Mental Health Practitioner - CYP CAMHS Crisis

Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust; Shrewsbury; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

CAMHS Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin are recruiting a Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner for the CAMHS Assessment Team. The role is full-time and permanent, 09:00-17:00 Monday to Friday, based across Telford and Shrewsbury.

You will screen referrals, undertake initial mental health assessments for children and young people, and contribute to MDT decisions to identify appropriate interventions. You will provide supervision to junior staff and students, work within Thrive Model guidelines, and handle

Responsibilities

• Screen referrals to establish if urgent, crisis, routine or for signposting.
• Take calls from professionals and parents/guardians when there are possible concerns around mental health and risks, including safeguarding concerns.
• Work within the Thrive Model to identify stages of care needs.
• Complete face to face urgent and routine mental health assessments and discuss outcomes within the MDT.
• Documentation required within the service's operational framework to a high standard.
• Provide supervision and mentorship to junior colleagues/students.
• Work across the Telford and Shrewsbury base.

Job description

Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin (CAMHS STW) are excited to offer a full-time permanent post (09:00-17:00 Monday to Friday)

Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner role with our CAMHS Assessment Team.

This role includes screening referrals within the team's operational framework during a shift co-ordinator role that will be expected one day per week. For the rest of the working week, it will include completing initial mental health assessments for children and young people. Following assessments, you will be attending the multidisciplinary team meetings to identify the most suited outcome/ intervention for the young person based on their needs.

The role will require a good understanding of mental health, assessing and managing risks whilst working within a supportive multidisciplinary team.

Main duties of the job

You will be involved in the delivery of a high standard of Mental Health Care to Children and Young People (CYP's) who have been referred to the service.

• Your role as a shift coordinator will entail screening referrals to establish if they are urgent, crisis, routine or for signposting.
• Taking calls from professionals and parents/ guardians when there are possible concerns around mental health and risks, including safeguarding concerns.
• Work within the guidance of the service wide operational framework alongside the Thrive Model to identify stages of care needs
• You will be required to complete face to face urgent and Routine Mental Health assessments and then discuss the outcome within the daily MDT outcome meeting and identify the most appropriate treatment/ intervention and feed this back to the CYP's and families/ Guardians and professionals involved.
• The documentation that is required within the role is expected to be of a high standard and completed within the correct timeframe as shown in the service's operational framework.
• You will be expected to provide supervision and mentorship to junior colleagues/ students.
• You will be required to work across the Telford and Shrewsbury base