sits in ourneurodiversity pathway, they will work across the CAMHS service, in particularour CAMHS Look after Children Pathway and are CAMHS Acute Care Pathway.

This position is the Lead IntensiveBehaviour Support Practitioner a mental health practitioner role with a focus on intensive behavioural support for children young people and families. The successful applicant you will recieve training inPositive Behavioural Support (PBS) or other appropriate training. You will needto experience in line/ caseload management and be able to plan and coordinatethe work with Children Young People and families/carers. Good communicationskills and enjoy a fast-moving environment

To enable CYP and their family/carers to get theright support at the right time.

Main duties of the job

The purpose of the will be to support the child young person and parent and carers to be able to stabilise the home environment/ care setting. To enable CYP and their family/carers to get the right support at the right time.

To improve children and young peoples mental health through the deliveryof an integrated and coordinated system of community based mental health care tochildren, young people and their families, providing safe, culturallycompetent, effective, cost efficient, timely and accessible services that arein accordance with national and local priorities and are responsive to theneeds and views of local children, young people and their families.

The Mental Health Practitioners (MHP)will be supported to develop theability to provide specialist and autonomous, culturally competent assessment, formulation of and implementation of specific care plans andreview for children and young people and their families / carers following a requestfor involvement.

The ability to lead the team and provide a robust plan to the CYP, Family/Carers and a multi-agency network including risk management meetings.

This role may not be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route; please refer to the Direct Gov website for more information with regards to eligibility.

Please note that Livewell may close the job advertisement earlier than the specified deadline.

All staff are expected to be able and willing to work across a 7 day service.

About us

Livewell Southwest is an independent, award-winning social enterprise delivering integrated health and social care services across Plymouth, South Hams, and West Devon, with specialist services in parts of Devon and Cornwall. Our teams work in community hospitals, GP practices, sports centres, and health hubs.

As an organisation with a strong social conscience we are guided by our values, kindness, respect, inclusivity, ambition, responsibility, and collaboration. We focus on transforming services to ensure sustainability, while empowering staff and those we serve.

We involve the people we care for, along with their families and carers, in shaping the care they receive, striving to deliver the right care at the right time and place. Centering our work on individual needs helps people lead healthy, independent lives.

We prioritise employees' development, offering protected CPD time, training pathways, leadership programs, and funding for qualifications like the Care Certificate and Nurse Training Scholarships. Our induction and preceptorship programs ensure a smooth transition into our organisation.

Livewell Southwest values diversity and encourages applications from all sections of the community, including those with armed forces experience, lived experience of mental health, neuro-diverse conditions and learning disabilities. If you need assistance or reasonable adjustments during the application process, contact the Recruiting Manager listed in the job advert.

Job responsibilities

To improve children and young peoples mental health through the delivery of an integrated and coordinated system of community based mental health care to children, young people and their families, providing safe, culturally competent, effective, cost efficient, timely and accessible services that are in accordance with national and local priorities and are responsive to the needs and views of local children, young people and their families.

To support the delivery of consultation, liaison and training to staff in Universal/targeted/specialist Services. To also provide clinical input to the team, delivering practice within best evidence and to the highest possible standard. The post sits within a multi-agency pathway within the city offering mental health assessment and treatment interventions in line with NICE Guidelines.

To contribute to a positive working environment and open learning culture, which supports high morale and commitment within the CAMHS Service promoting wellbeing, personal development and continuous improvement in the standards of business activities and professional practice.

To work with children/young people/families and professionals with them, to reduce the stigma associated with mental health and contribute to the embedding of a positive message about maintaining good mental health.

Lead Intensive Behaviour support Practitioner is a Mental health Practitioner role with a specialist focus to lead Intensive Behavioural Support Practitioner's to develop the ability to provide specialist and autonomous, culturally competent assessment, formulation of and implementation of specific care plans and review for children and young people and their families / carers following a request for involvement. The Lead Intensive Behaviour support Practitioner will have skills that enable them to communicate that assessment in writing to the referrer and the General Practitioner. This information may also be required to be copied to any other relevant parties involved in the young persons care, with the young persons permission where appropriate.

Lead Intensive Behaviour support Practitioner must use an evidence-based approach to develop and implement specialist programmes of intervention to a defined caseload of children and young people. These interventions will be based on a clear theoretical framework and will take full account of the child or young persons developmental needs, gender, ethnicity, religion, race, ability and sexual orientation.Lead Intensive Behaviour support Practitioner will need to develop their skills and knowledge enabling them to draw on a range of therapeutic interventions, for example different psychotherapeutic models, non- verbal therapeutic approaches and other techniques adapted for use with children and young people. They will also need to develop an extensive knowledge of the full range of children and family services across all agencies.

Direct intervention is undertaken according to the competencies of individuals. As a Band 6 Mental Health clinician the expectation will be that the clinician takes a lead role in the delivery of the service and supervise the junior members of the team. It will be evidence based and informed by a clear theoretical framework. The Mental health Practitioner will describe the planned care within a written care plan, review and update, which has been signed by the child/young person and/or parent / carer.

The Mental Health Practitioner (MHP) will develop the skills and knowledge enabling to choose an intervention and deliver that from a range of therapeutic modalities including systemic practice, cognitive behavioral therapy, solution focused therapy.

The post holder will be expected to draw upon experience and knowledge gained through training and practice relating to child development, child and adolescent mental health and adult mental health.

The Mental Health Practitioner demonstrate effective skills in the assessment and reassessment of risk and communicate concerns accurately in a timely fashion. This is inclusive of priority assessments and requires multi-agency responses to risk assessment and risk management plans.

