Job summary
Rated Good in their most recent CQC report, Herefordshireand Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust provides a range of servicesacross community hospitals, recovery units and within the wider community. Asone of only six Global Digital Exemplars in Mental Health, the Trust is thecountys main provider of community nursing, therapy, and mental healthservices. From the outskirts of Birmingham to the edge of the Cotswolds, withexcellent road and rail links, Herefordshire and Worcestershire provideopportunities to experience both city and country life
Main duties of the job
1. Behave consistently with the values and beliefs of the organisation and promote these on a day-to-day basis.
Act as a role model to colleagues, always seeking to maintain the highest standards of professionalism.
Use their initiative and take responsibility for themselves and the quality of their work and the service they provide to patients.
Hold continuing responsibility and effective management of the learning disability pathway case load in CAMHS, ensuring recovery focused specialist health interventions are delivered to children and young people with learning disabilities and mental health needs in a multi-disciplinary team.
About us
Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.
Career Progression access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges
Work-life Balance flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave
Opportunity & Access over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want
Job description
Job responsibilities
Assessmentof mental health/behavioural needs and delivery of therapeutic interventionswith young people and their families using approaches such as functional anddevelopmental assessment, Positive Behaviour Support and family/parenting work.
Act as a key worker for an individual caseload.
Facilitate/teacheffective systems to carers/parents to enable the transfer of skills requiredto maintain positive management of behaviours
Deliverconsultation to other professionals and agencies.
Workwith complex individuals and groups to prevent relapse of mental health andbehaviours that challenge.
Supportgeneric CAMHS staff in learning disability related issues.
Reviewand reflect on own practice and performance through effective use ofprofessional and operational supervision and the staff appraisal system.
Person Specification
Experience
Desirable
2. Extensive post-registration experience working with children and young people with learning disabilities and behavioural / mental health needs that challenge services
3. Experience of assessment and delivery of therapeutic interventions with young people with learning disabilities and their families
Qualifications
Desirable
4. Relevant Qualifications
5. Registration with the relevant Registration Body