CAMHS Nurse/OT/Social Worker

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic qualified nurse, occupational therapist, or social worker to join Bromley CAMHS. The post-holder will provide high quality specialist assessments, consultations, and evidence based therapeutic interventions for children and young people presenting with severe mental health difficulties.

The post holder must be a good team worker and be able to lead in areas of clinical practice and development and will be responsible for working independently and managing a caseload of young people, ensuring safe and effective clinical practices.

The post holder will work within the multi-disciplinary team developing a mentalisation-based approach to working with adolescents with complex mental health presentations.

Main duties of the job

• To co-ordinate and deliver individualised care packages / programmes for children and young people and evaluate these programmes, ensuring high standards of practice in accordance with national guidelines and trust policy.
• To provide specialist mental health advice and consultation
• To engage therapeutically with young people and their carers in a variety of settings.
• To be able to plan and facilitate appropriate therapeutic intervention including group work for the specialist client group and their families and carers.
• To be able to assess and manage risk in children and young people and to do this on an on-going basis within the role as care coordinator.
• To communicate risks effectively and appropriately under difficult circumstances to medical staff, other professionals and families involved in the care of the client.
• To act as an autonomous practitioner with an understanding of own limitations and recognition of when to seek support.
• To work closely with school based, social care, youth justice, and community health professionals, carrying out joint assessments when appropriate.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To care co-ordinate and manage a defined caseload of children and young people presenting with emotional health and wellbeing difficulties in the community.
• To co-ordinate and deliver individualised care packages / programmes for children and young people and evaluate these programmes, ensuring high standards of practice in accordance with national guidelines and trust policy.
• To be able to assess and manage risk in children and young people and to do this on an on-going basis within the role as care coordinator.
• To provide specialist mental health advice, consultation to school based and community staff.
• To mentor students or support in training less experienced members of the discipline.
• To engage therapeutically with clients and their carers in a variety of settings as appropriate to the needs of the client and to be able to assess the risk of working in particular areas.
• To be able to plan and facilitate appropriate therapeutic intervention including group work for the specialist client group and their families and carers.
• To communicate risks effectively and appropriately under difficult circumstances to medical staff, other professionals and families involved in the care of the client.

Clinical

• To demonstrate the ability to work as an autonomous specialist practitioner in relation to the specialist area and in clinic which will include the reading and recording of the clinical observations of each child and the ongoing assessment of the effectiveness of treatment packages.
• To carry own caseload and take responsibility for the assessment, planning and evaluation of care for clients in the specialist area.
• To take case management responsibilities when appropriate in clinical meetings, giving clear clinical advice regarding assessment, risk assessment, formulation and treatment of identified clients.
• To recognise responsibility and act according to Trust and national guidelines in safeguarding children and adults.
• To demonstrate the ability to teach in informal and formal settings, e.g. carers at home, students on specialist placement
• To respond to the needs of clients and their carers in an honest, non-judgemental and open manner, which respects the rights of individuals and groups.
• To demonstrate a commitment to equal opportunities for all people.
• To understand the impact of social & cultural diversity on patients’ and carers’ needs and on their experiences of mental illness and mental health services.
• To respond to the diverse needs of the specialist client group and their carers sensitively with regard for age, developmental stage, gender, ethnicity, religion, disability and the need for their privacy and dignity
• To understand the rights of clients and carers and to assist them in exercising those rights, where appropriate.
• To have knowledge of appropriate legislation and its relevance to the specialist area.
• To take responsibility for the decision to discharge clients from care when agreed treatment programmes have been completed.
• To participate in individual and group supervision with colleagues in the specialist areas.
• To ensure that documentation is up to date, clear, concise, comprehensive and complies with Trust and national record keeping standards.
• To take responsibility to record own supervision in case notes or in supervision records in order to be able to reflect on the supervision process.