Mental Health Practitioner CAMHS Acute

Are you a Nurse, Occupational Therapist, Social Worker or an Arts Therapist (drama, art, music etc.) looking for a new opportunity?

Band 5 Mental Health Practitioner Roles for CAMHS Acute - Urgent Help Service.

You will be involved in an exciting new development of the enhanced crisis / home treatment 7 day a week service, as an alternative to inpatient admission for Children and Young People experiencing acute mental health difficulties.

You will be part of developing the service to give children and young people living in Sussex a more appropriate and integrated range of services to meet their clinical needs. As a practitioner in the team you will have a varied role of duty, assessment for inpatient admission, discharge and offering interventions to young people and families.

The aim of the Sussex CAMHS 'hospital at home' is to provide an alternative to admission to support the local network around the young person (aged 12-18) whilst they are in the acute stage of mental health difficulties. You will be part of an MDT with nursing, psychiatry, occupational therapy, family therapy, social worker, mental health practitioners and support workers.

In the development of this new service you will have opportunities for specialist training including in CBT, DBT, and approaches to working with eating needs.

Main duties of the job

We are a friendly and supportive multi-disciplinary team, who are dedicated to providing a high quality service which complements the work done by our wider CAMHS colleagues. As part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust's commitment to developing Crisis Care for CAMHS and in line with the NHS Long Term Plan, we are developing our CAMHS Crisis care pathway across Sussex, aimed at further meeting the needs of children and young people presenting with acute mental health needs.

This post offers the Trust's £2,000 Golden Hello or Relocation Incentive for Band 5-6 Nurses & Practitioners, (pro rata and subject to terms and conditions; please see attached Protocol Document for full details).

About us

The roles will be Sussex wide and ability to travel across sites is an essential requirement. Some weekend and evening work is essential to enable the service to meet the needs of the children, young people and their families.

To protect the health and safety of our staff/workers, patients, and those attending our sites, we encourage our workforce to get fully vaccinated against COVID.

Job responsibilities

• To manage a crisis caseload of young people and their families and carers.
• To co-ordinate and deliver individualised care packages / programmes for adolescents and their families and evaluate these programmes, ensuring high standards of practice in accordance with national guidelines and trust policy.
• To develop and maintain therapeutic relationships with young people and their families/carers.
• To work as part of the young persons professional network, keeping them informed of developments, changes in risk status and promoting multi agency collaboration. Liaison with Children's Specialist Services, Educational services, independent sector mental health providers, Social Care and counsellors and any other professional related to the childcare.
• To involve the young person, and as appropriate, their families/carers in delivering programmes of care.
• To be able to assess and manage high-risk adolescent clients in a variety of settings, conducting risk assessments and formulating safety plans.

These posts will focus on providing crisis and intensive home treatment, and will be pan Sussex with the need to travel by car essential.

Applicants will need a core professional qualification that is registered with the NMC, Social Work England or HCPC. Applications are welcomed from OTs, Mental Health Nurses, Social Workers, and Drama/Art/Music Therapists.

Experience in working in CAMHS or in crisis services would be beneficial although not essential.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Professional Qualification
• NMC or HPC Registration
• Post Basic Courses / Study Days
• Evidence of CPD and professional portfolio

Knowledge & Experience

• Knowledge of MHA (1983/2007).
• Knowledge of Mental Capacity Act (2005), to include practical knowledge of FACE documentation, DOLS and Best Interest decisions.
• Child and Adult safeguarding procedures.
• Change management at organising and prioritising their workload.
• Demonstrate ability to enhance care through evidence based knowledge.
• Demonstrate professional development relevant to the specific care group.
• Lived experience of mental health issues.

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.

£29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum / pro rata for part time.