CAMHS Senior Mental Health Practitioner for GP - Primary Care

BERKSHIRE HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Maidenhead; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health provider in Maidenhead is seeking a qualified Senior Mental Health Practitioner to join an innovative CAMHS service. The role involves clinical triage, patient assessments, and collaboration with partner agencies to improve access to mental health support for young people. Ideal candidates should be registered nurses, social workers, or occupational therapists with experience in child and adolescent mental health. This position offers a chance to make a significant impact in the community.

Benefits

Flexible working options

27 days' annual leave

Generous NHS pension scheme

Excellent career development opportunities

Discounts at popular retailers

Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker, or Occupational Therapist required.
• Experience with young people in a mental health context essential.
• Full UK driving licence is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Conduct clinical triage and assessment for mental health issues.
• Signpost and navigate to other local support resources.
• Identify onward referral pathways and make necessary referrals.
• Help develop coping strategies with patients.
• Liaise with CAMHS for crisis support.
• Provide specialist advice to GPs and MDT members.

Skills

Experience of working with young people with mental health difficulties

Ability to commute between sites

Multi-agency working experience

Education

Registered Mental Health Nurse

Registered Social Worker

Occupational Therapist

Job description

Are you a qualified, registered Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist looking for a new forward thinking role within a CAMHS service? Are you passionate about assessments and getting young people to the right place?, Due to the success of our pilot in Windsor we are now looking for a Senior Mental Health Practitioner for GP to join us in Maidenhead on an 18 month FTC. This project is ground-breaking in the outcomes it provides for young people and we are looking with someone who shares our passion to be a part of it. Within your role you will work jointly across primary care and the network of emotional wellbeing and mental health services within the locality, improving patient journeys and making it easier for children, young people and their families to obtain the help they need. You will be an integral part of the team, holding a small caseload of Getting Help level cases accepted via triage and doing assessment in your PCN role. You will split your time equally, doing 2.5 days in each. This is a unique opportunity to be part of and contribute to a newly developed and innovative service. This is an important post, at the interface with partner agencies and specialist CAMHS. For this role we require an enthusiastic and self-motivated individual who is passionate about delivering duty interventions and contributing to team working. You will be an experienced child and adolescent mental health practitioner who will work as part of the PCN MDT to deliver the following:

Responsibilities

• Clinical triage and assessment of patients requesting appointments for mental health issues including challenging behaviour. This includes same day appointments and planned appointments.
• Signpost/navigate to other sources of information and local support including peer support, social prescribers, VSCE services e.g. youth counselling, youth workers, GEMS; within the Thrive framework/stepped care approach.
• Identify any onward referral pathways and make appropriate referrals, undertaking screening and ensuring provision of required information to support the referral
• Help people to develop coping strategies and draw on their own strengths and resources
• Liaise with CAMHS to enable crisis support and admission avoidance where necessary
• Facilitate appropriate representation in practice-based MDTs to support clinical management of identified patients
• Provide specialist advice to GP's and other members of the MDT on the particular needs of children and young people and their families including advice on symptoms, risk or the need for a referral

About Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Values at Berkshire Healthcare

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

Qualifications & Experience

• Registered Mental Health Nurse, Registered Social Worker, Occupational Therapist
• Experience of working with young people with mental health difficulties
• Previous multi-professional and multi-agency working
• Full UK driving licence and ability to commute between sites, Disability Confident

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Benefits

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites