Job summary
Gloucestershire CAMHS is a large service made up of a number of teams including Core CAMHS who work with children and families with severe to moderate mental health needs, the Outreach Team is a community based service working with children and young people in a mental health crisis to prevent hospital admission and the Young Adults Service is a county wide community service which works with 16-25 year olds to support young people's mental health needs through a goal-based person centred approach.
A new and creative role has arisen in our child and adolescent mental health service for a chance to develop your clinical skills and experience as a Band 5 clinician. We have 2 positions in our Core CAMHS and Outreach teams and we are offering 2-year rotational posts whereby you will spend 8 months in each of our Core CAMHS, Outreach and Young Adults (16-25) teams where you will have a wide range of clinical experiences. This enables you the opportunity to professionally grow and flourish as a CAMHS practitioner through developing your skills in working with young children through to preparing them for adulthood.
You must be able to adapt to different areas of work and working patterns and be flexible in your approach to care (including unsocial hours and be a car driver).
Main duties of the job
- The post holder will work under the supervision of an appropriately experienced and qualified CAMHS Registered Practitioner on the following;
- Providing a range of CAMHS assessment and treatment interventions for children and young people (0-25yrs) with emotional and mental health difficulties as well as those children and young people who have learning disabilities whilst using a think family approach to support family and carers.
- Undertake clinical responsibility for a caseload including meeting all clinical and operational requirements expected of a CAMHS Care Coordinator in line with the Care Programme Approach (CPA).
- Provide CAMHS clinical risk assessments and risk management plans as part of routine clinical work.
- To work through the Core Competency framework under supervision during each rotational placement and attend the preceptorship programme.
- Provide clinical interventions within a multidisciplinary team where expected roles, responsibilities and activity/performance expectations are outlined within a personal (team based) job plan. This job plan will be reviewed at the start of each rotational placement.
- Work flexibly to provide CAMHS interventions within a range of clinical and community settings dependent on client and service need. Situations may demand an unpredictable work pattern and difficult situations as well as the need to balance a range of complex clinical needs.
About us
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
We havein excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust.
The annual NHS Staff Survey gives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust. For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views (58.5%). It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:
- 89.7% believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users;
- 73.3% would recommend the organisation as a place to work;
- 82.4% agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority;
- 76.7% would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative
Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Provide a range of CAMHS assessment and treatment interventions for children and young people (0-18yrs) as well as their families/carers who present with emotional and mental health difficulties as well as those children and young people who have learning disabilities.
- When working in the Young Adult Service you will be expected to provide a range of assessment and treatment interventions for Children and Young People (16-25 yrs).
- Undertake clinical responsibility for a caseload, adhering to risk management and care planning processes in line with Care Programme Approach (CPA) and liaising with Trust and multi-agency partners across Gloucestershire as required.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oProfessional Health or Social Care qualification: RNLD, RMHN, OT,
- oDemonstrate current registration with a regulated professional body/ organisation: Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC),
Desirable
- oEvidence of formal post registration learning
- oTraining/placement within a relevant CAMHS field or skill
LENGTH AND / OR NATURE OF EXPERIENCE
Essential
- oDemonstrable experience of providing clinical interventions within CAMHS or related services and/or adult mental health settings.
- oExperience of clinical case management/care coordination (including clinical risk assessment & management) within a mental health or learning disability setting.
- oExperience of providing personalised care planning to meet mental health or learning disabilities needs
- oExperience of multi-agency collaborative working and joint care planning,
Desirable
- oExperience of delivering evidence based/best practice therapeutic interventions relevant to CAMHS
- oExperience of undertaking Self Harm assessments in children and young people
- oExperience of identifying/escalating safeguarding concerns regarding children and young people
PROFESSIONAL / MANAGERIAL / SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE
Essential
- oDemonstrate profession based clinical reasoning, knowledge, skills and competencies regarding a range of CAMHS therapeutic interventions, including awareness of current best
- oAwareness of childhood developmental theories/stages
- oAwareness of issues related to mental capacity, consent and confidentiality when working with children and young people
- oBasic knowledge of legislation, safeguarding issues and national policies/guidance in relation to mental health issues & learning disability
Desirable
- oAwareness of complex mental health/learning disability issues and therapeutic approaches within adult and/or child mental health/learning disability settings
- oKnowledge of using routine outcome measurements within daily clinical practice
- oKnowledge of key principles and best practice regarding transition of care between services/ agencies
PERSONAL SKILLS ABILITIES AND ATTRIBUTES
Essential
- oCommitment to develop/extend CAMHS related clinical skills as required through reflective practice, CPD opportunities and other initiatives
- oDemonstrate ability to adapt and integrate into different working environments and services as required for a rotational post
- oGood standard of verbal and non-verbal communication skills including empathic and self-awareness skills
- oWith supervision, ability to work flexibly and independently to deliver high quality, safe, effective clinical services
Desirable
- oAbility to undertake all statutory and mandatory training including Positive Behavioural Management (PBM)/Breakaway (subject to Occupational Health clearance)
- oMotivation to contribute to driving service developments/ new ways of working as requested
OTHER REQUIREMENTS
Essential
- oWorking knowledge of Microsoft Office packages e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
- oThis is a community based post and therefore a valid UK driving licence plus the use of own transport for business purposes is essential
- oAbility to work flexible hours/out of hours as requested by CAMHS Management
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Acorn House
Horton Road
Gloucester
GL1 3PX