CAMHS Practitioner - Southwark CAMHS referrals team | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Do you want to play your part in helping improve the lives of children, young people, and their families? We are seeking an enthusiastic, motivated, and experienced Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) Practitioner interested in working with children and adolescents who present with a range of complex mental health difficulties.
The Southwark CAMHS referrals team is a specialist multi-disciplinary mental health team. The role involves processing referrals on behalf of the assessment in treatment teams in the Southwark CAMHS and redirecting those who do not meet the thresholds for specialist CAMHS.The post-holder will undertake initial psychosocial assessments, risk assessments and contingent planning for children and young people referred to the Southwark CAMHS.
- processing new referrals on behalf of the teams in Southwark CAMHS.
- making meaningful clinical contacts with children, young people, and their families. This contact may include initial psychosocial assessments, listing referrals for fuller assessments and treatment, brief psychoeducational, and in some cases, redirecting the referrals to appropriate services outside of CAMHS.
- liaising with referrers ( GPs , schools, social workers, A&Es, etc)
- working with the MDT in the identification of the right care pathways for the children and young people referred.
- participating in clinical decision meetings.
- participating in their own supervision and supervising junior staff.
- liaising with other agencies as appropriate.
It’s important to us that you valued and appreciated and that are why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer
Some of our benefits are highlighted here:- Generous pay, pensions and leave, we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
- Work life balance, flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.
- Career development, There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes
- Car lease, our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars
- Accommodation, our staff benefits from keyworker housing available which is available on selected sites
- NHS discounts, with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands though Health Service Discounts website. Other benefits include:
- Counselling services
- Wellbeing events
- Long service awards
- Cycle to work scheme
- Season ticket loan
- Childcare vouchers
- Staff restaurants
conducting initial psychosocial assessments , risk assessments and agreeing contingent plans with children and young people
Working in collaboration with supervisor, service user, carers and MDT in assessing needs, planning and implementing care
Taking responsibility for care delivery in a specific area and maintaining a safe therapeutic environment
A good understanding and some experience of the following: Group, individual and family work, multi-disciplinary work, clinical governance and audit and the process of clinical supervision in CAMHS
A good working knowledge of the following: Mental health disorders in children and adolescents
Difficulties common to Looked After Children e.g. attachment difficulties
Key legislation relevant to CAMHS setting: The Children Act 1989, 2004 .All applicants will require a professional training and relevant CAMHS experience in combination with professional registration with one of the following statutory bodies: the Nursing Midwifery Council (NMC) , Health Professional's Council (HPC), Association of Child Psychotherapists (ACP), The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP)ental Health Act 1983, Human Rights Act 1998 and Mental Capacity Act 2005
This advert closes on Monday 7 Oct 2024