Camhs Practitioner

**Job Specifics**:

- B6 CAMHS Practitioner (RMN, SW, OT, Arts Therapy, or within a Psychological Therapy
- Mon-Fri 09:00-17:00

**Job Summary**:

- To work as a member of the CAMHS YOUnited Team and wider local systems partners YOUnited Referral Hub, providing screening of referrals, information gathering and consultation to referring agencies, young people and their families and/or carers.
- To utilise specialist knowledge to make decisions about a child or young person’s mental health needs and how they would most appropriately be met.
- To assess clinical risk based on information available and additional information gathered, and to prioritise accordingly
- To participate in the prevention and early detection of emotional and mental health difficulties in children and young people referred to the service.
- To maintain awareness of the resources of the core, neuro-developmental and eating disorders pathways in main Community CAMHS, and the administrative systems for booking appointments in those teams.
- To work alongside Community CAMHS to ensure that waiting time standards are met.
- To contribute to the development of systems for managing referrals including screening, filtering, re-directing and fast tracking referrals as appropriate.
- To follow the Standard Operating Procedures of the YOUnited Referral Hub teamTo network and develop partnerships with CAMH professionals and other professionals within Social Care, Education, Early Help services, General Practitioners, Child Health services,Health Promotion agencies and the Voluntary / Independent sector.
- To work within the framework of legislation, guidance, policies and procedures relating to the Children’s Act, Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act.
- To maintain accurate and appropriate records of work undertaken.
- To ensure that Trust policy in relation to confidentiality and consent is adhered to at all times.
- To attend training opportunities to promote professional practice and skills development in line with professional body requirements.
- To participate in the CAMHS on-call system as and when required.

**DBS check required: Enhanced DBS check + Children's & Adults' Barred Lists