CAMHS Mental Health Liaison Support Worker
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity to support children and young people (CYP) accessing our medical areas at the hospital, including A&E, paediatrics, and the hospital wards at Lincoln County hospital (LCH) and Pilgrim hospital Boston. (PHB) working shifts across a 24/7 rota.
The roles will be based within the CAMHS crisis teams in North of the county but also working closely with the adults MH Liaison Team and be based with them at night.
You will work closely with CAMHS CCETT staff to ensure a 24-hour service is offered for CYP experiencing a mental health crisis, including phone support out of hours to those on the case load, support to those accessing medical care or emergency care through ULHT or the S136 suite.
Under the supervision of CAMHS CCETT staff and the MH Liaison Practitioners you will support CYP in hospital by spending time with them, supporting them on the wards, implementing safety plans and care plans and care/treatment packages, alongside working with the staff within ULHT to understand the CYP needs.Providing a high standard of clinical care by supporting safe and effective treatment for CYP and families.
Due to the UKVI immigration changes we are no longer able to offer sponsorship for this role. Please provide details of the visa type and expiry date in your application. Failure to provide the required information will result in your application being rejected.
Main duties of the job
To work within the policies, protocols and clinical procedures of Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and to promote competent working practice within an integrated multi-disciplinary team.- To liaise with the registered practitioners, and carry out assigned duties as a member of the multi- disciplinary mental health team.
- To be supported to work on own initiative as necessary and report to the team.
- Promote equality for all patients and understand their health needs and carry out physical health checks when necessary
- Demonstrate an awareness of service user and carer perspectives on the provision of treatment and continuing care.
- Ensure accurate record keeping in accordance with Trust policy.
- Participate regularly in management and clinical supervision sessions.
- Liaise with representatives from associated voluntary and statutory organisations and facilitate good communication processes.
- To work with service users to promote independence, maximising daily living skills.
- Always act in a manner as to promote and safeguard the interests and well-being of patients.
- Actively promote a responsible caring attitude at all times, treating all patients with dignity and respect.
- To report any incident which does not comply with Trust policy regarding incident reporting
- To work flexibly within CAMHS MH liaison team and CCETT service.
Working for our organisation
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,800 staff, and serving a population of over 766,000, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.
You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England, in an area heralded as a fantastic place to live and work. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce.This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of ‘outstanding’ for well-led and ‘good’ overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive.
We’re really proud of this!
We are also leading the way in transforming care, with multi-million-pound transformation of patient environments and radical redesign of community services.
This is the time to join and help redesign our services of the future. We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.
When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:
- Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy
- Competitive annual leave allowance
- Car leasing scheme
- NHS pension scheme
- Free eye tests
- Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme
- Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- • Cavendish Care Certificate or willingness to work towards resourced by LPFT
- • NVQ 3 in Care or equivalent
- • Training in mental health awareness or any other training relevant to this post.
Experience
Essential criteria- • Previous relevant experience working with people with mental health problems at a nursing assistant grade or equivalent within a health and social care setting
- • Knowledge of risk assessment principles
- • Experience in providing support for people in the community or inpatient with mental health needs
- • Experience in providing support for children and young people
- • Experience of working with people with mental health needs in a crisis
Skills
Essential criteria- • Effective communication with service user, other members of the team and outside agencies
- • A patient and empathic approach
- • Clear and accurate clinical note keeping with IT skills
- • Ability to respond to risk and crisis with a calm approach