CAMHS Registered Practitioner - Youth Justice Team

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health care provider in Gloucestershire is seeking a CAMHS Care Coordinator to deliver specialist assessment and treatment interventions for children and young people. The role involves managing clinical caseloads, conducting risk assessments, and providing consultation and training to professionals in various children's services. The successful candidate will need to demonstrate flexibility and clinical expertise when facing diverse and complex clinical needs.

Qualifications

• Specialist CAMHS assessment and treatment knowledge.
• Ability to work independently managing a clinical caseload.

Responsibilities

• Provide CAMHS assessment and treatment interventions for children aged 2-18 years.
• Undertake clinical responsibility and manage risk assessments as per best practice.

Job description

Provide a range of specialist CAMHS assessment and treatment interventions for children and young people (2-18yrs, mainly secondary school age)

Undertake clinical responsibility and be able to work independently in managing a clinical caseload. This will include meeting all clinical and operational requirements expected of a CAMHS Care Coordinator in line with the Care Programme Approach (CPA) as well as current evidence based or best practice.

Provide CAMHS specialist clinical risk assessments and risk management plans as part of routine clinical work ensuring that all aspects of clinical caseload work adheres to current Trust safeguarding as well as risk assessment and management best practice procedures.

Provide specialist clinical reasoning as well as CAMHS specific consultation, training and advice to professionals working within a range of children's services within Gloucestershire on a routine basis.

Work flexibly to provide CAMHS interventions within a range of clinical and community settings dependent on client and service need. Situations may demand an unpredictable work pattern and difficult situations as well as the need to balance a range of complex and high risk clinical needs and presentations.