Job summary
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust delivers the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service in Hampshire. Hampshire CAMHS currently have a vacancy for a Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist to join the team as a band 7 Senior Mental Health Practitioner overseeing the Single Point of Access (SPA) for Hampshire. You will need to be registered with your governing body, and have CAMHS or relevant Mental Health experience.
This will be a newly created centralised SPA team overseeing the front door to CAMHS and the triaging of referrals for the service, as opposed to the area-based approach. This is an exciting opportunity to take forward the development of a new team. The team base will be Eastleigh.
Hampshire CAMHS are looking for a senior Mental Health Practitioner that shares our enthusiasm, passion and commitment to work alongside colleagues to deliver a good quality timely service to young people and families in Hampshire, in collaboration with a strong supportive leadership team.
Main duties of the job
To evaluate and make decisions on suitability of new referrals.
Assess clients for suitability for interventions.
To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and evaluation of clients in line with the service.
Use highly developed communication skills in working with people to understand their personal and often very sensitive difficulties and develop carefully tailored interventions.
Attend multi-disciplinary meetings relating to referrals or clients in treatment, where appropriate.
Work closelywith other members of the team ensuring appropriate step-up and step-down arrangements are in place to maintain a stepped care approach.
Provide specialist advice and consultation to other professionals / individuals / groups / committees across Mental Health Trusts, Primary Care Trusts and Hospital Trusts and community medical teams, voluntary agencies regarding service matters related to the practice and delivery of specific agreed therapeutic modalities and service provision.
Contribute to the teaching and training of mental health professionals and other staff working in the service.
Provide supervision to other staff involved in the provision of psychological care to clients.
Where necessary, contribute to the delivery and development of an annual training programme to meet the training needs of those working with children and young people around emotional wellbeing and mental health.
About us
- With a blend of beautiful rural New Forest settings and bustling city locations, Hampshire is known to be a very desirable place to live
- The ancient Cathedral City of Winchester and the seaside cities of Portsmouth and Southampton provide attractions and amenities to suit everyone's taste
- With easy access to Gatwick, Heathrow and excellent railway links, there is plenty of opportunity for adventure
We'd love you to join our organisation that is rated 'good' overall and 'outstanding' for caring by the Care Quality Commission. Our staff agree, with 82% of people in our recent staff survey telling us that they recognise that care for patients is our top priority.
Other key staff survey results include:
- 70% highlighting flexible working opportunities as a key point for satisfaction at work
- 79% reporting feeling able to make suggestions to improve the work within their team
- 77% identifying the opportunities to show initiative in their roles
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will work as part of the Single Point of Access team across the partnership and have specific responsibilities as a SPA Senior Practitioner:
- To be main point of contact within SPA.
- To act as contact point for referrers and families.
- To liaise with young people and families waiting to establish current presentation and give advice whilst waiting for assessment/intervention.
- To support the delivery of a high quality link worker provision into primary and secondary schools. This will include providing consultation and training to staff in a range of agencies in relation to the mental and emotional well-being of children and young people.
- To work as part of the SPA team undertaking daily supervisor role and perform direct/indirect assessments
- To deliver training as required to the wider Children's workforce
- To support the SPA/Team Operational Lead in the delivery of the service, ensuring it meets national guidance and local key performance indicators.
- To provide clinical supervision to health care workers as required.
- Extensive experience of risk assessment, care planning and care management and collaborative working with young people and families is a key part of this role. Experience of working with children and young people with mental health challenges is essential.
- You will be bringing a background of skills and expertise, to support the leadership of the Single Point of Access workforce.
- Our service has an excellent track record, and a commitment to robust evidence based supervision and ongoing training. This is a service that is also focused on staff support and well-being. Training and development opportunities are available , including a New To Hampshire CAMHS induction programme, in house training and a commitment to ongoing CPD.
- To offer assessments individually and jointly with primary care colleagues.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will work as part of the Single Point of Access team across the partnership and have specific responsibilities as a SPA Senior Practitioner:
- To be main point of contact within SPA.
- To act as contact point for referrers and families.
- To liaise with young people and families waiting to establish current presentation and give advice whilst waiting for assessment/intervention.
- To support the delivery of a high quality link worker provision into primary and secondary schools. This will include providing consultation and training to staff in a range of agencies in relation to the mental and emotional well-being of children and young people.
- To work as part of the SPA team undertaking daily supervisor role and perform direct/indirect assessments
- To deliver training as required to the wider Children's workforce
- To support the SPA/Team Operational Lead in the delivery of the service, ensuring it meets national guidance and local key performance indicators.
- To provide clinical supervision to health care workers as required.
- Extensive experience of risk assessment, care planning and care management and collaborative working with young people and families is a key part of this role. Experience of working with children and young people with mental health challenges is essential.
- You will be bringing a background of skills and expertise, to support the leadership of the Single Point of Access workforce.
- Our service has an excellent track record, and a commitment to robust evidence based supervision and ongoing training. This is a service that is also focused on staff support and well-being. Training and development opportunities are available , including a New To Hampshire CAMHS induction programme, in house training and a commitment to ongoing CPD.
- To offer assessments individually and jointly with primary care colleagues.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional qualification, with evidence of continuing professional development, in a field relevant to child and adolescent mental health
- Evidence of clinical training in a field relevant to the post eg brief psychotherapy, solution focused approaches, cognitive behaviour therapy, motivational interviewing, or systemic work.
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- oDemonstrate significant experience in mental health needs as either an existing Band 7 or significant experience as a Band 6 (3 years plus)
- Significant level of experience of working with children and families, including work with child mental health needs
- To be able to recognise in children and young people a wide range of clinical and behavioural presentations.
- Demonstrate knowledge and skills to safeguard and protect children and young people's welfare in line with the Children Act 2004 requirements
- Demonstrate skills to assess risk using already established assessment tools
- Demonstrate knowledge and skills for systemic assessment of risk factors in the environment and skills to develop a range of strategies to address identified risk
- Demonstrate knowledge and skills for development of protocols with families and other staff / practitioners to manage risk
- Demonstrate knowledge, skills and attitude to promote safety for themselves and others
- Experience of mental health assessment and implementation of arrange of evidence based therapeutic interventions.
- Highly specialist knowledge of child and adolescent mental health
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional qualification, with evidence of continuing professional development, in a field relevant to child and adolescent mental health
- Evidence of clinical training in a field relevant to the post eg brief psychotherapy, solution focused approaches, cognitive behaviour therapy, motivational interviewing, or systemic work.
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- oDemonstrate significant experience in mental health needs as either an existing Band 7 or significant experience as a Band 6 (3 years plus)
- Significant level of experience of working with children and families, including work with child mental health needs
- To be able to recognise in children and young people a wide range of clinical and behavioural presentations.
- Demonstrate knowledge and skills to safeguard and protect children and young people's welfare in line with the Children Act 2004 requirements
- Demonstrate skills to assess risk using already established assessment tools
- Demonstrate knowledge and skills for systemic assessment of risk factors in the environment and skills to develop a range of strategies to address identified risk
- Demonstrate knowledge and skills for development of protocols with families and other staff / practitioners to manage risk
- Demonstrate knowledge, skills and attitude to promote safety for themselves and others
- Experience of mental health assessment and implementation of arrange of evidence based therapeutic interventions.
- Highly specialist knowledge of child and adolescent mental health
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).
