CAMHS Practitioner, Camden Adolescent Intensive Support Service

Job overview

We are looking for experienced nurses or practitioners with an interest in CAMHS Crisis intervention to join the Camden Adolescent Intensive Support Service (CAISS) working on a Fixed Term Contract

We work with young people aged 12-18 experiencing a mental health crisis living in the Borough of Camden.

A young person accessing CAISS may experience some, if not all of the below:

• Experiencing an acute mental health crisis, or be chronically high risk of harm to themselves or others due their behaviours.
• At risk of a Tier 4 admission without intensive support.
• A history of or currently experiencing an inpatient admission.
• Challenges in engaging with other services.
• Several predisposing and/or precipitating risk factors present in their life.
• Require support with multiple aspects of their life (e.g. school, mental health, familial relationships, substance use etc) and therefore need a flexible, holistic approach.

We use a variety of therapeutic approaches in CAISS and have the capacity to see young people up to 5 times per week if needed. The work we do is often informed by elements of CBT, DBT, systemic psychotherapy, care coordination, nursing models, psychiatry and trauma-informed approaches.

Main duties of the job

Why join us? The benefits of working in our community CAMHS CAISS team include:

• A nurse-led multidisciplinary team that strives for a flattened hierarchy and values everyone’s contributions.
• We offer a comprehensive induction programme when you start working with us to ensure you are fully supported to settle into your new role.
• Strong training and progression opportunities.
• Close working with the wider CAMHS multi-disciplinary team to enable continuity of care to young people, offering exposure to range of CAMHS therapeutic models and interventions.
• You will be joining a well-established team with a record of clinical excellence, having had success at reducing the number of inpatient CAMHS admissions across the borough of Camden consistently since it’s inception.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will assess, implement, and evaluate individual care programmes and may take on the role of Care Co-ordinator for young people on their case load.

The post holder will be responsible for overseeing admissions of Camden patients to Tier 4 services. They will attend Care Programme Approach meetings and liaise between Tiers 3 & 4 to ensure a safe pathway and transition between tiers

To establish and sustain effective links with other mental health workers, both in the community and hospital-based services, thus facilitating continuity of care and co-ordination of services. To facilitate admission when indicated maintaining contact with the client and their family when in hospital and helping them prepare for discharge. To co-ordinate rehabilitative care packages, in conjunction with other professional agencies and networks, prior to discharge from inpatient units back to the community.

Please refer to the Job Description and Person Spec attached to this vacancy for further information.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.