Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced, forward thinking and dynamic qualified mental health professional to join CAMHS Outreach.
Our service focuses on admission avoidance, supporting safe discharge, when a Tier 4 admission has occurred, and delivering an intensive home treatment provision seven-days a week for children and young people experiencing an acute mental health crisis.
We have a fantastic success rate of supporting children and young people in their recovery at home to ensure they receive the treatment they need.
We are seeking the following:
The successful candidate should be able to demonstrate specialist clinical skills and expertise in the following areas:
- Conducting mental health and risk assessments to formulate risk management plans with specialist tailored interventions to reduce escalation in the young person's mental health presentation.
- Extensive experience of working within a community CAMHs and/ or AMH, or Tier 4 inpatient services.
- Managing a clinical case load
- Extensive clinical experience of working alongside multi-agency networks to achieve best possible outcomes for children and families.
- Are committed and passionate about ensuring the Voice of the Child is central within care planning and clinical risk management.
Main duties of the job
The duties of a clinical Band 7 in the service involve supporting senior management and junior colleagues to promote and develop excellent high-quality safe crisis care. The post holder will be a positive role model to junior members of the team, this will be through the practice of evidence-based care and supporting professional development through clinical appraisal and supervision. The post holder will contribute to the ongoing educational programme for all staff, fostering a positive learning environment
This role includes triaging, carrying outclinical assessments, developing risk management plans, formulation and offering evidence-based mental health interventions for young people in the community. The post holder will work closely with parents/carers alongside the existing network of professionals such as schools, Children Social Care and Core CAMHS for a joint understanding and management of risk to ensure the child or young person's safety.
We are a 7 days a week service extending our out of hours services, 9 am- 9.15 pm,this will come with the perk of additional pay enhancements. In return we will be offering our candidates the flexibility to cover late shifts and weekend working, allowing them time off during core working hour
About us
We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.
Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:
- 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
- 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
- 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%
This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description, person specification in documents for the detailed job description and main responsibilities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description, person specification in documents for the detailed job description and main responsibilities.
Person Specification
Qaulifications
Essential
- Professional Health or Social Care qualification: RNLD, RMHN, OT, MHSW
- Demonstrate current registration with a regulated professional body/ organisation: NMC, HCPC, BPS, ACP
Desirable
- Clinical supervisor qualification/training/ Accreditation
- Profession specific additional qualifications (i.e LD, nurse prescriber, DBT, CBT, AMHP, family therapy or systemic practice)
LENGTH AND / OR NATURE OF EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Demonstrate extensive experience working within a CAMHS or related services and/or adult mental health settings
- Evidence based/best practice clinical interventions within CAMHS or related services and/or adult mental health settings.
PROFESSIONAL / MANAGERIAL / SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGEESSENTIAL OR DESIRABLEMETHOD OF ASSESSMENT
Essential
- Demonstrate clinical expertise in undertaking complex risk assessments and developing effective risk management plans. This includes developing safe positive risk taking plans
- Demonstrate profession based and highly specialist clinical reasoning, knowledge, skills and competencies regarding a range of CAMHS therapeutic interventions, including current best practice
- Demonstrate detailed and expert knowledge and experience of working with complex mental health/learning disability issues and applying highly specialist clinical assessment and interventions within a personalised care planning approach
- Demonstrate clinical leadership skills in driving forward the CAMHS Participation agenda and ensuring the "voice" of the child is heard at all levels of service delivery
PERSONAL SKILLS ABILITIES AND ATTRIBUTES
Essential
- High commitment to develop/extend CAMHS related clinical skills as required through reflective practice, CPD opportunities and other initiatives
- Excellent standard of communication skills including written and verbal skills
- Ability to operate within an unpredictable work pattern
- Demonstrate leadership skills in developing effective working relationships with team colleagues and multi-agency partners
Person Specification
Qaulifications
Essential
- Professional Health or Social Care qualification: RNLD, RMHN, OT, MHSW
- Demonstrate current registration with a regulated professional body/ organisation: NMC, HCPC, BPS, ACP
Desirable
- Clinical supervisor qualification/training/ Accreditation
- Profession specific additional qualifications (i.e LD, nurse prescriber, DBT, CBT, AMHP, family therapy or systemic practice)
LENGTH AND / OR NATURE OF EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Demonstrate extensive experience working within a CAMHS or related services and/or adult mental health settings
- Evidence based/best practice clinical interventions within CAMHS or related services and/or adult mental health settings.
PROFESSIONAL / MANAGERIAL / SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGEESSENTIAL OR DESIRABLEMETHOD OF ASSESSMENT
Essential
- Demonstrate clinical expertise in undertaking complex risk assessments and developing effective risk management plans. This includes developing safe positive risk taking plans
- Demonstrate profession based and highly specialist clinical reasoning, knowledge, skills and competencies regarding a range of CAMHS therapeutic interventions, including current best practice
- Demonstrate detailed and expert knowledge and experience of working with complex mental health/learning disability issues and applying highly specialist clinical assessment and interventions within a personalised care planning approach
- Demonstrate clinical leadership skills in driving forward the CAMHS Participation agenda and ensuring the "voice" of the child is heard at all levels of service delivery
PERSONAL SKILLS ABILITIES AND ATTRIBUTES
Essential
- High commitment to develop/extend CAMHS related clinical skills as required through reflective practice, CPD opportunities and other initiatives
- Excellent standard of communication skills including written and verbal skills
- Ability to operate within an unpredictable work pattern
- Demonstrate leadership skills in developing effective working relationships with team colleagues and multi-agency partners
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
