CAMHS Primary Practitioner

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Castleford

GBP 30,000 - 50,000

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Job description

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust

Are you passionate about supporting the mental health and well-being of children and young people? Do you have a commitment to making a positive impact in the lives of those who need it the most?

We are looking for an empathetic and dedicated Mental Health Nurse or Social Worker with sound knowledge, experience and skills within mental health to join our CAMHS Primary Intervention Team.

Your work will be the frontline of CAMHS and therefore excellent communication, engagement and de-escalation skills are essential. As part of a multi-disciplinary team, you will provide assessment, care planning and short-term therapeutic interventions to children, adolescents and their families. Your clinical expertise, creativity and adaptability skills will help support recovery and resilience in our service users.

As a member of the team, you will also contribute to the wider aims of the service through participation in service development/research.

Enquiries are strongly encouraged. Please contact Stacy Forrester, Team Manager within the Primary Intervention Team (01977 735865).

At the time of advertising, this role does meet the minimum requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK. We look forward to receiving your application.

All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect patients.

Main duties of the job

As an autonomous practitioner you will be responsible for holding a caseload of children and young people, providing holistic assessments including risk assessment and planning whilst also contributing to the delivery of the short-term individualised treatment programmes.

Within the role you will also work within CAMHS Single Point of Access (SPA) being responsible for supporting families and professionals through providing specialist consultation on the phone. You will be involved in the assessment of referrals into the service and deciding the appropriate treatment approach for each referral.

You would be expected to offer support and supervision to identified members of the team.

As a team we encourage Practitioners to develop specialist interests to work closely with partnership agencies.

About us

We 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 we’re accountable to our members, who can have a say in how we’re 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.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment.

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

Job responsibilities

JOB SUMMARY

To contribute to a co-ordinated delivery of training & consultation, and provide limited joint assessments and therapeutic interventions to children and young people and universal service workers within the District.
To facilitate the interface between Universal Services and the CAMH Service.
To act as a resource by being fully aware of existing provision for Children and Young People and establish good working relationships with those services.
To participate with supervision and attend Primary Intervention Team meetings to establish an embedded working relationship.
To promote safeguarding and the welfare of children and young people.
To work within the single point of referral as required, between the hours of 09:00 to 18:00.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

To support the ongoing process of delivering a comprehensive CAMHS system.
To provide direct and indirect consultation, advice and support to workers within the Primary Health Care Team and other relevant agencies, including Social Services, Education and Voluntary Organisations to enable these workers to develop their skills in recognising and managing emotional and behavioural disorders in children, young people and their families.
To work within the single point of referral as required.
To apply a sound knowledge of safeguarding children and guidelines in clinical work.
Where consultation results in continued concerns, to undertake assessments of children and young people and their families jointly with universal service workers as necessary.
To manage own caseload, accessing support and guidance appropriate to individual need.
To promote and assist the development of universal service workers in recognizing and supporting the emotional needs of children and young people via training and education within the School, Primary Health and Social Care setting.
To support the provision of effective mental health and behavioural management interventions with children, young people and their families within a School, Primary Health and Social Care setting.
Where treatment may be provided within a universal service setting, offer direct intervention if appropriate and assist in the development of a Care Plan with the responsible universal service worker.
Ensure evidence-based practice is implemented, supporting Clinical Effectiveness and maintain continuing professional development aided by the Quality Performance Management Process and Clinical Supervision.
Ensure effective, meaningful and timely information is collated utilising the relevant information systems, to assist in the evaluation of this service and to support the Performance Management of the Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services.
To review and evaluate this service provision/development with relevant stakeholders and support the sharing of this information as appropriate.
To actively promote user/carer involvement in all aspects of care planning/delivery whilst respecting the rights, capabilities and wishes of the individuals concerned.
To support the formulation of protocols and guidelines to assist referrers to the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in consultation with the Clinical Management Team.
Ensure compliance with Professional, Service and Trust Policies, Procedures, Protocols, Guidelines and Standards.
To use a range of Information Technology systems ensuring high quality data is collected appropriately, kept securely and confidentially.
To maintain relevant professional registration.
To identify and communicate any concerns through relevant management processes.
To demonstrate continued practice development and engage in annual appraisal.

VDU USER? To record own data and to access e-mail and internet.

Trust Values:

The Trust is committed to ensuring the highest standards of care and treatment and expects that all staff treat people e.g., service users, their carers, relatives, friends, colleagues, visitors etc., with dignity and respect at all times. The post holder must at all times act in accordance with the Trust's Values:

Honest, open, transparent

Respectful

Person first and in the centre

Improve and be outstanding

Relevant today, ready for tomorrow

Families and carers matter

Safeguarding:

Report any concerns regarding the safety or wellbeing of children, adults service users, members of their families etc., in accordance with Trust Policy.

