Job summary
- To improve children and young people's timely access to CAMHS as part of a newly developed service:
- Working within the i-Thrive framework
- Working within a highly experienced multi-disciplinary team to provide assessment and treatment of children and young people with serious and complex mental health difficulties.
- Holding a caseload of young people from the point of triage to assessment offering evidence-based intervention and through to discharge
- Working with and supporting the system around the child or young person including family and wider professional network.
- Working within Getting Advice (the CAMHS front door) and across defined locality teams
- Contributing on a rota basis to CAMHS Triage and Getting Advice within Bristol and South Glos and North Somerset.
- Working with children, young people and families in an accessible/flexible approach using an outreach model
- We would welcome applicants who have recently completed the PGDip in Psychological therapies or CAPS training.
- The team are a new part of the CAMHS service helping to transform access for young people. They are a dynamic team who are passionate about young people's mental health and working across CAMHS and our partner agencies. The team are committed to continuous staff development andCPD, including reflective space and have a strong focus on staff wellbeing. If you wish to be part of developing this team and are passionate about young people's mental health please get in touch.
Main duties of the job
To carry out assessments of a child or young person's mental health needs and associated risk
To develop, implement and evaluate therapeutic interventions and to be responsible of the management of own caseload from referral to discharge.
To provide a comprehensive formulation of needs and appropriate onwards signposting
To participate in regular reviews of cases and attend CAMHS case discussions, conferences and reviews as appropriate
About us
We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust): a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.
We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.
Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.
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
To work jointly with staff from other agencies in direct work with children and young people and their families.
To assess child safeguarding issues for each case. To practice within local safeguarding guidelines, sharing and directly referring on concerns when appropriate and participating in multi-agency safeguarding conferences.
To inform and influence child mental health strategy including the development of joint agency protocols for pathways of care, intervention or treatment, joint planning and collaborative working relationships.
To participate in identifying service needs and gaps across agencies with regard to children and young peoples mental health.
To assess child safeguarding issues for each case. To practice within local safeguarding guidelines, sharing and directly referring on concerns when appropriate and participating in multi-agency safeguarding conferences.
When appropriate within the role to engage in joint work with other specialist CAMHS personnel as agreed with line manager.
As required, contribute to the triage of CAMHS referrals and other tasks within Getting Advice such as providing advice to families/carers and professionals via the Advice Line
To comply with the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) requirements of their professional body.
To comply with any necessary data collection and information sharing across agencies in line with Trust guidelines on confidentiality
Job description
Job responsibilities
To work jointly with staff from other agencies in direct work with children and young people and their families.
To assess child safeguarding issues for each case. To practice within local safeguarding guidelines, sharing and directly referring on concerns when appropriate and participating in multi-agency safeguarding conferences.
To inform and influence child mental health strategy including the development of joint agency protocols for pathways of care, intervention or treatment, joint planning and collaborative working relationships.
To participate in identifying service needs and gaps across agencies with regard to children and young peoples mental health.
To assess child safeguarding issues for each case. To practice within local safeguarding guidelines, sharing and directly referring on concerns when appropriate and participating in multi-agency safeguarding conferences.
When appropriate within the role to engage in joint work with other specialist CAMHS personnel as agreed with line manager.
As required, contribute to the triage of CAMHS referrals and other tasks within Getting Advice such as providing advice to families/carers and professionals via the Advice Line
To comply with the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) requirements of their professional body.
To comply with any necessary data collection and information sharing across agencies in line with Trust guidelines on confidentiality
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- Current registration with the NMC, Allied Health Professional with HCPC registration or UKCP registration and commitment to CPD or relevant professional registration and/or accreditation
Desirable
- Relevant post-registration qualifications relevant to children's and adolescent mental health and systemic therapeutic skills.
Experience and knowledge
Essential
- Experience of using assessment skills of mental illness and risk in children and young people
- Working knowledge of how specialist child and adolescent mental health services are organised and operate; where and how they fit into the health and social care community
- Demonstrates experience of assessing risk and developing risk management strategies with young people
Desirable
- Experience gained in working mental health with children young people and families
- Experience of specialist training in delivering evidence-based intervention to children, young people and families
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Good verbal communication skills, able to engage effectively with young people, families and carers as well as professionals from a wide range of services
- Mobile with the facility to move quickly across a geographically dispersed area with limited access to public transport.
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- Current registration with the NMC, Allied Health Professional with HCPC registration or UKCP registration and commitment to CPD or relevant professional registration and/or accreditation
Desirable
- Relevant post-registration qualifications relevant to children's and adolescent mental health and systemic therapeutic skills.
Experience and knowledge
Essential
- Experience of using assessment skills of mental illness and risk in children and young people
- Working knowledge of how specialist child and adolescent mental health services are organised and operate; where and how they fit into the health and social care community
- Demonstrates experience of assessing risk and developing risk management strategies with young people
Desirable
- Experience gained in working mental health with children young people and families
- Experience of specialist training in delivering evidence-based intervention to children, young people and families
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Good verbal communication skills, able to engage effectively with young people, families and carers as well as professionals from a wide range of services
- Mobile with the facility to move quickly across a geographically dispersed area with limited access to public transport.
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).
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