Community CAMHS Specialist Practitioner

1 month ago

Bath Somerset, United Kingdom Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust Full time

This permanent post is an opportunity for a clinician to work in an enthusiastic, innovative, supportive and experienced Early Intervention team.


BANES Early Intervention Team is a multi-professional team working across CAMHS and Adult Mental Health Services, providing care for people aged 14-64, presenting to mental health services, often for the first time.


The service is part of an AWP Trust wide Early Intervention Service with strong links to the Southwest and national networks.


You must be an excellent communicator, have a flexible approach to your work with a good knowledge base of the principles of Early Intervention in Psychosis.
To assess young people with presenting with symptoms of possible psychosis .


To plan and implement specialist programmes of care for young people following the first appearance of psychosis, including carrying a specialist caseload of clients and acting as care co-ordinator


To provide specialist advice to young people, carers and professionals


To develop awareness sessions around psychosis and early intervention to be delivered within education and youth services


To provide clinical supervision to junior staff, students and supportworkers


This role is focussed on providing appropriate, effective interventions and treatments to people with Psychosis and their Carers (including friends and relatives) and their supporters in the community, enabling and assisting them to meet daily health, social care and wellbeing needs, in line with personal recovery goals, and facilitating engagement with mainstream services.


We are committed to continuous learning and development, supported by management and clinical supervision. There will be opportunities to develop your interests supported by ongoing training.
We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust): a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.


We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.


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.
To work within the Early Intervention for Psychosis Service delivering all components of the established Early Intervention modelTo provide comprehensive and specialist assessment of young people between the ages of 14 to 64 years referred to the Early Intervention Team with a first episode psychosis or possibly emerging psychosis. To provide advice and to assist other members of the Early Intervention for Psychosis Service with interventions which draw on own specialist professional knowledge (for example, an occupational therapist specialist would be expected to advice on and carry out specialist occupational and vocational assessments).


To provide advice and support to carers/ relatives of young people, and to provide structured family work to families where a young person has a first episode or emerging psychosis.


To assist in the transfer of appropriate cases between the CAMHS and Adult Services, in keeping with need and service user wishes.


In line with Trust policy, to receive regular clinical supervision and to participate in clinical and caseload supervision arrangements provided by the Early Intervention for Psychosis Service.


To participate in the development and delivery of teaching and training where appropriate. In particular to plan, develop and deliver training around psychosis and the importance of early intervention to young people, carers and staff within schools, colleges, youth organisations and other community groups.


To provide clinical supervision for students, support workers and junior staff.


To be aware of and comply with all policies, procedures and directives of the Early Intervention for Psychosis Service as well as the Trust.


To maintain and further develop high standards of professional practice through co-operative work with other mental health professionals and involvement in professional audit.
Professional qualification and registration in mental health nursing, social work, CAP (clinical associate in psychology) or occupational therapy


experience of working with young people


Clean driving license and access to a car.


systemic family work experience

Understanding of FEP and role of early intervention in psychosis teams


Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

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