CAMHS Mental Health Practitioner

NHS Jobs; Castleford (ID); On-site; USD 60,000 - 86,000; Part time

Job summary

NHS Jobs in Castleford is seeking a CAMHS clinician to deliver assessment and treatment to children and young people with mental health needs. You will work autonomously within the MDT, providing consultation for other agencies and promoting safeguarding.

With supervision from a senior clinician, you will conduct routine and urgent assessments, using evidence-based practice to support families and address a wide range of emotional and psychological problems.

Responsibilities

• To support the ongoing process of delivering a comprehensive CAMHS system.
• To provide assessment, interventions and therapy to children and young people with severe mental health problems within MDT and CAPA.
• To apply safeguarding knowledge in clinical work.
• To be committed to a quality approach for patient care.
• The post-holder will demonstrate concentration and sustained effort in assessing complex family issues.
• To manage own caseload with appropriate support.
• To operate within supervision framework.
• To provide training and supervision to other service providers and junior staff as required.
• To participate in development, audit and review of service.
• To undertake extended hours of work with CAMHS practitioners.
• To work with all services for coordinated mental health services and timely transitions.
• To use IT systems (including Rio) for high quality data collection and confidentiality.
• To participate in an agreed clinical audit programme and report lessons learned.
• To comply with governance frameworks.
• To engage stakeholders and users in service development and monitoring.
• To promote user/carer involvement in care planning and delivery.
• To work innovatively with a child, young person and family centred approach and continuous improvement.
• To apply Trust policies in instances of aggression, acute distress and disturbed mental health presentations.
• To maintain professional registration.
• To identify and communicate concerns through management processes.
• To demonstrate continued practice development and annual appraisal.

Job description

JOB SUMMARY

The post-holder will: Provide assessment and treatment to children and young people with mental health needs; Work autonomously and collaboratively within the MDT, providing consultation for other agencies/professionals; Promote the safeguarding and welfare of children and young people. To provide routine and urgent assessment and interventions to young people with a wide range of emotional and psychological problems who are referred to specialist CAMHS, in keeping with evidence based practice with supervision from a senior clinician within professional guidelines and within the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures.

KEY RESULT AREAS

1. 1 To support the ongoing process of delivering a comprehensive CAMHS system.
2. 2 To provide assessment, interventions, therapy to children, young people with the most severe, complex and persistent mental health problems, including those who are severely mentally ill or at suicidal risk and where appropriate, families as both an autonomous practitioner and as part of a multidisciplinary team in a variety of settings to address need. This will include working with the CAPA model.
3. 3 To apply a sound knowledge of safeguarding children and guidelines in clinical work.
4. 4 To be committed to a quality approach for patient care.
5. 5 The post-holder will demonstrate high levels of concentration and provide sustained effort in assessment of complex family issues.
6. 6 To manage own caseload, accessing support and guidance appropriate to individual need.
7. 7 To operate within the clinical and case management supervision framework.
8. 8 To provide training, consultation and supervision to other service providers, partner agencies and junior members of staff as required regarding intensive interventions with children, young people and families.
9. 9 To participate in the development, audit and review of this extension to existing service provision.
10. 10 To undertake extended hours of work alongside fellow specialist CAMHS practitioners.
11. 11 To work collaboratively with all services to provide coherent and co‑ordinated mental health services for children and young people as well as other significant partners, ensuring timely transition and relevant consultation, training and support to universal services and targeted groups.
12. 12 To use a range of Information Technology systems (including Rio) ensuring high quality data is collected appropriately, kept securely and confidentially
13. 13 To participate in an agreed clinical audit programme for the service, and ensure lessons learnt from both audit and clinical incidents are reported.
14. 14 To comply with both clinical and corporate governance frameworks.
15. 15 To support the engagement of service stakeholders and users in the development and monitoring of service delivery and identify opportunities for service improvement and redesign.
16. 16 To actively promote user/carer involvement in all aspects of care planning/delivery whilst respecting the rights, capabilities and wishes of the individuals concerned.
17. 17 To work in an innovative and child, young person and family centred way, in a culture of continuous improvement and learning.
18. 18 Apply Trust policies and procedures in instances of aggression, acute distress and disturbed mental health presentations.
19. 19 To maintain relevant professional registration
20. 20 To identify and communicate any concerns through the relevant management processes.
21. 21 To demonstrate continued practice development and engage in annual appraisal.

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