Job summary
37.5 hours per week. This
is an fantastic opportunity within a new role being developed in the CAMHS service.
These Therapeutic Practitioners will
sit between our Early Help Pathway and the Therapies Pathways. They will also
support in step down from the crisis pathway if they do not require require a longer
intervention.
The aim will be to provide 10 to 15 sessions monitored
by using outcome measures and although they will be hosted in Early Help but will
work closely with all the pathways and enable the facilitation of CYP moving seamless
around our pathways.
Our
young people do not fit into boxes or models of therapeutic delivery we hope
these new posts we will attract the type of clinician that will adapt to the
young persons presentation using all their skills. Enabling the CYP to come
into the service and back out again without need to access longer term
interventions.
The
successful applicant will also be supported to undertake additional therapeutic
training depending on the skills they arrive in our service with.
This
role will also undertake line management and caseload management and
supervision responsibilities for junior staff to support their development and the
applicants development.
This role
may not be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route, please
refer to the Direct Gov website for more information with regards to
eligibility.
Main duties of the job
This role will provide 10 to 15 sessions monitored by using outcome measures and although they will be hosted in Early Help but will work closely with all the pathways and enable the facilitation of CYP moving seamless around our pathways.
To work as part of the early help
pathway working closely with Therapies pathway and P-CAP pathway working with children and young people who may present with mental health difficulties.
To
deliver evidence based interventions in a timely manner
Good risk management and assessment skills
If required to
contribute to the early help assessment clinics to ensure that children and
young people access timely assessments and the appropriate targeted
interventions.
If required delivery
of group based, needs led groups within the school and community setting. To
support the delivery of evidence based parenting programmes for children and
young people with mental health issues.
Represent
CAMHS in multi-agency meetings such as EHAT, SEND, CIN meetings or child
protection meetings to co-ordinate and have oversight of mental health element
of a multi-agency plan around a child.
To
function as a member of CAMHS early help pathway taking
appropriate responsibility for the implementation of decisions made by the team.
Ensure
planned interventions are implemented effectively and evaluated using Routine
Outcome Monitoring (ROMS) and minimum date set.
About us
Livewell Southwest is an independent, award-winning social enterprise providing integrated health & social care services for people across Plymouth, South Hams & West Devon, as well as some specialist services for people living in parts of Devon & Cornwall. With teams in community hospitals, GP practices, sports centres, health & wellbeing hubs.
As an organisation with a strong social conscience, we always value being kind, respectful, inclusive, ambitious, responsible and collaborative. Transforming services to make them sustainable, ensuring that we value, support & empower each other.
We are committed to involving the people we care for, families & carers in everything that we do, working towards co-production where we can. Helping us to deliver the right care for people, in the right place & at the right time. By putting people at the centre of what we do, we ensure to support people to lead, healthy independent lives & be the very best at helping people to live well.
Valuing our employees making an investment in their development a priority. We offer:
Protected CPD time for registered staff
Various development pathways and ongoing regular training packages for all staff
Leadership & mentoring programmes
Access & funding for training including Care Certificate, Assistant Practitioners Course & Scholarship Into Nurse Training
A Robust Preceptorship
A bespoke induction programme
Existing members of the NHS Pension Scheme can continue their membership when they join the organisation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To work with children and young people who may
present mental health difficulties
Co-ordination and implementation of
evidence based interventions in a timely manner, in collaboration with the other
clinicians across the CAMHS Pathway.
The postholder will need to have an
awareness, knowledge and understanding of therapeutic principles to inform
their practices and to support in providing interventions, outcomes so
delivery best outcomes for CYP.
Assessments and interventions will
come external to this post and from internal routes.
Providing 15 contacts with young
people and families each week.
To support the delivery of evidence
based group programmes for children and young people with mental health
issues from a portfolio of available CAMHS training
Take a lead in representing CAMHS in multi-agency
meetings such as EHAT, SEND meetings or child protection meetings to
co-ordinate and have oversight of mental health element of a multi-agency
plan around a child.
