Job summary
An opportunity has arisen for a mental health practitioner skilled and experienced with children, young people and families to take on the role ofBand 7 CAMHS Primary Mental Health Specialist job share (18.75 hours per week) located in the Local Authority Family Help Team.
As a fully registered CAMHS Specialist in this team you will show excellent clinical, therapeutic, and communication skills with the Family Help team. You will facilitate and provide mental health assessments of children and young people open to the team and you will lead multi agency meetings and consultations with frontline Family Help staff. You will engage in direct therapeutic work with children and carers/parents and will self-manage a caseload. You will design and deliver presentations and training events for other professionals and carers/parents as required.
If you are keen to improve the outcomes for children and families who are participating in support from our Local Authority Family Help team and you meet the application criteria, we look forward to receiving your application.
Main duties of the job
- Mental health consultation with frontline Family Help practitioners
- Provision of specialist mental health training
- Direct therapeutic work with a caseload of children, young people and families
- Input into CAMHS triage
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
- Assess mental health need and risks (for example self-harm and serious mental illness) in children and young people and to develop, implement and evaluate therapeutic interventions (including brief interventions).
- Offer individual and family therapeutic work, with children, young people and their families.
- Provide consultation in multi-agency settings
- Deliver training to professionals/parent/careers
- Work independently and manage own caseload
- Work in multi settings e.g. CAMHS, Social Care, schools
- Contribute to wider CAMHS referral and triage processe
Other Duties
The postholder may be required to perform duties other than those given in the job description for the post. The particular duties and responsibilities attached to posts may vary from time to time without changing the general character of the duties or the level of responsibilities entailed. Such variations are a common occurrence and would not of themselves justify the re-evaluation of a post. In cases, however, where a permanent and substantial change in the duties and responsibilities of a post occurs, consistent with a higher level of responsibility, then the post would be eligible for re-evaluation.
Please see attached Job Description for further details.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Assess mental health need and risks (for example self-harm and serious mental illness) in children and young people and to develop, implement and evaluate therapeutic interventions (including brief interventions).
- Offer individual and family therapeutic work, with children, young people and their families.
- Provide consultation in multi-agency settings
- Deliver training to professionals/parent/careers
- Work independently and manage own caseload
- Work in multi settings e.g. CAMHS, Social Care, schools
- Contribute to wider CAMHS referral and triage processe
Other Duties
The postholder may be required to perform duties other than those given in the job description for the post. The particular duties and responsibilities attached to posts may vary from time to time without changing the general character of the duties or the level of responsibilities entailed. Such variations are a common occurrence and would not of themselves justify the re-evaluation of a post. In cases, however, where a permanent and substantial change in the duties and responsibilities of a post occurs, consistent with a higher level of responsibility, then the post would be eligible for re-evaluation.
Please see attached Job Description for further details.
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- Qualification
- Registration
- 2 years Post-Qualifying CAMHS experiences
- Evidence of Multi Agency Working
- Provision of Consultation to professionals
- Experience of working with mental health risk
Desirable
- Experience of offering training to professionals
- Experience of Working in health and social care settings
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- Qualification
- Registration
- 2 years Post-Qualifying CAMHS experiences
- Evidence of Multi Agency Working
- Provision of Consultation to professionals
- Experience of working with mental health risk
Desirable
- Experience of offering training to professionals
- Experience of Working in health and social care settings
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
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.
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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