Child and Family Mental Health Specialist

2 weeks ago


Poole, Poole, United Kingdom Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust Full time

About the Role

This is an exciting opportunity to work in the engagement and stabilisation pathway across our community and acute care teams as a Child and Family Social Worker in CAMHS.

As a key member of the multi-disciplinary team, you will work directly with children and families who have a high level of social care needs alongside (and often underpinning) mental health difficulties.

You will work to forge and develop collaborative working relationships with partner agencies to promote high standards of clinical practice when working with all young people and their families/carers.

You will offer advice and guidance on risk and safeguarding to the team, completing assessments of risk and referring to the social care teams where needed.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

You will hold a clinical caseload where you will co-ordinate care planning, and take part in the duty rota where a more immediate response from families or referrers is needed.

Experience of supporting families experiencing acute distress would be highly beneficial. Excellent communication skills will also be a core required skill.

You will work as a core member of the engagement and stabilisation pathway to help families with a high level of social needs and associated emotional distress and difficulty.

You will be a specialist resource for the team on safeguarding risks exploitation, family discord and parent/carer distress.

You will liaise with relevant agencies in the delivery of care to young people and their families.

You will work with colleagues within Child and Family Mental Health Services to ensure delivery of comprehensive packages of care for families with social system needs.

About Us

Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust is a dynamic, forward-looking Trust, running 12 community hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities and a wide range of integrated community and mental health services for a population of almost 800,000 people.

We do things differently here - it's one of the reasons the CQC rated us 'outstanding' in 2019. We strive to empower people to make the most of their lives through our outstanding, joined-up healthcare services.

Our 7,000-strong workforce is at the heart of what we do and our success is a testament to our brilliant people. We're an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be authentic, and we are all encouraged to be the best version of ourselves.



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