To function as a member of the CAMHS Early Help Pathway taking appropriate
responsibility for the implementation of decisions made by the pathway.
Ensure planned interventions are implemented
effectively and evaluated using Routine Outcome Monitoring (ROMS)
Maintain standards of care to highest
level within available resources.
To actively participate in line
management with senior and junior members of staff.
To liaise effectively with the other
CAMHS Pathways
To develop and maintain relationships
with providers statutory and non-statutory.
To maintain confidentiality in respect
of the young people at all times.
Communicate clearly with children and
young people, their families and all other health professional groups about
their health problems.
Actively participate in clinical
governance and quality improvement initiatives, e.g. clinical audit, essence
of care or clinical policy development.
Ensure that children and young people
are encouraged to play a part in decision making about the help they need and
how they can access specific interventions.
This is to promote person-centred planning.
Provide Clinical Assessment and
supervision for students.
Knowledge, Training and Experience:
- The post holder will be responsible for updating their own
practice, knowledge and skills within their sphere of practice including
Livewell Southwest mandatory training.
- Knowledge of Policy and legislation.
- Knowledge of Mental Health and Mental Health service delivery.
- Excellent knowledge of the principles of the CYP IAPT programme
and a willingness to undertake training. Consideration of a variety of
therapeutic modalities and information
Analytical and Judgmental Skills:
- Expert ability in receiving information, analysing and formulating
professional judgments.
- The post holder will provide assessment and targeted interventions
focused on Early Help working within the I Thrive model of care to offer
the most appropriate input to the children and young peoples needs.
- Ability to match children and young peoples need with available
skills and resources.
Planning and Organisational Skills:
- To take a lead role in the co-ordination of allocation of work
with the available skill mix utilising, prioritising, negotiation and
delegation.
- Liaise with other services to arrange appointments that both meet
the needs of child or young person and service demands.
Physical Skills:
- Confidence to travel in an urban environment
- Competent key board skills
- Ability to take accurate physical observations i.e. blood
pressure, pulse and temperature.
Responsibilities:
- Take a lead in early
intervention working with targeted response to outcome measures.
Formulate plans for appropriate interventions or to sign post to relevant
services.
- Making appropriate
agreed referrals for longer-term treatment.
- Take a lead role in
clinical decision-making and collaborating with other team members in
the provision of children and young peoples care packages.
- Ensure the on-going
effective use of routine outcome monitoring in line with CAMHS Early
Help Pathway.
- Take a lead role in
the identification of risk and the formulation of risk management plans
within the identified schools..
- Provide education to
children, young people and their families to enhance their knowledge
therefore improving longer-term concordance.
- Promote resilience and
prevention of mental health issues.
- Maintain high standards
of clinical care to children, young people and their families.
- To liaise and work
with other CAMHS Early Help Pathway to ensure the needs of children and
met by the right team, on the right pathway at the right time.
Responsibility for Policy and Service
Development
- Expected to contribute to the development of the CAMHS Early Help Pathway policies including the formulation of
protocols.
- Implement all appropriate National, Livewell Southwest and Local
Home Treatment policies and protocols.
Responsibilities for Human Resources:
- Provide clinical supervision and line management supervision for
junior members of staff.
- Have the ability to challenge staff where the standard falls below
expectations.
- Assist in education programmes provided for junior staff.
- Provide
mentorship for students both formally and informally.
- Participate regularly in recruitment and selection of staff.
- The post holder will behave in a manner that does not bring the Early Help Pathway or Livewell Southwest into disrepute.
Responsibility for Information Resources:
- Responsible for Systm1 contacts and monitor the standard of work
of junior staff.
- Maintain accurate, timely paper and electronic records. Ensure they are kept safely in
accordance with Livewell Southwest policy.
Responsibility for Research and
Development:
- Provide a positive role in clinical audit and service evaluation
to ensure high levels of clinical effectiveness.
