Job overview

This role is offered on a permanent basis. The hours are full time 37.5 per week.

We are looking for an experienced Band 6 to join our Core Child and Adolescent mental health service (CAMHS) teams. 

Within Core CAMHS we offer assessments and interventions for the children and young people who are accepted into our service.

We pride ourselves on working within a strong multi-disciplinary team (MDT) including;

·       Nurses

·       Occupational Therapists

·       Social workers

·       Creative therapists

·       Psychologists

·       psychotherapists

Currently we are looking for a registered practitioner (mental health or LD nurse, OT, or social worker) to ensure we have a robust MDT. 

We are looking for someone who has clinical experience of working within a MDT and also supporting the wider network for the child and their family.

CAMHS continue to deliver high quality specialist mental health services to children and young people up to their 18th birthday.

We are a supportive, experienced and progressive multi-disciplinary team.

Main duties of the job

You will have the opportunity to;

·       Offer assessments for children, young people and families

·       create formulations to aid an understanding of the child’s needs

·       utilise evidence based, goal focused and effective interventions which lead to a positive discharge from our service.

We offer individual, family and group interventions which may be time limited or longer-term therapies according to need.

The successful candidates will have the necessary clinical skills and knowledge to complete clinical assessments including sound clinical formulations and clinical risk assessments. You will be expected to demonstrate experience in providing evidence based mental health treatment interventions.

Key elements of the job:

·       Provide a range of specialist CAMHS assessment and treatment interventions for children and young people as well as their families/ career’s who present with emotional and mental health difficulties

·       Providing Care Coordinator responsibilities for a caseload of children and young people presenting with complex and high-risk mental health issues. There will be a specific focus upon providing specialist clinical assessment, formulation and treatment, including Self Harm assessments where the Voice of the Child is embedded within personalised care planning

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Working for our organisation

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