CAMHS Practitioner - Getting Advice

The Methodist Church in Britain; Doncaster; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

The Doncaster CAMHS Service, operated by Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust, is seeking a Band 6 CAMHS Practitioner to join the Getting Advice Pathway Team. The post involves autonomous work with a complex caseload across multi-agency settings and within a children’s safeguarding framework.

You will participate in assessments, deliver evidence-based interventions, and provide advice to professionals, parents and young people.

Qualifications

• Post-qualification experience with young people with complex mental health needs and with children and families.
• Managing and prioritising a complex caseload.
• Multi-disciplinary working.
• Advanced level of practice with demonstrable professional autonomy.
• Person-centred assessment, care planning and risk assessment with young people, families and agencies.

Responsibilities

• Complete assessments of children, young people and families.
• Deliver evidence-based interventions.
• Provide advice and support to professionals, parents and young people.
• Provide person-centred assessment, care planning, implementation and evaluation.
• Undertake risk assessments and agree plans with young people, families and other agencies.
• Manage and prioritise a complex caseload, working autonomously.
• Work within a children and young people's safeguarding framework.
• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary, multi-agency team.

Skills

CAMHS theory & practice

Clinical decision-making

Time management

Effective communication

Confidentiality & governance

Safeguarding policy knowledge

ADHD/ ASD knowledge

Education

Nursing, OT, or SW qualification

Tools

MS Word

PowerPoint

Email

Internet

Job description

This Band 6 CAMHS Practitioner post sits in the Getting Advice Pathway Team of the Doncaster CAMHS Service, run by Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust. The practitioner joins a multi-disciplinary team that carries out assessments, evidence-based interventions and advice for professionals, parents and young people. The role suits someone who works autonomously with a complex caseload, across multi-agency settings and within a children's safeguarding framework. Current registration as a nurse, occupational therapist or social worker is required.

What the job involves

• Complete assessments of children, young people and families
• Deliver evidence-based interventions
• Provide advice and support to professionals, parents and young people
• Provide person-centred assessment, care planning, implementation and evaluation
• Undertake risk assessments and agree plans with young people, families and other agencies
• Manage and prioritise a complex caseload, working autonomously
• Work within a children and young people's safeguarding framework
• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary, multi-agency team

Qualifications

• Professional nursing, occupational therapy or social work qualification

Registration & licences

• Current registration as a nurse (NMC), occupational therapist (HCPC) or social worker (Social Work England)

Experience

• Post-qualification experience with young people with complex mental health needs and with children and families
• Managing and prioritising a complex caseload
• Multi-disciplinary working
• Advanced level of practice with demonstrable professional autonomy
• Person-centred assessment, care planning and risk assessment with young people, families and agencies

Skills & knowledge

• Child and adolescent mental health theory and practice, with awareness of key drivers in the field
• Clinical decision-making on ongoing care using clinical and risk factors, with strong clinical reasoning and treatment selection
• Problem solving, planning, organisation and time management, delivering to deadlines under pressure
• Effective communication with all disciplines and agencies
• Understanding of confidentiality, risk management, clinical governance, audit and research principles
• Knowledge of child protection and safeguarding policy, reporting concerns and taking part in case conferences

Other

• Supporting change and improvement, motivating colleagues and acting as a role model
• Providing clinical supervision
• IT literacy in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, email and internet

Nice to have

• Specialist qualification in CBT, FT or other appropriate therapy
• Degree or equivalent
• Qualification or formal training in clinical supervisionPlanning and delivering presentations and training to groups
• Experience of comprehensive family work in a child and family setting
• Wider NHS and social care policy
• Research, audit and quality improvement methodologies
• Understanding of assessing children suspected of having ADHD or ASD

What’s offered

• Well-established preceptorship programme
• Clinical, safeguarding and managerial supervision
• Talent management programme