CAMHS Assistant Practitioner

Job summary

The SCAMHS Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) aims to work with young people, families/carers and other agencies when they are experiencing moderate to severe mental health difficulties. The role will be to work alongside the care co-coordinator and other team members to deliver therapies and interventions for young people and their families.

The post-holder will be following mental health professionals care plans which consider mental health assessment, risk assessment, safety planning and problem solving.

Main duties of the job

• To provide an accessible and responsive service.
• To help to provide focused, specialist psychological therapy and psychiatric intervention to the under 18 population in Gwent.
• To participate directly in the process of improving multidisciplinary and multi-agency working within Gwent.
• Alongside the multi-disciplinary team, to work towards improving access to services.
• To offer child and family centred care.
• To be a key part of a service that is responsive to the needs of the young person and their families.
• Prevention and/or treatment of mental disorder, and the consequences of emotional distress
• Equity of service.
• To be part of a service that aims towards improved training and supervision of staff.
• Development of consultation and formulation between all agencies.
• Audit, research and service development.
• The post holder will have a key role in supporting the practice of other professional staff.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this role; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

About us

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opening in November 2020. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.