Job responsibilities
1a
To improve
children and young peoples mental health through the delivery of an
integrated and coordinated system of community based mental health care to
children, young people, and their families, providing safe, culturally
competent, effective, cost efficient, timely and accessible services that are
in accordance with national and local priorities and are responsive to the
needs and views of local children, young people, and their families.
2a
To support
the delivery of consultation, liaison, and training to staff in
Universal/targeted/specialist Services. To also provide clinical input to the
team, delivering practice within best evidence and to the highest possible
standard. The post sits within a multi-agency locality-based team within the
city offering mental health assessment and treatment interventions in line
with NICE Guidelines.
3a
To
contribute to a positive working environment and open learning culture, which
supports high morale and commitment within the Community Mental Health Team
promoting wellbeing, personal development, and continuous improvement in the
standards of business activities and professional practice.
4a.
To work with children/young
people/families and professionals working with them, to reduce the stigma
associated with mental health and contribute to the embedding of a positive
message about maintaining good mental health.
5a
The Mental
Health Practitioners (MHP) will be supported to develop the ability to
provide specialist and autonomous, culturally competent mental health
assessment, formulation of and implementation of specific care plans and
review for children and young people and their families/carers following a
request for involvement. The MHP will
have skills that enable them to communicate that assessment in writing to the
referrer and the General Practitioner. This information may also be required
to be copied to any other relevant parties involved in the young persons
care, with the young persons permission where appropriate.
6a
All Mental Health Practitioners (MHP)
must use an evidence-based approach to develop and implement a specialist program
of intervention to a defined caseload of children and young people. These interventions will be based on a
clear theoretical framework and will take full account of the child or young
persons developmental needs, gender, ethnicity, religion, race, ability, and
sexual orientation. The MHP will need to develop their skills and knowledge
enabling them to draw on a range of therapeutic interventions, for example
different psychotherapeutic models, non- verbal therapeutic approaches and
other techniques adapted for use with children and young people. They will also need to develop an extensive
knowledge of the full range of children and family services across all
agencies.
7a
Direct intervention by the MHP is undertaken according to the
competencies of individuals. As a Band 6 clinician the expectation will be
that the clinician takes a lead role in the delivery of the service and
supervise the junior members of the team.
It will be evidence based and informed by a clear theoretical
framework. The MHP will describe the
planned care within a written care plan, review, and update, which has been
signed by the child/young person and/or parent/carer.
8a
The MHP will
develop the skills and knowledge enabling to choose an intervention and
deliver that from a range of therapeutic modalities including systemic
practice, cognitive behavioral therapy, solution focused therapy.
9a
The post
holder will be expected to draw upon experience and knowledge gained through
training and practice relating to child development, child and adolescent
mental health and adult mental health.
10a
The MHP will
demonstrate effective skills in the assessment and reassessment of risk and
communicate concerns accurately in a timely fashion. This is inclusive of priority assessments
and requires multi-agency responses to risk assessment and risk management
plans.
11a
The MHP will develop skills and
knowledge enabling them to make an autonomous decision about the time of
discharge, and agree with the child, young person, and family/carers as well
as multi-agency key partners.
Communicate a summary of the work undertaken and how to sustain
improvements made and include correspondence to General Practitioner.
12a
The MHP is
required to maintain high effective standards in the recording of clinical
observations and actions, risk and risk management including child protection
in health records.
13a
The MHP will provide schools, and/or
other community venues, with access to individual and small group therapeutic
interventions for those pupils who require it, including working with
families.
14a
All MHPs
work with families at their homes, education, and community settings and at
base as appropriate/required by children/young people and their families.
15a
The MHP will strongly adhere to
culturally competent and anti-discriminatory practice, promote equity of opportunity,
and use their professional position to empower others and challenge power
imbalances where they are found to exist.
16a
The MHP will
provide consultation to staff in partner agencies and may be required to
support junior staff in attendance at meetings/ EHAT/CP meetings.
Consultation is offered to all
professionals to identify the nature and level of the childs mental health
need so that an appropriate CAMHS response can be defined and actioned.
17a
Offer consultation and support to
CAMHS wider system
18a
All
MHPs promote the mental health and emotional well-being of children and
young people
19a
The MHP will play a major role in encouraging and co-coordinating
collaboration between all agencies by attending multi-agency meetings such as
multi-agency EHAT meetings, child protection case conferences, education
reviews etc., to provide a mental health perspective.
20a
The MHP will be required to have
excellent and effective communication skills, applicable to working both with
young people, their families, and professional systems. Acting as a point of
liaison between specialist CAMHS and universal services to ensure improved
communication and collaboration via a range of different interfaces, forums,
and meetings e.g., presenting at meetings within Plymouth.
21a
The post holder will be
required to contribute to the delivery of education and training to
professionals in multi-agency universal services.
22a
Contribute to team
23a
Contribute
to the development of team protocols and clinical practice, proposing changes
for discussion. Maintain good activity records and input them onto the
electronic recording system in a timely manner.
24a
Maintain good activity records and provide them in
a timely manner for inputting onto the electronic system.
25a
Be available for and make use of clinical
supervision, child protection supervision and operational line management
supervision.
26a
The
Post holder is responsible for attending clinical supervision a minimum requirement
of an hour per month.
27a
The post holder will need to organize their own
workload under the support and supervision of Clinical Team Manager
28a
Maintain health records to the standards required
by LSW
29a
Contribute to a strong team ethos of enquiry, development,
and improvement.
30a
Contribute to the development of team protocols
and clinical practice, proposing changes for discussion.
31a
Participate in team meetings, for example
allocation, supervision, reflective practice, case discussions.
32a
The post holder will strongly adhere
to anti-oppressive and anti-discriminatory practice, promote equity of opportunity,
and use their professional position to empower others and challenge power
imbalances where they are found to exist.
33a
Keep
up to date with CAMHS developments taking place nationally in line with
service objectives.
34a
To
participate in audit and quality and patient safety activity in line with
service objectives.
35a
Input to the electronic system as appropriate e.g.,
child protection supervision coding.
36a
To be aware of and familiar with LWSW policy and
procedure and operate within that e.g., lone working policy.
37a
To maintain high standards of infection prevention
and control in day-to-day delivery of practice.
38a
To measure
and make available clinical outcome measures within an agreed system. This is
most likely to be the CAMHS Outcomes Research Consortium.
