Job summary
Full Time - Hours Per Week
Are youpassionate about helping young people with mental health problems? Do you haveexperience of working with Children in Care and their extended networks and arecommitted to getting the best outcomes for them? If you answer yes to thesequestions, then Wakefield CAMHS is for you!
We are lookingfor an experienced and confident Mental Health Practitioner who is able to workwithin a busy multidisciplinary team during this exciting period of growth anddevelopment. You must have significant and demonstrable experience of workingwith young people and their families/carers/networks, particularly Children inCare, who can often present with a range of complex mental health needs.
You must have arange of skills and knowledge to deliver the clinical aspects of the role. Youmust be able to work as an autonomous practitioner within professional practiceguidelines and a structured supervision framework.
Enquires arestrongly encouraged. Please contact 01977 735866 and speak with Team Manager Charlie Hindle.
Please be awarethat you must meet all the essential qualification requirements of the role (asdescribed in the person specification) to be considered for interview. You willneed to be a registered with a core profession.
Main duties of the job
Hold a caseload of young people with complex mental health concerns
Attend MDT meetings
Liaise with other agencies, such as Social Care Direct, on a regular basis
Ensuring documentation and relevant paperwork is up to date and accurate
Conduct risk assessments and support young people, carers/parents to manage the risks identified
Offer therapeutic intervention to young people on your caseload
Support with the duty worker rota (within working hours)
All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to befully vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect patients.
We are aware that an increasing number of applicants areusing AI technology to generate responses on NHS Job application forms. Over relianceon AI-generated content in application forms is strongly discouraged and wewill conduct a thorough screening process before selecting candidates toprogress to the next stage. If you are using AI to enhance your application,please disclose this in your NHS Jobs application form.
About us
Weare a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental healthand learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale,Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and arethe lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.
Our mission isto help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do thisby providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employstaff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make adifference to the lives of service users, families and carers.
We encourageand welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we valuediversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.
Beinga foundation Trust means were accountable to ourmembers, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people(including staff) are members of our Trust.
Joinus and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improvingthe mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet andhelp each year.
Weare committedto safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people andvulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share thiscommitment.
We do reserve to right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.
Job description
Job responsibilities
JOB SUMMARY
The post-holder will -
Provide assessment and treatment to children and young people with mental health needs.
Work autonomously and collaboratively within the MDT, providing consultation for other agencies/professionals;
Promote the safeguarding and welfare of children and young people.
To provide routine and urgent assessment and interventions to young people with a wide range of emotional and psychological problems who are referred to specialist CAMHS, in keeping with evidence based practice with supervision from a senior clinician within professional guidelines and within the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures.
KEY RESULT AREAS:
1. To support the ongoing process of delivering a comprehensive CAMHS system.
2. To provide assessment, interventions, therapy to children, young people with the most severe, complex and persistent mental health problems, including those who are severely mentally ill or at suicidal risk and where appropriate, families as both an autonomous practitioner and as part of a multidisciplinary team in a variety of settings to address need. This will include working with the CAPA model.
3. To apply a sound knowledge of safeguarding children and guidelines in clinical work.
4. To be committed to a quality approach for patient care.
5. The post-holder will demonstrate high levels of concentration and provide sustained effort in assessment of complex family issues.
6. To manage own caseload, accessing support and guidance appropriate to individual need.
7. To operate within the clinical and case management supervision framework.
8. To provide training, consultation and supervision to other service providers, partner agencies and junior members of staff as required regarding intensive interventions with children, young people and families.
9. To participate in the development, audit and review of this extension to existing service provision.
10. To undertake extended hours of work alongside fellow specialist CAMHS practitioners.
For full job description, please see attached supporting documentation.
Person Specification
Personal Attributes
Essential
11. Able to work autonomously and as part of a team
12. Commitment to multi-agency approach
13. Ability to work and make decisions under pressure.
14. Calm, confident, innovative, creative
15. and assertive
16. Clarity of decision making
17. Willingness to be flexible and adaptable in accordance with changing service priorities.
18. Commitment to challenging discrimination and improving accessibility of services.
19. Ability to cope calmly in a crisis
20. To demonstrate good self care and encourage the same in team members
21. A Current driving licence and access to a car during the working day is essential (reasonable adjustments will be considered for any applicants who are unable to drive due to a disability)
Training
Desirable
22. Training and experience relating to specialist CAMHS
23. Experience of delivering training to others
Experience
Essential
24. Substantial post qualification experience, some of which must be working with Children, young people and their carers in a mental health or other complex care setting
25. Multidisciplinary team working
26. Inter-agency liaison and consultation
27. Experience of supervising/mentoring junior staff
28. Knowledge of relevant legislation and guidance NHS plan, Mental Health Legislation, Childrens act, Education Act, Working Together, Childrens NSF, Every Child Matters, etc.
29. Clinical/therapeutic knowledge and skills in mental health.
30. Experience in assessment and risk management and ability to implement evidence based practice
31. Proven ability to work with other agencies and disciplines and in partnership with other organisations.
32. Experience of safeguarding children and young people.
Desirable
33. Experience of community settings
34. Experience of working in different cultural contexts
35. Knowledge and experience of working with Equality and Diversity.
Special Knowledge/Skills
Essential
36. Good verbal and communication skills
37. Ability to manage own caseload
38. Good negotiation skills, and problem solving skills
39. Customer service orientation
40. Effective record keeping and report writing skills to include care planning and risk assessments.
41. IT skills.
42. Have good team working skills. Be able to work across disciplines with an ability to predict and manage inter-disciplinary tensions and foster good working practices.
Physical Attributes
Essential
43. Ability to undertake the duties and demands of the post. A satisfactory sickness record over the previous 2 years (subject to the need to act with fairness and equality of opportunity, particularly where the sickness is related to a disability and/or pregnancy).
Qualifications
Essential
44. Relevant professional qualification, nursing, or other professional allied to medicine
45. Dip SW or relevant mental health profession
46. Membership of professional body
Desirable
47. Post Registration qualification degree
48. Post graduate qualification in mental health ( CBT, Family Therapy, Counselling)
49. A teaching and assessing qualification.