CAMHS level 3 - Systemic Family Practitioner

The Methodist Church in Britain; Nottingham; Teletrabalho; GBP 40 000 - 55 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Competitive pay

Generous leave entitlement

Generous pension scheme

Resumo da oferta

This six-month fixed-term post sits in the Citywide CAMHS Team as a Level 3 systemic family practitioner. The work centres on mental health assessments and systemic interventions with children, young people and families whose difficulties often sit alongside safeguarding concerns, trauma and neurodevelopmental needs.

The caseload is complex and senior, with autonomous practice, risk assessment and consultation for colleagues, and home or remote working is available.

Qualificações

• Significant experience of complex mental health assessments and systemic interventions with children, young people and families
• Experience managing high-risk presentations including safeguarding, self-harm and suicidality
• Experience contributing to EDT, multi-agency decision-making, risk management and care planning
• Advanced knowledge of systemic theory, child & adolescent mental health, risk assessment, trauma and neurodevelopmental presentations

Responsabilidades

• Undertake comprehensive mental health assessments of children and young people
• Deliver systemic interventions to children, young people and families
• Hold a caseload of complex cases involving mental health, safeguarding, trauma and neurodevelopmental differences
• Use systemic formulation to understand difficulties within relationships, family dynamics and wider systems
• Undertake risk assessments and work with families where there are significant safeguarding concerns, conflict or risk
• Contribute to screening and Single Point of Access activity
• Contribute to multi-agency planning and decision-making
• Provide consultation, mentoring and reflective support to colleagues
• Take a lead role in supporting colleagues with complex case discussions
• Use systemic principles to influence the professional networks around children and families
• Work with health, education, social care and voluntary sector partners
• Contribute to training and service development, promoting trauma-informed, relationship-based practice

Conhecimentos

Systemic theory & practice

Risk assessment & safeguarding

Autonomous practice

Formação académica

Recognised professional qualification in social work, nursing, psychology or related profession

Post-qualifying mental health qualification at Diploma level or above

Recognised qualification in systemic family practice

Descrição da oferta de emprego

This six-month fixed-term post sits in the Citywide CAMHS Team as a Level 3 systemic family practitioner. The work centres on mental health assessments and systemic interventions with children, young people and families whose difficulties often sit alongside safeguarding concerns, trauma and neurodevelopmental needs. The caseload is complex and senior, with autonomous practice, risk assessment and consultation for colleagues, and home or remote working is available. Applicants need a recognised systemic family practice qualification and a post-qualifying mental health diploma.

What the job involves

• Undertake comprehensive mental health assessments of children and young people
• Deliver systemic interventions to children, young people and families
• Hold a caseload of complex cases involving mental health, safeguarding, trauma and neurodevelopmental differences
• Use systemic formulation to understand difficulties within relationships, family dynamics and wider systems
• Undertake risk assessments and work with families where there are significant safeguarding concerns, conflict or risk
• Contribute to screening and Single Point of Access activity
• Contribute to multi-agency planning and decision-making
• Provide consultation, mentoring and reflective support to colleagues
• Take a lead role in supporting colleagues with complex case discussions
• Use systemic principles to influence the professional networks around children and families
• Work with health, education, social care and voluntary sector partners
• Contribute to training and service development, promoting trauma-informed, relationship-based practice

Qualifications

• Recognised professional qualification in social work, nursing, psychology or a related profession
• Relevant post-qualifying mental health qualification at Diploma level or above
• Recognised qualification in systemic family practice

Experience

• Significant experience of complex mental health assessments and systemic interventions with children, young people and families
• Significant experience managing complex, high-risk presentations including safeguarding, self-harm, suicidality and emotional dysregulation
• Experience of applying systemic formulation and intervention within children's mental health services
• Experience contributing to EDT, multi-agency decision-making, risk management and care planning

Skills & knowledge

• Advanced knowledge of systemic theory and practice
• Advanced knowledge of child and adolescent mental health, risk assessment, safeguarding, trauma, attachment and neurodevelopmental presentations
• Highly developed systemic assessment and formulation skills
• Working autonomously with complex, high-risk cases and exercising advanced professional judgement

What's offered

• Competitive pay
• Generous leave entitlement
• Generous pension scheme