CAMHS Mental Health Practitioner

About the role

The post sits in our Responsive Adolescent and Children's Home-Based Treatment Team (ReACH) Team (formerly known as the Crisis Team). This is not a desk-based role and isn't a service where two days are the same. Crisis work can be unpredictable, challenging and incredibly rewarding.

Responsibilities

• Undertaking emergency and urgent assessments (these could be in The Accident and Emergency (A&E) department, Children’s ward or community/home settings).
• Providing intensive home-based treatment as an alternative to hospital admission.
• Working collaboratively with service users, carers and partner agencies to develop crisis and safety plans.
• Delivering evidence-based, recovery focused interventions during periods of acute distress.
• Safeguarding and supporting safe discharge from crisis services and facilitating onward care.
• Participating in multidisciplinary decision making.
• Contributing to a service that operates 7 days a week, including bank holidays, weekends and shift work.
• Offering clinical supervision to colleagues.
• Supporting with development within the team e.g trainees, students or those on a Band 5-6 development post.

Requirements

You need to be a registered staff member e.g Nurse, Occupational Therapist of Social Worker to apply for the role. The team are based at Fieldhead Hospital, Block 9. You are required to have a driving license for this role and access to a car is essential.

Qualifications

You must be a registered staff member e.g Nurse, Occupational Therapist of Social Worker to apply for the role.

Skills

Confidence in working in a fast-paced environment, ability to make sound clinical decisions, and commitment to delivering person-centred care during periods of significant distress.

Benefits

This is not a desk-based role and isn't a service where two days are the same. Crisis work can be unpredictable, challenging and incredibly rewarding.

Pay

Salary £39,959 to £48,117 a year

Schedule

Full-time, Flexible working