This is an exciting opportunity for a Specialist Practitioner to join a newly integrated health service for children in care, at a time when the service is being developed. The service consists of a supportive multi-disciplinary team, which offers specialist physical and emotional health input to professionals, carers and care experienced children and young people (aged 0-18) in Gloucestershire.
We are looking for a Practitioner who is passionate, enthusiastic and committed to delivering excellent and evidence based practice for our children in care, with experience of working with developmental trauma and complex emotional needs. You will be working alongside a supportive and compassionate team with opportunities for co-working, development and networking with other agencies.
Main duties of the job
Provide high quality and specialist profession based clinical reasoning, knowledge, skills and competencies regarding a range of therapeutic interventions.
Provide a range of specialist assessment and treatment interventions for children and young people (0-18yrs) in care who present with emotional and mental health difficulties.
Provide specialist clinical consultation and advice to carers and professionals working within a range of children's services within Gloucestershire.
Provide clinical leadership within the team alongside undertaking clinical responsibility for a caseload involving complex and high-risk clinical formulation and decision making, adhering to risk management and care planning processes in line with Trust Policy and liaising with Trust and multi-agency partners across Gloucestershire as required. There will be a specific focus upon providing specialist clinical assessment, formulation and treatment for those highly vulnerable children and young people who have high clinical risk and other complex/multi agency needs.
Demonstrate enhanced competency regarding complex clinical decision making and clinical formulation. Exercise autonomous professional responsibility for assessment and case management through care plans.
Provide high quality and specialist written clinical/professional reports and other means of effective communication as part of routine clinical responsibilities.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Professional Health or Social Care qualification: RNLD, RMHN, OT, MHSW. For Clinical Psychology: Doctorate in Clinical Psychology. For Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy: Completion of training and registration with the Association of Child Psychotherapists.
* Demonstrate current registration with a regulated professional body/ organisation: NMC, HCPC, BPS, ACP.
* Formal post graduate learning within a relevant CAMHS field or skill.
Desirable
* Profession specific additional qualifications (i.e nurse prescriber, DBT, CBT, AMHP, family therapy or systemic practice).
Experience
Essential
* Demonstrate extensive experience and expertise regarding delivering evidence based/best practice clinical interventions within CAMHS or related services and/or adult mental health settings.
* Demonstrate extensive experience of providing specialist CAMHS related consultation/ training and advice to partner agencies.
* Demonstrate clinical expertise and high levels of competency regarding assessing and managing children and young people with high clinical risk needs. This will include significant evidence of working within a positive risk management model of practice within a mental health setting.
Employer details
Employer name
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Rikenel
Montpelier
Gloucester
GL1 1LY
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