CAMHS Crisis Therapeutic Practitioner

Job overview

The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) Therapeutic Practitioner will be responsible for the assessment, risk planning, care planning and providing a therapeutic intervention for children and young people up to the age of 18 who are experiencing a Mental Health crisis with complex needs and are at risk of admission to hospital.

We would particularly welcome applications from Welsh speakers; but even if you don’t speak any Welsh, or want to develop your skills, don’t worry: the health board will support you with training.

Main duties of the job

Provide advice, training, consultation, and formal supervision, to CAMHS Crisis staff, who work with children, young people, and their families/carers with moderate, complex, and severe mental health problems.

The post holder will have a substantial knowledge of the field of child and adolescent mental health and will possess strong engagement skills, the ability to work creatively in relation to young people and their families presenting in crisis and work effectively with complex multi-agency networks.

To organise and chair multi-agency and multi-professional meetings with complex case management when appropriate.

To assume line management responsibility, manage the multidisciplinary team and resources and co-ordinate the team to provide an integrated service provision.

To allocate, delegate and overview the day-to-day work of the team, ensuring that it is allocated to appropriate staff in line with their experience, skill and discipline.

To organise and plan the smooth running of the team through team meetings, information sharing, consultation, and mutual support.

To undertake individual staff reviews to enable the setting of Personal Development Plans annually and ensure on going professional Development.

To contribute to the education, training and development of the team in identifying learning needs, organising training, ensuring regular updating of knowledge and skills development.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac