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Job overview

Do you have a passion for helping young people?

Are you skilled at engaging with young people and their families?

Can you stay calm and confident in busy acute settings?

Are you interested in development opportunities and high-quality training?

If so, we would love to hear from you!

Dorset CAMHS has launched a brand-new Enhanced Support and Liaison team that will operate within the three Acute Hospitals and across the community offering enhanced to support to young people and their families in time of crisis. This service will provide comprehensive Mental Health assessments and short-term crisis interventions to support young people who are in crisis and to enable and empower them to a place of stability.

This new team already has an excellent, experienced and skilled workforce of practitioners and clinical managers, and we would love for new energetic, passionate and experienced staff to join us as we expand to build a well-supported, clinically skilled team across Dorset.

We are investing heavily in a comprehensive training package to ensure that all staff have the tools they need to operate safely and confidently with our young people. Whilst experience working with young people is a requirement, the training to assess, manage and treat those in crisis will be part of the induction to this team, alongside excellent supervision from our team of clinical and operational managers.

Main duties of the job

To offer high quality mental health assessments and clinical formulations for young people and families referred from a variety of settings, both in acute hospital settings and in the community. Ensuring high standards of clinical practice when working with all young people and their families/carers.

To liaise with relevant agencies in the delivery of care to young people and their families.

To provide evidence-based therapeutic interventions to children, young people and their families, who are under the Enhanced Support and Liaison Team.

To work with colleagues within Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services to ensure delivery of comprehensive packages of care. Make recommendations relating to the admission and discharge of patients based on analysis of presenting problems under supervision.

This role would be predominantly focused on working with young people in the community across Dorset. We support flexible working where possible, and the role can incorporate a hybrid of home working and site working across Dorset as well as the three acute Hospitals.

The service operates from 8am to 9pm, 7 days a week so there is scope for weekend working and enhancements, longer but fewer working days through the week as well as early or late shifts.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For the main duties and responsibilities for this role please read the attached job description and person specification. When completing your application please ensure your supporting statement reflects the criteria set out in these documents by showing how your experience and skills apply to this post.

As part of our vision to have a skilled, diverse and caring workforce, Dorset HealthCare offers support for people getting into work. We offer an employability service to support individuals with application writing, interview skills and other employment support. If you would like or know of anyone who would value this support, please do contact [email protected]