Rmn Camhs Practitioner Single Point of Access

7 months ago


West Bromwich, United Kingdom Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Full time

**Job overview**

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Single Point of Access for Sandwell and Wolverhampton CAMHS working out of the CAMHS SPA Site in WEST BROM. We are seeking an experienced and enthusiastic CAMHS practitioner to join our friendly and diverse team. The SPA team acts as a front door to specialist mental health and getting help services for both Sandwell and Wolverhampton localities, with future plans to become part of a combined Black Country CAMHS SPA Team covering all four localities within the Black Country.

**Main duties of the job**
- To provide a quality specialist service to clients (and their families/carers) referred to CAMHS across all sectors of care
- Triage referrals into CAMHS, including the assessment and prioritisation of clinical complexity and risk
- To lead on referral and triage pathways and processes within CAMHS
- To participate in the development of a clinical workforce rota to cover the SPA in collaboration with admin colleagues
- To promote the reputation of CAMHS
- To provide specialist assessment and intervention for complex mental health needs and to work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise systematic governance of practice within CAMHS
- To contribute to the proposal, development and implementation of policy and procedures for CAMHS and wider children and family services
- To utilise skills in audit, service evaluation, policy and service development and research in particular conduct regular audits pertaining to SPA processes including demand and capacity for different types of initial assessment
- Effectively assess and prioritise clinical complexity and risk
- Liaise with referrers and professionals in relation to clinical concerns and queries
- Be a clinical point of contact for children, young people and families
- Effectively liaise with referrers, professionals, partners and agencies in relation to referrals and/or assessments

**Working for our organisation**

Black Country Healthcare the lead provider of NHS mental health services for more than a million people across Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton:

- Adult and older adult mental health services
- Specialist learning disabilities services
- Mental health services for children and young people
- Community healthcare for children, young people and families in Dudley

We’re proud to be rated **Good** by the Care Quality Commission, and that many of our staff have won awards for their work.

**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**

**Main Duties/Responsibilities**
- To provide specialist systematic process for the assessment of children and young people referred into CAMHS. To assess, triage and prioritise referrals ensuring an equitable system and that those with urgent needs are clearly identified and needs are addressed in a timely manner. The post will require independent management of caseload with appropriate supervision and professional management, as per professional body guidelines.
- To provide highly specialist assessments of clients referred to CAMHS based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex information from a variety of sources including self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients and their families/carers.
- To provide effective and safe assessment of safeguarding concerns. Liaising and reporting to other agencies where appropriate, including the completion of safeguarding referrals and safety planning.
- To consider the appropriateness of CAMHS referrals in relation to agreed referral criteria and organise safe signposting as appropriate to the needs of the child/young person referred.
- Ensure pathways into CAMHS are accessible for children, young people and families with additional needs e.g., a learning disability.
- To exercise professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment, signposting and discharge of clients.
- To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and their families/carers.
- To gather comprehensive information from a range of community children/young people’s services and to liaise with services around assessment outcomes and safeguarding concerns.
- To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner in both written and verbal form, information concerning the assessment and treatment plans of clients referred to CAMHS.
- Take a lead on training colleagues in SPA duties and pathways
- To provide post-qualification training (CPD) and clinical professional supervision to junior staff, students or trainees in relevant profession.
- To maintain and develop skills in the area of professional pre
- and post-graduate training and clinical supervision.
- To provide advice, consultation and training to staff working with the client group across a range of agencies and settings, where appropriate.
- To participate as a clinician in the development of a high quality, responsive and



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