CAMH Practitioner

4 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom West London NHS Trust Full time

Are you a creative and dynamic mental health nurse who has desire to work with or already have experience of working with children and adolescents in a community mental health setting? Are you passionate about children, young persons and families receiving help and support when they need it most? An exciting opportunity has arisen for an able and dynamic CAMHS Specialist Community Clinical Nurse, to join our expanding and developing CAMHS Alliance Crisis Service. The team has excellent flexibility, great training and development opportunities. We put children and families at the centre of their care and believe in holistic and integrated care models. We are a team committed to research and change and are currently part of the SASH study.

The post holder will provide an accessible, high-quality mental health assessment and intervention for children and young people that is sensitive to their cultural, ethnic, religious, contextual, family and developmental needs. The post holder will promote mental health, well-being and personal and family growth. There will be an emphasis on working towards client goals, giving the client informed choices, as well as using appropriate, evidence-based available resources and treatment packages.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work as part of an MDT holding a clinical caseload and undertaking mental health assessments of children and adolescents presenting in crisis. The post holder will provide a range of appropriate, evidence based clinical and crisis interventions, informed by assessed individual need. You will be working with adolescents with behavioural, emotional and mental health needs often in complex family situations displaying a range of risk behaviours. In addition to providing direct work to families and young people, you will assist the CAMHS and/or paediatrics team with treatment planning and provide consultation to families/carers and other professionals involved in the life of the young person. The post holder will have experience of specialist mental health assessment and therapeutic interventions. The post holder's skills will be supported and adapted to meet the needs of children and adolescents with mental health problems and their families if you do not have CAMHS experience.

About us

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.

Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ 4,500 staff, of whom 56% are BME. Our turnover for 2023-24 is 426m.

The Trust is rated as 'Good' overallby the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as 'Outstanding'.

The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential


  • Professional qualification and registration, i.e. MH Nurse
  • Mentorship/ teaching and assessing qualification
  • Training in prevention and management of violence and aggression

Desirable


  • Evidence of accredited courses in child and adolescent mental health practice
  • First or higher degree in appropriate subject area or equivalent post registration training and experience
  • Specialist therapeutic skills e.g. CBT
  • Post registration training in CAMHS

Experience

Essential


  • oExperience of working in a number of ways i.e. assertive outreach, clinic based settings, home, school or other appropriate environments
  • oExperience of interagency and multidisciplinary working
  • oExperience of assessing risk and formulating safe and effective risk management plans

Desirable


  • o Demonstrable experience of assessment and working therapeutically with children, adolescents and their families within a mental health setting
  • oDemonstrable experience working with young people with in a community CAMHS setting
  • oExperience of using therapeutic skills, such as CBT, Solution Focused Therapy, Family Work
  • oClinical Supervision / Reflective Practice
  • oExperience of teaching other professionals
  • oExperience of management of child protection emergencies
  • oExperience of therapeutic work with children and families where abuse or neglect has occurred
  • oExperience of audit and/or research
  • oExperience of contributing to and implementing new service developments

Knowledge

Essential


  • oKnowledge of legislation relevant to the Children's Act 2004, Mental Health Act 1983 & Safeguarding Guidelines
  • oA sound working knowledge and application of relevant professional code, i.e. professional Code of Practice
  • oKnowledge of the various assessment tools used in CAMHS oKnowledge of the Care Plan Approach

Desirable


  • oKnowledge of the legal issues relating to consent and capacity in children and young people
  • oAn awareness and understanding of the issues facing, children, adolescents and their families

Skills

Essential


  • oExcellent communication skills
  • oThe ability to present and communicate complex information
  • oA high level of self-awareness and capacity to reflect
  • oConsultation Skills oComputer literate

Desirable


  • oSkills in communicating with children, adolescents and their families or carers
  • oGood organisational and prioritising skills oAbility to work autonomously as well as part of a team
  • oFlexible approach oGood team player oAble to manage risk oA good understanding of, and ability to use, clinical supervision
  • oAbility to contain the anxieties of severely unwell young people and their parents.
  • oSkills and sensitivity in working with difficult to engage families
  • oAbility to deal with challenging behaviour in possibly distressing situations.
  • oCar Driver

Employer details

Employer name

West London NHS Trust

Address

Alliance Crisis Care - CAMHs

Lakeside MHU (West Mid)

Isleworth

TW7 6AF

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