This Band 6 CAMHS Practitioner post sits in the Getting Advice Pathway Team of the Doncaster CAMHS Service, run by Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust. The practitioner joins a multi-disciplinary team that carries out assessments, evidence-based interventions and advice for professionals, parents and young people. The role suits someone who works autonomously with a complex caseload, across multi-agency settings and within a children's safeguarding framework. Current registration as a nurse, occupational therapist or social worker is required.
What the job involves
- Complete assessments of children, young people and families
- Deliver evidence-based interventions
- Provide advice and support to professionals, parents and young people
- Provide person-centred assessment, care planning, implementation and evaluation
- Undertake risk assessments and agree plans with young people, families and other agencies
- Manage and prioritise a complex caseload, working autonomously
- Work within a children and young people's safeguarding framework
- Work as part of a multi-disciplinary, multi-agency team
Qualifications
- Professional nursing, occupational therapy or social work qualification
Registration & licences
- Current registration as a nurse (NMC), occupational therapist (HCPC) or social worker (Social Work England)
Experience
- Post-qualification experience with young people with complex mental health needs and with children and families
- Managing and prioritising a complex caseload
- Multi-disciplinary working
- Advanced level of practice with demonstrable professional autonomy
- Person-centred assessment, care planning and risk assessment with young people, families and agencies
Skills & knowledge
- Child and adolescent mental health theory and practice, with awareness of key drivers in the field
- Clinical decision-making on ongoing care using clinical and risk factors, with strong clinical reasoning and treatment selection
- Problem solving, planning, organisation and time management, delivering to deadlines under pressure
- Effective communication with all disciplines and agencies
- Understanding of confidentiality, risk management, clinical governance, audit and research principles
- Knowledge of child protection and safeguarding policy, reporting concerns and taking part in case conferences
Other
- Supporting change and improvement, motivating colleagues and acting as a role model
- Providing clinical supervision
- IT literacy in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, email and internet
Nice to have
- Specialist qualification in CBT, FT or other appropriate therapy
- Degree or equivalent
- Qualification or formal training in clinical supervisionPlanning and delivering presentations and training to groups
- Experience of comprehensive family work in a child and family setting
- Wider NHS and social care policy
- Research, audit and quality improvement methodologies
- Understanding of assessing children suspected of having ADHD or ASD
What’s offered
- Well-established preceptorship programme
- Clinical, safeguarding and managerial supervision
- Talent management programme
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
