Healthcare Assistant - CAMHS

The Healthcare Assistant will support children, young people, and families experiencing a mental health crisis and emotional distress as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Key duties include delivering planned care and therapeutic interventions under the direction of registered practitioners; providing practical and emotional support; monitoring wellbeing and reporting concerns; gathering information to support clinical decision-making; responding to telephone enquiries and referrals; and maintaining accurate clinical records.

The post holder will contribute to handovers, team meetings, supervision, training, and service improvement activities, while working within safeguarding, confidentiality, and professional boundaries.

As part of a flexible CYP Intensive Mental Health Services workforce, the post holder may be required to provide support across community and inpatient services, including the CAMHS Crisis and Intensive Home Treatment Team, Inspire CAMHS Inpatient Services, and Family Day Services. Training, induction, and competency support will be provided, with opportunities for rotational development across services.

We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website

We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

From city to countryside, market towns to moors you'll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.

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