Camhs Duty and Liaison Team Mental Health

1 month ago


Hove, United Kingdom Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust Full time

Brighton CAMHS Duty and Liaison Service

Mental Health Practitioner - Band 6 (Maternity Leave Cover)

Based across Brighton & Hove

Do you want to work for an inspiring and expanding service within CAMHS? If so then we would love to hear from you.

This role offers the perfect opportunity for career development due to the skills that you will learn through this type of work, or for those considering moving to CAMHS from other services.

The role will be variable and exciting, sometimes challenging and there is a need for flexibility but it is always very interesting and rewarding. You will need to be motivated, forward thinking and have a strong commitment to providing high quality care to provide the best outcomes for young people.

Excellent risk assessment and safety planning skills are essential to this role and you will be well supported to develop your ability in these areas.

As a DLT Mental Health Practitioner you will work a shift pattern covering the hours of 9.00am - 8.00pm Monday to Friday and 10.00am to 6.00pm weekends and public holidays.

You will be supporting young people and their carers who are presenting with a mental health crisis across a range of settings; in General Hospitals, CAMHS Offices, online/ via phone and occasionally at home.

This is a developing service and there will be an opportunity in this role to deliver therapeutic interventions alongside crisis care planning and management. You will be supporting young people who are waiting for interventions from tier 3 CAMHS as part of the duty role as well as those presenting to General Hospitals in crisis.

The team thrives through being supportive to each other in an environment that can be changeable due to service capacity and demand. You will need to be flexible, be able to participate in the shift pattern of the team and have excellent communication skills. In return you will be well supported by experienced clinicians who will help you to develop and flourish in this environment.

All your skills and training will be fully utilised and developed through clinical supervision and training opportunities.
- To support the day to day leadership of a clinical team providing a high quality service within the resources available in a defined area, and specifically to deliver on the following key areas.
- To offer specialist mental health assessments to Young People who present in crisis during the hours of the service.
- This role includes both Community CAMHS Duty and A&E Liaison work on a rotating shift basis covering a 7 day rota.
- Assessment includes care and safety planning, risk assessment and management and facilitating safe discharge. Where clinically indicated to provide a single intervention model to CYP not currently open to CAMHS.
- This role involves liaising with other agencies and professionals and developing ongoing positive working relationships with them to support young people who present in crisis.
- The role aims to reduce the number of presentations and admissions to acute hospitals and to reduce length of stay and facilitate discharge once physical health needs have been addressed.
- You will act as a liaison to acute care colleagues for YP with MH needs that are admitted to A&E or acute paediatric wards and it will be your responsibility to provide specialist mental health assessments and interventions to these young people and to provide advice and consultation on appropriate mental health care planning to support a holistic care and discharge plan (including risk and safety).



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