The Mental Health Practitioner develop skills and knowledge enabling them to make an autonomous decision about the time of discharge, and agree with the child, young person and family / carers as well as multi-agency key partners. Communicate a summary of the work undertaken and how to sustain improvements made and include correspondence to General Practitioner.

The MHP is required to maintain high effective standards in the recording of clinical observations and actions, risk and risk management including child protection in health records.

The MHP will provide schools, and/or other community venues, with access to individual and small group therapeutic interventions for those pupils who require it, including working with families.

MHP work with families at their homes, education and community settings and at base as appropriate/required by children/young people and their families.

The MHP's will strongly adhere to culturally competent and anti-discriminatory practice, promote equity of opportunity and use their professional position to empower others and challenge power imbalances where they are found to exist.

The MHP will provide consultation to staff in partner agencies and may be required to support junior staff in attendance at meetings/ EHAT/CP meetings.

Consultation is offered to all professionals to identify the nature and level of the childs mental health need so that an appropriate CAMHS response can be defined and actioned.

Offer consultation and support to CAMHS wider system

All MHP's promote the mental health and emotional well-being of children and young people

The MHP's will play a major role in encouraging and co-coordinating collaboration between all agencies by attending multi-agency meetings such as multi-agency EHAT/ EHCP meetings, child protection case conferences, education reviews etc, to provide a mental health perspective.

The MHP's will be required to have excellent and effective communication skills, applicable to working both with young people, their families and professional systems. Acting as a point of liaison between specialist CAMHS and universal services to ensure improved communication and collaboration via a range of different interfaces, forums and meetings e.g: presenting at meetings within Plymouth.

The post holder will be required to contribute to the delivery of education and training to professionals in multi-agency universal services.

Contribute to team

Contribute to the development of team protocols and clinical practice, proposing changes for discussion. Maintain good activity records and input them onto the electronic recording system in a timely manner.

Maintain good activity records and provide them in a timely manner for inputting onto the electronic system.

Be available for and make use of clinical supervision, child protection supervision and operational line management supervision.

The Post holder is responsible for attending clinical supervision a minimum requirement of an hour per month.

The post holder will need to organise their own workload under the support and supervision of Clinical Pathway Manager

Maintain health records to the standards required by LSW

Contribute to a strong team ethos of enquiry, development and improvement.

Contribute to the development of team protocols and clinical practice, proposing changes for discussion.

Participate in team meetings, for example allocation, supervision, reflective practice, case discussions.

The post holder will strongly adhere to anti-oppressive and anti-discriminatory practice, promote equity of opportunity and use their professional position to empower others and challenge power imbalances where they are found to exist.

Keep up to date with CAMHS developments taking place nationally in line with service objectives.

To participate in audit and quality and patient safety activity in line with service objectives.

Input to the electronic system as appropriate e.g: child protection supervision coding.

To be aware of and familiar with LWSW policy and procedure and operate within that e.g: lone working policy.

To maintain high standards of infection prevention and control in day-to-day delivery of practice.

To measure and make available clinical outcome measures within an agreed system. This is most likely to be the CAMHS Outcomes Research Consortium.

See J.D for further information attached

Person Specification

Experience

• Experience (both work and life related)
• Experience of working in a multi-agency and/or multi-disciplinary context.
• Experience of post-registration working with children and young people who have experienced mental health and psychological well-being difficulties.
• Experience in assessment, including risk, care planning, intervention and evaluation.
• Maintaining own safety in Community settings by working within relevant policy and having completed or be willing to complete breakaway training or equivalent.
• Experience of effective working with families of different cultural backgrounds.
• Experience of working within multi-agency safeguarding systems e.g: child protection conferences, child in need meetings
• Experience of managing demanding and difficult professionals/young people/colleagues
• Experience of managing your own caseload and of working with a team approach
• Experience in the delivery of training.
• Experience of service evaluation

Knowledge and Skills

• Knowledge of relevant legislation and documents pertaining
• to children, e.g. Children Act 2004, Child Protection, National Service Framework, Every Child Matters etc. Learning Disability specific legislation and documents, Aiming High for Disabled Children, Valuing People, Mansell report, Mental Capacity Act.
• Knowledge of a range of mental health problems and disorders affecting children and young people.
• Knowledge of theories of child development and their application to practice.
• An understanding of resilience and vulnerability
• Mental Health and Risk assessment, care planning, evaluation and intervention skills
• Knowledge of different models of therapy, e.g: Applied Behaviour Analysis and at least one other therapeutic modality eg: CBT, Psychodynamic psychotherapy, solution focussed therapy etc.
• Culturally competent assessment and intervention skills
• Specific therapeutic skills relevant to working with children and families
• Self-motivating and able to work on own initiative
• Well established case management skills and good organisational skills with ability to prioritise
• Well-developed communication skills both oral and written
• Commitment to anti-oppressive practice
• Ability to work in partnership and in collaboration with others, both in and out of own agency/professional background.
• Commitment to own learning and professional development.
• Ability to travel across Plymouth
• Ability to work flexibly (hours of work and duties) both as an individual and with other colleagues in LSW and with partner agencies.
• Able to undertake the demands of the post with reasonable adjustments where required.
• Ability to travel across the LWSW footprint. It is unlikely that public transport will meet this requirement.
• Adjustments can be considered in accordance with the Disability Discrimination Act.

Qualifications

• Appropriate Registration relevant to professional qualification such as NMC, HCPC , Social work England.
• Post graduate training qualification in methods of working with children with mental health problems, e.g: counselling, systemic practice or post grad diploma in child and adolescent mental health. Positive behavioural Support.
• Evidence of Mentorship and sign off mentor qualifications

Full-time,Part-time,Job share,Flexible working