Senior Camhs SPA Practitioner

Due to further investment received into children’s mental health services, we have an exciting opportunity available within our CAMHS Single Point of Access team (CAMHS SPA).

Our CAMHS SPA is a new development that provides a single point of access for children and families accessing our mental health services across our South Staffordshire localities. This service aims to process, assess and determine the mental health needs of children and young people (CYP) to ensure their needs are met with the correct service provision through liaison and multi-agency working.

The SPA is first point of clinical contact for CYP, families and referrers and offers consultation and advice prior to referral and during the triage phase.

The SPA is a multi-disciplinary team with strong links to wider CYP Mental Health, Health and Social Care services.

Our service is developing to consult with our colleagues across Health, Education and Social Care, working with our partners across South Staffordshire and neighbouring areas, to promote preventative support and develop ease of access to all services within our areas.

The CAMHS SPA is part of the Children and Families Single Point of Access (CaFSPA). The CaFSPA is currently in phase 1 of this new service development, with plans for this to grow and merge with wider children’s services to create a ‘front door’ service that will ensure our children and families journeys begin in the right place and allow for smoother transition around services.
- To be a lead specialist Mental Health practitioner within the SPA
- Undertaking timely mental health triage assessments for young people referred through the single point of access.
- Be competent in the assessment and risk management, Work collaboratively across the Children and families Care Group and partnership agencies.
- Continually delivering and maintaining high standards of service provision that is evidence based and in line with recognised best practice.
- Building trusting and positive therapeutic relationships to ensure young people and families involvement during the assessment and treatment process.
- Participating and leading in joint complex triage assessments with other disciplines and other agencies as required. This would include ability to professionally challenge where appropriate to ensure the YP’s needs are met in an effective and timely manner.
- Chairing and co-ordinating the MDT meetings as delegated.
- Providing consultation, liaison and specialist advice to other professionals, agencies and services.
- Form strong links and relationships with specialist mental health teams and other services linked to SPA.
- Assisting in the development and delivery of child mental health related training programmes. Developing and maintaining positive working relationships with all internal and external partners and stakeholders.
- Taking responsibility for your own continuous professional registration and professional development, ensuring you remain up to date with all mandatory training requirements.

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;
Supporting your career development and progression

Excellent NHS Pension scheme

Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave

Options for flexible working

Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave

Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources

If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients

Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate

Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, milage paid at business rate s

Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k

Free car parking at all trust sites

Free flu vaccinations every year

Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)

And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.

For further information about this role please contact Hannah Taylor