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This job description is an outline of the main duties of the post. The post-holder will be required to undertake other duties commensurate with the grade as directed. The content of this post will be reviewed in consultation with the post-holder when necessary and in line with the service developments. To provide highly specialist skills and expertise, facilitating interventions of the highest quality in the field of mental health, including emergency assessments and intensive interventions with children, young people and their families.
To work autonomously and collaboratively within the MDT, providing consultation and teaching for other agencies/professionals. To provider supervision and teaching to all other disciplines within CAMHS and to deputise as agreed for the team leader. To promote safeguarding and the welfare of children and young people. To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility in accordance with the Trust Policies and procedures The post-holder will have highly developed skills in assessing the needs of children and their carers based on the analysis of highly complex facts and situations.
Interventions will be planned based on the assessment information and interpretation of this. The clinical assessment will include gathering appropriate historical information from the child and family, allied to clinical observation of family relationships and mental state of the child and other family members, and obtaining relevant information from other agencies. Offering highly specialist expertise in child and adolescent mental health, ensuring clear documentation in all appropriate case notes and sharing assessments and information with the family and all relevant professionals. To undertake highly specialist initial assessments of young people following acts of serious self-harm and attempted suicide in line with evidence based practice.
To undertake highly specialised risk assessments following referral for presentations requiring urgent mental health or psychiatric assessment and plan relevant interventions. To implement intensive interventions with young people and their families, as relevant to the post-holders main clinical role, i.e. group and individual work, systemic family interventions. This will include analysis, interpretation and evaluation to reformulate plans of care.
The post-holder will provide therapeutic care to emotionally demanding clients in highly emotive situations. The post-holder will develop and maintain therapeutic relationships with children and carers. This will include cases of high complexity which require more specialised levels of assessment and therapeutic skills. As part of multi-disciplinary team, the Senior Mental Health Practitioner will deliver and devise complex packages of care.
Provide individual and family review/follow-up sessions to children, young people or their carers. To take a lead role in setting guidelines and standards that will ensure all young persons identified with complex problems are discharged from Specialist CAMHS with an appropriate package of care from universal services. The post-holder will have skills to communicate highly complex information regarding personal psycho-social problems in an empathic and supportive way using the highest level of interpersonal skills in situations which can be highly emotional and sometimes antagonistic. Service users and families may have difficulty or be reluctant to understand what is communicated to them.
Communicate complex, sensitive or contentious information utilising highly developed interpersonal skills. Take into account issues of confidentiality and the consent of Adults and Young People. Considering and assessing a childs maturity to consent. To work with children, young people (0-18) and their families, liaising with external agencies, e.g.
To deputise for the team leader in his/her absence. The Senior Mental Health Practitioner will take the responsibility in developing, managing and coordinating the supervision systems for the team. The post-holder will support other team members in managing cases, providing joint working where appropriate on specific therapeutic techniques. To manage and coordinate rotas for all disciplines within CAMHS specific to their own area of specialism.
To support the Clinical Governance Lead within the service and participate in the development and maintenance of governance processes, i.e. clinical incident reporting, risk management. Contribute to the induction of new starters in the service. Responsible for first line resolution of complaints in line with Trust policy.
