About this role
Job summary
An opportunity has arisen for a mental health practitioner skilled and experienced with children, young people and families to take on the role of Band 7 CAMHS Primary Mental Health Specialist located in the Local Authority South Bristol Social Care Team.
As a fully registered CAMHS Specialist in this team you will show excellent clinical, therapeutic, and communication skills with the Family Help team. You will facilitate and provide mental health assessments of children and young people open to the team and you will lead multi agency meetings and consultations with frontline Family Help staff. You will engage in direct therapeutic work with children and carers/parents and will self-manage a caseload. You will design and deliver presentations and training events for other professionals and carers/parents as required.
If you are keen to improve the outcomes for children and families who are participating in support from our Local Authority South Bristol Social Care team and you meet the application criteria, we look forward to receiving your application.
Main duties of the job
Assess the mental health, emotional and psychological needs of children and young people who are involved with the Family Help team.
Provide consultation and training to Family Help team.
To be a link and a bridge between CAMHS and Family Help team.
Providing referral guidance, signposting and consultation.
Providing mental health training to the Family Help team.
About us
We are the lead provider of healthcare for people with serious mental illness, learning disabilities and autism across Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES), Swindon and Wiltshire, and Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.We aim to provide High Quality, Compassionate Care everywhere, every day. This means our services will be safe, clinically effective and provide a positive all round experience for our patients, families and carers. And we believe passionately in treating everyone with kindness, respect and empathy.Key to this is providing a supportive and safe environment for our 4,000 staff where we all feel welcome and able to do the best we can for those we support. Our staff and teams work incredibly hard delivering services across more than 90 locations, covering 2,200miles, to more than 1.8million people.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.
Job description Job responsibilities
Assess mental health need and risks (for example self-harm and serious mental illness) in children and young people and to develop, implement and evaluate therapeutic interventions (including brief interventions).
Offer individual and family therapeutic work, with children, young people and their families.
Provide consultation in multi-agency settings.
Deliver training to professionals/parent/careers.
Work independently and manage own caseload.
Work in multi settings e.g. CAMHS, Social Care, schools.
Contribute to wider CAMHS referral and triage processes.Other DutiesThe postholder may be required to perform duties other than those given in the job description for the post. The particular duties and responsibilities attached to posts may vary from time to time withoutchanging the general character of the duties or the level of responsibilities entailed. Such variations are a common occurrence and would not of themselves justify the re-evaluation of a post. In cases, however, where a permanent and substantial change in the duties and responsibilities of a post occurs, consistent with a higher level of responsibility, then the post would be eligible for re-evaluation.
Please see Job Description for further details
Person Specification
Essential Essential
Professional qualification and registration in a relevant discipline, e.g. Arts Therapies, Nursing, Social Work, Family Therapy, OT, Psychology and Psychotherapy. Formal post-graduate diploma level qualification in a relevant field e.g. CYP-IAPT training, AMHP, CBT, Brief Therapy or can demonstrate an equivalent level of knowledge and expertise gained in practice, alongside a willingness and relevant competence to apply for and complete. 2 years Post-Qualifying CAMHS experiences Evidence of Multi Agency Working Provision of Consultation to professionals Experience of working with mental health risk
Desirable
Experience of offering training to professionals Experience of Working in health and social care settings
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Address Knowle Clinic
Broadfield Rd
Bristol
BS4 2UH
United Kingdom
Employer's website http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)