CYP Crisis Clinician: Rapid Response & Recovery

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust; Hindley; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pay enhancements: 30% evenings/saturd/

27 days annual leave + bank holidays

Excellent pension

Cycle to work scheme

Salary sacrifice car scheme

Wellbeing programme

Blue Light Card Discounts

Job summary

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting for a CAMHS Crisis Care Practitioner to deliver rapid, child-centred assessment and risk management for CYP in crisis. You will work with senior clinical staff to ensure high professional standards across emergency, community and home settings.

You will develop holistic care plans, mobilise family and community supports, and coordinate referrals to specialist services as needed.

Qualifications

• Responsibilities include delivering community-based assessment, de-escalation and risk reduction for CYP in crisis.
• Carry out direct work with CYP in clinical settings, including emergency and home environments.
• Develop holistic, recovery-focused care plans and coordinate with families and services.

Responsibilities

• Deliver community-based assessment, de-escalation and risk reduction interventions when children and young people are presenting in crisis
• Work to support CYP in the community to manage crisis and avoid A&E attendance/admission to a medical bed without medical necessity
• Support families to offer containment and care during periods of high expressed emotion and crisis
• Work intensively with CYP and those who care for them for up to 72 hours
• Provide, or provide access to, a range of quality psychotherapeutic interventions in accordance with CYP assessed needs
• Support the delivery of established care pathways to provide an effective and responsive service for all CYP across the footprint into specialised mental health care settings within the NHS and Independent sector, including out of hours
• To be responsible for and manage a caseload and undertake case management responsibilities within the case load
• Complete referrals, following agreed frameworks, for specialist in-patient services and children's services as appropriate
• Support CYP as required in ensuring young people maintain links to their community, family and support
• Provide direct assessment, risk assessment and formulation and case management of CYP and contribute to safety plans
• Liaise with emergency services and primary care to assist them in their work with risky CYP
• Participate in telephone helplines for CYP; families and other professionals in managing crisis out of hours

Job description

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting for a CAMHS Crisis Care Practitioner to deliver rapid, child-centred assessment and risk management for CYP in crisis. You will work with senior clinical staff to ensure high professional standards across emergency, community and home settings.

You will develop holistic care plans, mobilise family and community supports, and coordinate referrals to specialist services as needed.