Camhs Crisis Practitioner

To be trained and confident in the use of CYP IAPT principles, evidence based interventions and routine outcome measures. To co-ordinate and deliver individualised care packages / programmes for children and young people and evaluate these programmes, ensuring high standards of practice in accordance with national guidelines and trust policy. To provide specialist mental health advice, consultation and signposted using an outcome based triage model, to the multi-agency network. To carry out effective bio psychosocial assessments of individuals in crisis referred to the team from community mental health teams, GPs and other sources.

To gate keep all referrals to inpatient services to test their suitability for home treatment as an alternative to admission. To carry out effective risk assessment and management, seeking advice from multidisciplinary colleagues and other teams where needed. To provide a range of agreed brief crisis clinical interventions to service users and their relatives in any setting, aimed at increasing the individuals psychological stability. To develop effective crisis plans with individuals which will improve their future resilience.

To provide phone advice to people in crisis. To assess the welfare of people discharged from inpatient wards in a timely manner. To carry out assessments of mental capacity as required to do so. To liaise collaboratively with hospital and community based mental health services, both within Oxleas and elsewhere, also with emergency services and non-statutory bodies.

To maintain comprehensive and timely clinical records in accordance with Trust standards. To work extended hours within a two shift system over seven days per week.