CAMHS Specialist Practitioner: Grow to Band 7

West London NHS Trust; Hounslow; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

West London NHS Trust offers a CAMH Specialist Practitioner training programme for nurses, social workers and occupational therapists. The role develops core CAMHS competencies through formal teaching, experiential learning and supervision.

Applicants should have post-registration CAMHS training and experience in child/adolescent services, with flexible, creative problem-solving abilities to support crisis care and discharge planning across CAMH services.

Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health Nurses, Social workers or Occupational therapists with significant post registration training.
• Experience in child and adolescent in-patient and/or community services or adult community services.

Responsibilities

• Deliver provision of specialist mental health services to children and young people and their families and carers across the West London NHS Trust 3 Boroughs CAMH Service and crisis pathway.
• Conduct comprehensive assessments of children and young people with mental health needs, including risk assessment and development of risk management plans in crisis to CAMH Services, hospitals and Alliance Crisis Care Team sites.

Skills

Creativity

Flexibility

Problem solving

Decision making

Education

Post-registration training (CAMHS)

Job description

West London NHS Trust offers a CAMH Specialist Practitioner training programme for nurses, social workers and occupational therapists. The role develops core CAMHS competencies through formal teaching, experiential learning and supervision.

Applicants should have post-registration CAMHS training and experience in child/adolescent services, with flexible, creative problem-solving abilities to support crisis care and discharge planning across CAMH services.