Mental Health Practitioner

The post holder will work

shifts between the hours of 9am and 8pm, the service operates 365 days a year.

You will work under the

supervision of a CAMHS crisis/HBTT Clinicians and will have Clinical

Supervision provided by an experienced clinician.

The primary role is supporting

children, young people and their families, who are open to CAMHS and require

intensive support in the community to reach their full potential.

The role also involves

liaising with other professionals, handing over, assessing young people

including care planning and risk assessment.

monitor young peoples journey through CAMHS with in a discharge-focused,

collaborative approach, is vital to this role.

The post holder will use

therapeutic engagement skills to inspire young people to maintain their life

skills, education and physical activity to aid recovery to ensure children and

young people continue to be integrated in the community.

Forming and maintaining

professional relationships is a key part of the role.

Resilient, work safely under pressure, can prioritise clinical tasks and who

can engage and motivate young people to participate in activities.

Knowledge of the following

legislation is required: Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity.

job description is an outline of the main duties of the post. The post-holder will be required to undertake

other duties commensurate with the grade as directed.

The content of this post will be reviewed in consultation with the post-holder

when necessary and in line with the service developments.

The post holder will provide an emergency assessment and intensive

treatment and outreach response to children and young people with mental health

needs.

To provide a timely

access to specialist services for children and young people that present in

crisis or who present a significant and immediate risk to themselves and /or

others, and outreach to those that are difficult to engage, providing intensive

support where required to meet identified need contributing to the prevention

of admission to residential provision and also the facilitation of timely

discharge from residential provision.

To look after and ensure the safe keeping of

equipment and materials used by self in the execution of this post.

To promote the

safeguarding and welfare of children and young people.

1

To support the

ongoing process of delivering a comprehensive CAMHS system and being party to

the development of the Emergency Assessment, Intensive Treatment Response and

Outreach element of the Specialist CAMHS portfolio in line with the service

specification implementation plans and commissioner investment.

2

To provide

specialist assessment, intensive interventions, time limited 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.

3

To provide an immediate specialist assessment response

to children and young people in crisis and those who present a significant

and immediate risk to themselves and /or others and the development of an

associated care plan

4

To be responsible for managing a caseload ensuring

robust assessment, care planning, interventions and therapy, onward referral

and through-care as appropriate.

Caseload Management.

5

To support and be involved in, as required the,

transportation of service users to identified areas of care.

6

To participate in the development, audit and

review of this extension to existing service provision.

7

To undertake extended hours of work alongside fellow

specialist CAMHS practitioners.

8

To work collaboratively with Universal Services and

Residential CAMHS providers to provide coherent and co-ordinated mental

health services for children and young people as well as other significant

partners, ensuring timely transition and relevant consultation, training and

support to universal services and targeted groups.

9

To use a range of Information Technology systems

ensuring high quality data is collected appropriately, kept securely and

confidentially.

10

To participate in an agreed clinical audit programme

for the service, and ensure lessons learnt from both audit and clinical

incidents are reported.

are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health

and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale,

Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are

the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission is

to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this

by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ

staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a

difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourage

and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value

diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Being

a foundation Trust means were accountable to our

members, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people

(including staff) are members of our Trust.

Join

us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving

the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and

help each year.

are committed

to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and

vulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share this

commitment.

We do reserve to right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.

Physical Attributes

Training

Essential: - Training and experience relating to specialist CAMHS.

Special Knowledge & Skills

Desirable: - Experience of community settings.; - Previous experience in working in a CAMH setting.

Personal Attributes

Qualifications

Desirable: - Post Registration qualification e.g. degree.; - Post graduate qualification in mental health (e.g. CBT, Family Therapy, Counselling).

Experience