Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for one experienced Social Worker to join the existing CAMHS Crisis Service and the Home Treatment Team (HTT) in an embedded role within East London NHS Foundation Trust.
The post holders will play an integral role providing support to children, young people and families known to HTT as well as children and young people presenting in mental health Crisis to the East London Acute Hospitals.
Contribute to the multi-disciplinary assessment and intervention for children, young people and their families. Provide multi-disciplinary support including assessment, diagnosis and treatment to CYP with serious mental illness where inpatient admission would otherwise be required or as part of supported discharge. Interventions and support provided by ICCS may be up for up to 12 weeks and include individual work, family work, psychiatric assessment, medication management, psycho-education, work on activities of daily living, multi-agency liaison, collaborative care planning, facilitated integration into community resources - as close to home as possible whilst interventions provided at Crisis are expected to be shorter.
Empower children and young people to recover from mental health crisis.
Main duties of the job
* To effectively triage and accept referrals to the service, liaising with other professionals and providing initial advice as appropriate
* To provide comprehensive mental health and risk assessments of children, young people and their families/carers referred in crisis
* To manage risk by putting in place care plans, safety & coping plans and other risk interventions in a variety of settings, e.g. at home, in the community or in hospital settings
* To provide brief evidence-based crisis interventions to children, young people and families referred to the service, that aim to prevent the need for admission or facilitate safe early discharge from inpatient mental health wards or acute services - including individual and group work
* To engage in assertive outreach work with children/young people and their families where appropriate and inreach work where children/ young people are admitted
* Based on assessments and reports convey sensitive, complex and sometimes unwelcome information to patients and other professionals about risks, both verbally and in written form, and manage this as constructively as possible
* To liaise with and where appropriate participate in joint work with other members of ICCS or other CAMHS clinicians
* To liaise with the child, young person and families' professional network, keeping them informed of developments, changes in risk status and promoting multiagency collaboration
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people\'s lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Essential qualifications and experience
The post holder must be registered as Social Worker with Social Work England.
* An appropriate social work qualification
* Registration with Social Work England
* Education to degree level
* Master\'s degree or equivalent post-qualifying training
* Approved Mental Health Professional training and qualification (or prepared to undertake training within a year of appointment to role)
* Relevant post-qualifying training for social workers
Desirable qualifications
* Other relevant post-qualification training (e.g. CBT, family therapy)
* Best Interest Assessor training
Experience and knowledge
* Substantial post-qualification experience with demonstrable evidence of excellent practice at advanced level
* Extensive knowledge of legislation, statutory guidance, theory, and policy in relation to adult and children\'s social care
* Experience of undertaking assessment focused on personalisation, choice and control, and care planning
* Understanding of and experience of use of personal budgets and direct payments
* Experience of supervising and mentoring others
* Evidence of multidisciplinary and collaborative working
* Evidence of partnership working with service users and carers, demonstrating dignity and respect, particularly in very challenging situations
Communication and analytical skills
* Excellent ability to communicate with a wide range of stakeholders, including service users and carers, other professionals and colleagues, members of other organisations and locally communities - verbally and in writing
* Evidence of successful management of challenging meetings
* Ability to manage highly sensitive information
* Experience of using electronic record systems and ability to produce accurate, appropriate, and timely reports
* Ability to analyse service user and carer information
* Experience of undertaking small scale audits and surveys
Diversity, physical, mental and emotional effort
* Demonstrable ability to work sensitively with diverse needs and environments
* Commitment to anti-discriminatory practice
* Ability to visit and attend meetings at a variety of locations and environments
* PC literate to a standard equivalent to ECDL
* Driver: car owner/driver (if not unable to drive due to a disability)
* Ability to meet deadlines and respond to crises as appropriate
* Flexibility and ability to respond to a variety of tasks and to prioritise own workload
* Ability to manage others and convey information which may be contentious sensitively so that it achieves required improvements and outcomes
* Ability to deal with distressing and sometimes aggressive behaviour of service users, carers, and colleagues
* Experience of working in an integrated health and social care environment
Disclosures and sponsorship
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
Employer details
East London NHS Foundation Trust
Newham CAMHS
385 Barking Road
Newham
E13 8AL
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