CYP Crisis Mental Health Practitioner

• Deliver community based assessment, de-escalation and risk reduction interventions when children and young people are presenting in crisis
• Work to support CYP in the community to manage crisis and avoid A&E attendance/admission to a medical bed without medical necessity or admission to a General Adolescent Unit
• Support families to offer containment and care during periods of high expressed emotion and crisis
• Work intensively with CYP and those who care for them for up to 72 hours
• Provide, or provide access to, a range of quality psychotherapeutic interventions in accordance with CYP assessed needs
• Support the delivery of established care pathways to provide an effective and responsive service for all CYP across the footprint into specialised mental health care settings within the NHS and Independent sector, including out of hours
• To be responsible for and manage a caseload and undertake case management responsibilities within the case load
• Complete referrals, following agreed frameworks, for specialist in-patient services and children's services as appropriate
• Support CYP as required in ensuring young people maintain links to their community, family and support
• Provide direct assessment, risk assessment and formulation and case management of CYP and contribute to safety plans
• Liaise with emergency services and primary care to assist them in their work with risky CYP
• Participate in telephone helplines for CYP; families and other professionals in managing crisis out of hours

Essential

• Core profession with current recognised registration (nursing/social worker/OT
• CAMHS experience
• Evidence of current registration
• Evidence of managing risk

Essential

• Experience of Clinical responsibility and case management
• Experience of assessing and managing risk
• Experience of completing mental health assessments
• Experience of multi-agency working