Prevent and respond appropriately to abuse and understand own role in this by undertaking Safeguarding training.

Trust policies and commitments to be read in line with the relevant Trust Policy:

All staff employed by the Trust must comply with the Trust's policies and procedures, undertake appropriate training required for their role and commit to:

ensure they are aware of the Whistleblowing Policy and how they raise concerns;
maintain confidentiality, in line with the Trust's Confidentiality Policy and Code of Conduct;
understand their personal responsibilities with regards to data quality for any information which they create, use or process in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), The Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA) and Trust Data Protection policy;
comply with the provisions of The Trust's Health and Safety Policy and Protocol. Ensuring their own safety and that of colleagues, service users and visitors. Know the action to be taken in the event of a fire and must undertake fire training annually;
receive supervision in line with the Trust's Supervision Policy and an annual Appraisal in line with the Trust's Appraisal Policy, during which mandatory, role specific and personal development needs should be identified and agreed;
understand their responsibilities under the Trust's Equal Opportunities in Employment Policy and ensure that they adhere to the provisions of the policy;
recognise, respect and support the equality diversity of staff, colleagues, service users, carers and the public. Contribute to a working environment which promotes and responds positively to difference and diversity;
ensure they carry out their duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people under the age of 18 years, as issued under Section 11 of The Children Act 2004, by being familiar with and adhering to Trust safeguarding policies and participating in relevant training;
comply with their professional responsibilities to develop their practice and deliver care through a Clinical Governance framework (i.e. CPD, Audit, Supervision);
demonstrate, through practice and practical understanding, the importance of the continual development of individual, team and service wide quality improvement;
abide by relevant codes of professional practice, with the organisation taking action when codes of conduct are breached;
work flexibly to meet the needs of the service/organisation, whilst working within a culture of progressive employment practices and commitment to the Investors in People (IiP) Standards;
adhere to the Trust's smoke-free policies, which prohibits smoking anywhere on Trust grounds;
being socially responsible by complying with measures that support the Trust in reducing or offsetting our environmental impact;
Identify and report risks, hazards, incidents, accidents and near misses promptly;
In addition to the Trust's own responsibilities under the Health and Social Care Act 2008, Code of Practice on the prevention and control of infections and related guidance, for your safety, ALL staff (and contractors) are responsible for ensuring their work adheres to this Code in the delivery of safe patient care.

This job description is an outline of the main duties of the post. The postholder will be required to undertake other duties commensurate with the band as directed. The content of this post will be reviewed in consultation with the postholder when necessary and in line with the service developments.

For full details of the role please see the supporting documents attached.

Person Specification

Qualifications

First level registered qualification, such as:
RMN, CPN, SW, Occupational Therapy or relevant mental health profession.
Post qualification training in mental health therapy (e.g. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Family & Systemic Therapy).

Special Knowledge/Skills

Assessment planning and evaluation of time limited therapeutic programme skills in mental health and behavioural difficulties including risk assessments.
Good verbal and communication skills.
Ability to manage own caseload.
Good negotiation skills, and problem-solving skills.
Effective record keeping and report writing skills to include care planning and risk assessments.
Have good team working skills. Be able to work across disciplines with an ability to predict and manage inter-disciplinary tensions and foster good working practices.

Personal Attributes

Able to work autonomously and as part of a team.
A current driving licence and access to a car during the working day is essential (reasonable adjustments will be considered for any applicants who are unable to drive due to a disability).
Commitment to a Multi-agency approach to the client.
Calm, confident, innovative, creative and assertive.
Willingness to be flexible and adaptable in accordance with changing service priorities.
Commitment to challenging discrimination and improving accessibility of services.
Ability to manage crisis situations.

Experience

Comprehension of current legislation in relation to under 18s.
An understanding of roles and responsibilities of agencies involved in working with under 18s.
Experience of working with children and adolescents with multiple problems and their families/carers.
Multi-disciplinary working. Experience of providing consultation/support and training to professional carers working with under 18s.
Experience of working with universal service professionals.
Experience of supervising/mentoring junior staff.
Experience of safeguarding children and young people.
Experience of working in universal services.
Experience of networking between universal services and CAMHS.
Experience of working in a Family and Systemic Team.
Knowledge and experience of working with equality and diversity.
Experience of delivering training to others.

Physical Attributes

Ability to undertake the duties and demands of the post. A satisfactory sickness record over the previous 2 years (subject to the need to act with fairness and equality of opportunity, particularly where the sickness is related to a disability and/or pregnancy).

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.

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust