To improve children and young people’s timely access to CAMHS as part of a newly developed service: Working within the i-Thrive framework Working within a highly experienced multi-disciplinary team to provide assessment and treatment of children and young people with serious and complex mental health difficulties. Holding a caseload of young people from the point of triage to assessment offering evidence-based intervention and through to discharge Working with and supporting the system around the child or young person including family and wider professional network. Working within Getting Advice (the CAMHS front door) and across defined locality teams Contributing on a rota basis to CAMHS Triage and Getting Advice within Bristol and South Glos and North Somerset. Working with children, young people and families in an accessible/flexible approach using an outreach model We would welcome applicants who have recently completed the PGDip in Psychological therapies or CAPS training. The team are a new part of the CAMHS service helping to transform access for young people. They are a dynamic team who are passionate about young people’s mental health and working across CAMHS and our partner agencies. The team are committed to continuous staff development and CPD, including reflective space and have a strong focus on staff wellbeing. If you wish to be part of developing this team and are passionate about young people’s mental health please get in touch. To carry out assessments of a child or young person’s mental health needs and associated risk To develop, implement and evaluate therapeutic interventions and to be responsible of the management of own caseload from referral to discharge. To provide a comprehensive formulation of needs and appropriate onwards signposting To participate in regular reviews of cases and attend CAMHS case discussions, conferences and reviews as appropriate We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust): a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care. We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset. Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care. At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger. For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Lois Richards Job title: CAMHS Getting Advice Team Manager Email address: lois.richardsnhs.net Telephone number: 0117 340 8570