Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner CAMHS - North Somerset

Job description

Job summary

North Somerset child and adolescent mental health team is a well-established multi-disciplinary team, which is, continuing to grow due to new investment. (CAMHS). The team currently offers a range of innovative and informed approaches, supports CPD opportunities with a comprehensive in-house training programme.

We offer flexible working patterns and have the benefit of working across 2 sites in Weston-super-Mare & Clevedon.

The team also provides Eating Disorder & Learning Disability Services and so have the potential to offer development opportunities.

The successful candidate will be part of a stimulating and supportive multidisciplinary, working as part of the multidisciplinary team to provide assessment, treatments for children, adolescents & their families with complex mental health needs.

We welcome calls/visits from prospective candidate to discuss in more detail, this opportunity, & what the team can offer.

WSM & Clevedon are thriving seaside towns within commuting distance to Bristol and Taunton. The M5 motorway within easy access.

WSM is a growing multi-cultural area with numerous amenities and has access to the beautiful coastline & also the Mendip Hills.

The area is ideal for those who like an active lifestyle but also who want to be within reach of Bristol and Taunton.

Main duties of the job

To work in community CAMHS as a mental health practitioner, as part of a multi-disciplinary team working alongside a range of professionals, including consultant psychiatrist, family therapist psychologists, psychotherapist, nurse and allied health professionals.

To coordinate care for a caseload of young people, using the CAPA patient flow framework, and be responsible for delivering short-term evidence based interventions from assessment and treatment through to discharge.

About us

We are the lead provider of healthcare for people with serious mental illness, learning disabilities and autism across Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES), Swindon and Wiltshire, and Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.

We aim to provideHigh Quality, Compassionate Careeverywhere, every day. This means our services will be safe, clinically effective and provide a positive all-round experience for our patients, families and carers. And we believe passionately in treating everyone with kindness, respect and empathy.

Key to this is providing a supportive and safe environment for our 4,000 staff where we all feel welcome and able to do the best we can for those we support. Our staff and teams work incredibly hard delivering services across more than 90 locations, covering 2,200miles, to more than 1.8million people.

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.

Job description

Job responsibilities

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• To undertake comprehensive assessment and treatment to children and young people and their families under the age of 18.
• To carry out face to face and remote assessments for young people presenting with mental health difficulties in the community.
• To work in the Getting Advice triage team as part of job plan
• To manage a caseload of identified young people, offering appointments in a timely way, and working towards discharge where appropriate
• To provide comprehensive clinical risk assessment and management in relation to children and young people including those presenting with self-injurious behaviour.
• To implement risk management and safety plans collaboratively.
• To develop collaborative care plans with young people and their families, based on the assessment of needs.
• To deliver evidence based interventions to children, young people and families according to NICE guidance and local pathways of care.
• To liaise with relevant agencies in the delivery of care for children young people and their families/ carers
• Using resources creatively to engage and motivate young people and families in their care.
• To maintain care records, ensuring both paper and electronic records are kept up to date in accordance with professional and organisational standards.
• Participate in the running of therapeutic groups/workshops

Job description
Job responsibilities

See Job Description for full details

• To undertake comprehensive assessment and treatment to children and young people and their families under the age of 18.
• To carry out face to face and remote assessments for young people presenting with mental health difficulties in the community.
• To work in the Getting Advice triage team as part of job plan
• To manage a caseload of identified young people, offering appointments in a timely way, and working towards discharge where appropriate
• To provide comprehensive clinical risk assessment and management in relation to children and young people including those presenting with self-injurious behaviour.
• To implement risk management and safety plans collaboratively.
• To develop collaborative care plans with young people and their families, based on the assessment of needs.
• To deliver evidence based interventions to children, young people and families according to NICE guidance and local pathways of care.
• To liaise with relevant agencies in the delivery of care for children young people and their families/ carers
• Using resources creatively to engage and motivate young people and families in their care.
• To maintain care records, ensuring both paper and electronic records are kept up to date in accordance with professional and organisational standards.
• Participate in the running of therapeutic groups/workshops

Person Specification

Education & Qualification

Essential

• Professional qualification leading to registration with professional body e.g. Mental Health Nursing, Family Therapy, Clinical Psychology, Child Psychotherapy or other professional qualification with evidence of robust community CAMH experience and the use of CAPA approach to clinical assessment and intervention.
• 2 years post qualifying experience in mental health nursing or equivalent as above
• Additionally, if not incorporated into the professional qualification, a therapeutic qualification for work with children, adolescents and their families to Masters Level or equivalent is required.

Desirable

• Evidence of post qualification training and development
• Experience of clinical supervision

Experieince & Knowledge

Essential

• Significant experience of working in a CAMHS team
• Significant experience of delivering evidence based therapeutic interventions preferably with children and adolescents

Desirable

• Experience in a community CAMHS service across more than one role
• Experience of providing clinical supervision to colleagues and more junior staff including trainees/students

Person Specification
Education & Qualification

Essential

• Professional qualification leading to registration with professional body e.g. Mental Health Nursing, Family Therapy, Clinical Psychology, Child Psychotherapy or other professional qualification with evidence of robust community CAMH experience and the use of CAPA approach to clinical assessment and intervention.
• 2 years post qualifying experience in mental health nursing or equivalent as above
• Additionally, if not incorporated into the professional qualification, a therapeutic qualification for work with children, adolescents and their families to Masters Level or equivalent is required.

Desirable

• Evidence of post qualification training and development
• Experience of clinical supervision

Experieince & Knowledge

Essential

• Significant experience of working in a CAMHS team
• Significant experience of delivering evidence based therapeutic interventions preferably with children and adolescents

Desirable

• Experience in a community CAMHS service across more than one role
• Experience of providing clinical supervision to colleagues and more junior staff including trainees/students

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Address

Long Fox Unit

Grange Road, Uphill

Weston Super Mare

BS23 4TS

United Kingdom

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