CAMHS STW Assessment Team PractitionerNHS

Job summary

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Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin (CAMHS STW) are excited to offer a full-time permanent post (09:00-17:00 Monday to Friday)

Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner role with our CAMHS Assessment Team.

This role includes screening referrals within the team's operational framework during a shift co-ordinator role that will be expected one day per week. For the rest of the working week, it will include completing initial mental health assessments for children and young people. Following assessments, you will be attending the multidisciplinary team meetings to identify the most suited outcome/ intervention for the young person based on their needs.

The role will require a good understanding of mental health, assessing and managing risks whilst working within a supportive multidisciplinary team.

Main duties of the job

You will be involved in the delivery of a high standard of Mental Health Care to Children and Young People (CYP's) who have been referred to the service.

• Your role as a shift coordinator will entail screening referrals to establish if they are urgent, crisis, routine or for signposting.
• Taking calls from professionals and parents/ guardians when there are possible concerns around mental health and risks, including safeguarding concerns.
• Work within the guidance of the service wide operational framework alongside the Thrive Model to identify stages of care needs
• You will be required to complete face to face urgent and Routine Mental Health assessments and then discuss the outcome within the daily MDT outcome meeting and identify the most appropriate treatment/ intervention and feed this back to the CYP's and families/ Guardians and professionals involved.
• The documentation that is required within the role is expected to be of a high standard and completed within the correct timeframe as shown in the service's operational framework.
• You will be expected to provide supervision and mentorship to junior colleagues/ students.
• You will be required to work across the Telford and Shrewsbury base

Job description

CAMHS STW Assessment Mental Health Practitioner role is described within the attached job description and person specification.

Please be aware that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency. If you have used AI you must state this in your application.

This post requires a core profession of RMN, SW or OT

Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.

About us

CAMHS STW is going through a period of development, it is an exciting time to come and work with us. If you are unsure about applying for this post and would like to discuss further, please contact;

Emma Rose-Tomlinson (Ops and Quality Lead CAMHS Assessment).

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;

• Supporting your career development and progression
• Excellent NHS Pension scheme
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, milage paid at business rate s
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccinations every year
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)

We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.