Freedom to Act:
- The post holder will be individually accountable for their
practice in accordance with the NMC professional Code of Conduct or HCPC.
- The post holder will actively participate in line management
supervision with the Team Manager of the Early Help Pathway.
- Provide line management for junior staff.
- The post holder will actively participate in clinical supervision
in accordance with Livewell Southwest policy.
- The post holder will actively participate in the Livewell
Southwest appraisal system and provide appraisals for junior staff.
- The post holder will carry out other duties commensurate with the
position as required.
Mental Effort:
- Accurate manual and electronic record keeping whilst coping with
constant interruptions and distraction in the work place for example:
telephone calls and questions from colleagues.
- Constantly deal with sensitive, intricate and complex clinical and
service decisions whilst frequently being required to change from one
activity to another at a third party request, i.e. Telephone or staff
interruption and be able to respond in a positive and constructive
manner to emergency situations.
- Managing to extract information from people with communication
difficulties due to acute distressing mental health problems, often in
noisy or busy environments.
Physical Effort:
- Ability to navigate around large hospital sites, which may involve
using stairs.
- Home visits to multi-occupied buildings, some without lifts.
- Frequent driving to different areas of the city.
- Sitting at a computer terminal for long periods of time.
- May be a necessity to assist in the moving and handling of
patients.
Emotional Effort:
- Ability to deal with children
and young people with emerging mental health disfficulties.
- People who self-harm.
- People who are
presenting in distress or with distressing thoughts and behaviours.
- People who are very
difficult to engage within a therapeutic relationship.
- Ability to cope with
stress generated from the constant changing priorities within the Team.
- Ability to make
clinical decisions to meet the needs of children and young people in the
school/community setting..
Working Conditions:
As this is a
community post, it will involve working in a variety of different environments
and will require the post holder must have the ability to adapt to these
settings. This will also include some hybrid working from home or at other
sites where appropriate.
- Team office
- Revive
- GP surgeries/community settings.
- Schools
- Patients home
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Mental Health Act
- Mental Capacity Act
- Crisis Care Concordat
- CPA
- Clinical Risk Assessment
- Safeguarding Children
- Clinical governance
- Systm1, Care First or other electronic records system.
- eCPA
- Relevant Livewell Southwest policies and procedures
- STORM assessment
Desirable
- Knowledge of common physical health issues that may affect people with a severe and enduring mental health problem.
Qualifications
Essential
- RMN, RSCN or RN(LD) registered with NMC or
- Occupational Therapist/Social Worker (registered with HCPC)
- Mentorship qualification.
- Diploma level specialist training/experience or equivalent
- Further relevant training/courses
- Clinical Supervision training.
- Evidence of completion of statutory and mandatory training.
Experience
Essential
- Post-registration experience of working with people with complex mental ill health within the community
- Experience of working collaboratively with the client and their families/carers.
- Completing complex mental health assessments in a variety of different settings in the community and signposting to relevant services.
- Relapse prevention and Recovery Principles.
- Experience of providing clinical supervision, mentoring and teaching to students and other health professionals.
Desirable
- Experience of working with children and young people.
- Staff appraisal skills.
- Previous experience of working at a Band 6 level or 3 years post registration experience
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Evidence of skills in the following area:
- Ability to prioritise workload
- Robust and positive approach towards risk assessment
- Ability to work effectively under pressure.
- Ability to identify and refer on for unmet need.
- Working effectively with patients who may have a variety of communication difficulties.
- Triaging referrals based on clinical urgency.
- Culturally competent assessment and intervention skills
- Specific therapeutic skills relevant to working with young people and families.
- Consultation skills.
- Self-motivating and able to work on own initiative.
Behavioural Attributes or Competencies
Essential
- Work flexibly in order to respond to service need.
- Positive attitude to change.
- Positive attitude to working within a complex mental health environment
- Committed to developing and improving mental health services
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
Livewell Southwest
Address
200 Mount Gould Road
Mount Gould
Plymouth
Devon
PL4 7PY