Mental Health Practitioner CAMHS Acute

Job overview

Are you a Nurse, Occupational Therapist, Social Worker or an Arts Therapist (drama, art, music etc.) looking for a new opportunity?

Band 5 Mental Health Practitioner Roles for CAMHS Acute - Urgent Help Service.

You will be involved in an exciting new development of the enhanced crisis / home treatment 7 day a week service, as an alternative to inpatient admission for Children and Young People experiencing acute mental health difficulties.

You will be part of developing the service to give children and young people living in Sussex a more appropriate and integrated range of services to meet their clinical needs. As a practitioner in the team you will have a varied role of duty, assessment for inpatient admission, discharge and offering interventions to young people and families

The aim of the Sussex CAMHS 'hospital at home' is to provide an alternative to admission to support the local network around the young person (aged 12-18) whilst they are in the acute stage of mental health difficulties. You will be part of an MDT with nursing, psychiatry, occupational therapy, family therapy, social worker, mental health practitioners and support workers.

In the development of this new service you will have opportunities for specialist training including in CBT, DBT, and approaches to working with eating needs.

Main duties of the job

We are a friendly and supportive multi-disciplinary team, who are dedicated to providing a high quality service which complements the work done by our wider CAMHS colleagues. As part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust’s commitment to developing Crisis Care for CAMHS and in line with the NHS Long Term Plan, we are developing our CAMHS Crisis care pathway across Sussex, aimed at further meeting the needs of children and young people presenting with acute mental health needs.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To manage a crisis caseload of young people and their families and carers.
• To co-ordinate and deliver individualised care packages / programmes for adolescents and their families and evaluate these programmes, ensuring high standards of practice in accordance with national guidelines and trust policy.
• To develop and maintain therapeutic relationships with young people and their families/carers.
• To work as part of the young persons professional network, keeping them informed of developments, changes in risk status and promoting multi agency collaboration. Liaison with Children's Specialist Services, Educational services, independent sector mental health providers, Social Care and counsellors and any other professional related to the childcare.
• To involve the young person, and as appropriate, their families/carers in delivering programmes of care.
• To be able to assess and manage high-risk adolescent clients in a variety of settings, conducting risk assessments and formulating safety plans

These posts will focus on providing crisis and intensive home treatment, and will be pan Sussex with the need to travel by car essential.

Applicants will need a core professional qualification that is registered with the NMC, Social Work England or HCPC. Applications are welcomed from OT’s, Mental Health Nurses, Social Workers, and Drama/Art/Music Therapists.

Experience in working in CAMHS or in crisis services would be beneficial although not essential.

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.