Mental Health Practitioner Camhs Htt

Are you a Nurse, Occupational Therapist, Social Worker or an Arts Therapist (drama, art, music etc.) looking for a new opportunity?

Exciting new opportunities in Sussex CAMHS Home Treatment Team.

Our service is further developing to meet the needs of young people and families in the community, with opportunities for Band 5 mental health practitioners. We are seeking to recruit passionate, enthusiastic and dynamic mental health professionals to join this innovative Sussex CAMHS Home Treatment Team.

We are a friendly and supportive multi-disciplinary team, who are dedicated to providing a high quality service which complements the work done by our wider CAMHS colleagues. As part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust’s commitment to developing Crisis Care for CAMHS and in line with the NHS Long Term Plan, we are developing our CAMHS Crisis care pathway across Sussex, aimed at further meeting the needs of children and young people presenting with acute mental health needs.

The HTT is commissioned by the Sussex Health and Care Partnership (SHCP) to support children, young people and their families within Sussex who are experiencing a period of mental health crisis. The service aims to provide an intensive home treatment care plan with the aim of targeting those young people known to CAMHS and reducing re-presentations to A&E departments, multiple inappropriate admissions to acute general hospitals, and adding to existing packages of care that are being provided by community CAMHS colleagues. In addition, we provide home treatment to young people whose functioning has deteriorated significantly post pandemic.

The roles will cover the whole of the area you have requested to work within so being able to travel across sites is an essential requirement. Some weekend and evening work is essential to enable the service to meet the needs of the children, young people and their families.

To protect the health and safety of our staff/workers, patients, and those attending our sites, we encourage our workforce to get fully vaccinated against COVID

The HTT is commissioned by the Sussex Health and Care Partnership (SHCP) to support children, young people and their families within Sussex who are experiencing a period of mental health crisis. The service aims to provide an intensive home treatment care plan with the aim of targeting those young people known to CAMHS and reducing re-presentations to A&E departments, multiple inappropriate admissions to acute general hospitals, and adding to existing packages of care that are being provided by community CAMHS colleagues. In addition, we provide home treatment to young people whose functioning has deteriorated significantly post pandemic.

The service will work in partnership with local CAMHS teams, adding to care packages for a time limited (up to 16 weeks) period with the aim of crisis resolution through supporting young people and families to maximise coping skills.

These posts will focus on providing intensive home treatment, and will be locality based, linking in with our existing crisis services and local CAMHS teams. The posts will involve the need for some flexibility around working patterns to include some weekend and evening work, and will involve travel across East or West Sussex.

Applicants will need a core professional qualification that is registered with the NMC, Social Work England or HCPC. Applications are welcomed from OT’s, Mental Health Nurses, Social Workers, and Drama/Art/Music Therapists.

Experience in working in CAMHS or in crisis services would be beneficial although not essential.