Job summary
An opportunity has become available to join the the Young Adults Service.
YAS is a county-wide community-based service that works in partnership with Young Gloucestershire (YG) and provides tailored, trauma-informed mental health support to prepare young people aged 16-25 years for adulthood and independence. The initiative emphasises early identification of emerging mental health issues for timely access to specialist care and offers flexible, personalised care packages for those young people with complex emotional and mental health needs who typically do not meet the threshold of adult mental health services and who services are challenged to engage with.
Main duties of the job
Provide a range of specialist assessment and treatment interventions for young people (16-25yrs) as well as their families/carers who present with emotional and mental health difficulties.
Undertake clinical responsibility and be able to work independently in managing a clinical caseload.
Provide specialist clinical risk assessments and risk management plans as part of routine clinical work ensuring that all aspects of clinical caseload work adheres to current Trust safeguarding as well as risk assessment and management best practice procedures.
Work flexibly to provide interventions within a range of clinical and community settings dependent on client and service need. Situations may demand an unpredictable work pattern and difficult situations as well as the need to balance a range of complex and high-risk clinical needs and presentations.
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
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 refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
You will provide a range of specialist assessment and treatment interventions for young people (16-25yrs) as well as their families/carers who present with emotional and mental health difficulties
Undertake clinical responsibility for a caseload, adhering to risk management and care planning processes in line with Care Programme Approach (CPA) and liaising with Trust and multi-agency partners across Gloucestershire as required.
Provide specialist clinical risk assessments and complex risk management plans as part of routine clinical work.
Provide clinical interventions within the team where expected roles, responsibilities and activity/performance expectations are outlined within a personal (team based) job plan.
Develop positive relationships and links with other professionals in CAMHS and AMHS to improve outcomes and service experiences for young people.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
You will provide a range of specialist assessment and treatment interventions for young people (16-25yrs) as well as their families/carers who present with emotional and mental health difficulties
Undertake clinical responsibility for a caseload, adhering to risk management and care planning processes in line with Care Programme Approach (CPA) and liaising with Trust and multi-agency partners across Gloucestershire as required.
Provide specialist clinical risk assessments and complex risk management plans as part of routine clinical work.
Provide clinical interventions within the team where expected roles, responsibilities and activity/performance expectations are outlined within a personal (team based) job plan.
Develop positive relationships and links with other professionals in CAMHS and AMHS to improve outcomes and service experiences for young people.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional Health qualification: RNLD, RMHN, OT,MHSW
- Demonstrate current registration with a regulated professional body/ organisation: NMC, HCPC,
- Evidence of formal post registration learning
Desirable
- Post graduate training within a relevant CAMHS and/or AMHS field or skill
Experience
Essential
- Significant clinical experience of delivering evidence based/best practice clinical interventions within CAMHS and/or AMHS or related services.
- Significant clinical experience of specialist care planning & case management/care coordination (including complex clinical risk assessment & management) within a mental health setting.
- Experience of identifying and managing complex safeguarding concerns, including using formal processes to escalate safeguarding issues
- Significant experience of providing personalised care planning to meet mental health
Desirable
- Experience of providing clinical supervision
- Experience of providing specialist consultation/ support to partner agencies
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrate profession based clinical reasoning, knowledge, skills and competencies regarding a range of CAMHS and/or AMHS therapeutic interventions, including current best practice
- Working knowledge of therapeutic use and application of CAMHS and/or. AMHS specific interventions, i.e CBT, DBT
- Sound knowledge of childhood developmental theories/stages
- Commitment to developing the Participation agenda within the service by working collaboratively with young people to help ensure their "voice" is heard at all levels of service delivery
- Expertise in undertaking complex risk assessment and developing effective risk management plans. This includes working knowledge of positive clinical risk management approaches
- Working knowledge of key principles and best practice regarding transition of care of young people between services/agencies
Desirable
- Evidence of attending evidence based/best practice clinical courses / training events related to CAMHS and/or AMHS
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional Health qualification: RNLD, RMHN, OT,MHSW
- Demonstrate current registration with a regulated professional body/ organisation: NMC, HCPC,
- Evidence of formal post registration learning
Desirable
- Post graduate training within a relevant CAMHS and/or AMHS field or skill
Experience
Essential
- Significant clinical experience of delivering evidence based/best practice clinical interventions within CAMHS and/or AMHS or related services.
- Significant clinical experience of specialist care planning & case management/care coordination (including complex clinical risk assessment & management) within a mental health setting.
- Experience of identifying and managing complex safeguarding concerns, including using formal processes to escalate safeguarding issues
- Significant experience of providing personalised care planning to meet mental health
Desirable
- Experience of providing clinical supervision
- Experience of providing specialist consultation/ support to partner agencies
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrate profession based clinical reasoning, knowledge, skills and competencies regarding a range of CAMHS and/or AMHS therapeutic interventions, including current best practice
- Working knowledge of therapeutic use and application of CAMHS and/or. AMHS specific interventions, i.e CBT, DBT
- Sound knowledge of childhood developmental theories/stages
- Commitment to developing the Participation agenda within the service by working collaboratively with young people to help ensure their "voice" is heard at all levels of service delivery
- Expertise in undertaking complex risk assessment and developing effective risk management plans. This includes working knowledge of positive clinical risk management approaches
- Working knowledge of key principles and best practice regarding transition of care of young people between services/agencies
Desirable
- Evidence of attending evidence based/best practice clinical courses / training events related to CAMHS and/or AMHS
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).
