About the Company
Our client is committed to providing high-quality healthcare services. Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve through effective and compassionate care.
About the Role
The purpose of this role is to provide assessment and therapeutic intervention and/or specific evidence-based therapies to children and young people with mental health problems and significant mental health disorders. The role also involves supporting parents, carers, and front-line professionals in understanding and supporting the child/young person by providing education, advice, and direction on how to manage the condition.
Responsibilities
* To provide initial, detailed and specific mental health assessments with children and young people referred to the service and/or specific therapies to children and young people as indicated.
* To provide direct and indirect work for children/young people with severe mental health disorders.
* To participate in parent, foster carer, adoptive parent, and kinship carer support and training groups where indicated.
* To provide clinical assessment and therapeutic intervention/therapy in conjunction with wider CAMH Services where appropriate.
* To provide risk assessment of a range of potentially harmful behaviours and factors related to mental health disorders or deliberate self-harm.
* To provide urgent and emergency assessments for young people and involving Tier 4 services if appropriate.
* To provide acute intervention where emergency situations arise in relation to children receiving support from specialist CAMHS.
* To promote effective working relationships within the multi-disciplinary team by working collaboratively and jointly with other team members and professionals from other agencies.
* To provide advice, consultation, and supervision for support staff in school and community settings where appropriate.
* To participate in clinical discussion and case review with colleagues.
* To effectively manage caseload and develop therapeutic programme and practice including necessary administration.
* To promote evidence-based practice by applying clinically relevant research and/or teaching of students and multi-agency groups.
* To provide direct line management for junior clinical staff working within the CAMH service where appropriate.
* To provide clinical supervision for assistant mental health practitioners where employed.
* To participate in clinical audit activity and collect clinical activity data for the CAMH service.
* To complete and keep up to date all information contained within the client documentation adopted by the service as appropriate to the involvement in a case.
* To assist in the development of interagency/integrated care pathways for children and young people.
* To participate in team meetings and attend service development meetings where appropriate.
* To be involved in ongoing service improvement through consultation with service users and their families/carers and other professionals.
* To offer scheduled consultation to multi-agency colleagues on a regular basis.
* To provide intervention/prevention package and training to young people in dealing with emotional health issues.
Qualifications
Registered Health Professional: All employees of our client who are required to register with a professional body, to enable them to practice within their profession, are required to comply with their code of conduct and requirements of their professional registration. As Mental Health Practitioners/Child Therapists, registration with a range of professional bodies will be considered but registration with a recognised regulatory body is required.
Required Skills
* Competence: You are responsible for limiting your actions to those that you feel competent to undertake. If you have any doubts about your competence during the course of your duties you should immediately speak to your line manager/supervisor.
* Supervision: Supervision will be provided through an agreed contract with a senior practitioner or Clinical Psychologist. Other requirements should be negotiated through your line manager.
* Risk Management: It is a standard element of the role and responsibility of all staff that they fulfil a proactive role towards the management of risk in all of their actions. This entails the risk assessment of all situations, the taking of appropriate actions and reporting of all incidents, near misses and hazards.
* Health and Safety Requirements: All employees of the Trust have a statutory duty of care for their own personal safety and that of others who may be affected by their acts or omissions. Employees are required to co-operate with management to enable the health board to meet its own legal duties and to report any hazardous situations or defective equipment.
* Flexibility Statement: The content of this Job Description represents an outline of the post only and is therefore not a final list of duties and responsibilities. The Job Description is therefore intended to be flexible and is subject to review and amendment in the light of changing circumstances, following consultation with the post holder.
* Confidentiality: All employees of the Trust are required to maintain the confidentiality of members of the public and members of staff.
* Record keeping: All employees are responsible for ensuring Departmental and Health Board Records are created and maintained in accordance with Trust Policy.
Pay range and compensation package
Details regarding the pay range or salary or compensation will be provided during the interview process.
Equal Opportunity Statement
Our client is committed to diversity and inclusivity in the workplace. We encourage applications from all qualified individuals regardless of race, gender, age, sexual orientation, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.