Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full-time Band 7 Mental Health Practitioner/CAMHS Nurse to join our Crisis Team. The team is part of a supportive and innovative child and adolescent mental health service (CAMHS) in Southampton.

The post holder will be part of the CAMHS multi-disciplinary team delivering short term specialist mental health crisis support for children and young people and their parents/carers to manage a period of mental health crisis.

You will be working alongside an established CAMHS team at an important time in our development. It really is an exciting time to be joining Southampton CAMHS as we push forward with implementing new ways of working in order to best meet the needs of the population we work with. We are looking for a Mental Health Practitioner/CAMHS Nurse who can lead by example and truly engage with service users, colleagues, and stakeholders.

The CAMHS team is a strong and supportive team and has excellent structures to offer regular supervision and support. This is a great opportunity to join our team in Solent NHS Trust Children & Families Service line to support in the delivery of high-quality children's mental health services. We are looking for exceptional individuals with the right attitude, skills and knowledge who share our passion to deliver the best quality care experience for children and their families.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate would be professionally registered and be supported to work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures. We are looking for a professional with significant experience of working with children, young people and their families experiencing mental health and trauma difficulties. Significant senior practitioner/leadership experience within a CAMHS setting would be an advantage. In all cases, you must be able to demonstrate the clinical, consultation and communication skills needed to offer an outstanding service.

The post holder will be part of the CAMHS multi-disciplinary team delivering short term specialist mental health crisis support for children and young people and their parents/carers to manage a period of mental health crisis.

About us

Make a difference with us

If you are looking for somewhere you can make a real difference and are passionate about keeping people safe, well and out of hospital, a career with us may be just what you're looking for. At Solent NHS Trust, we strive to make a difference to the health and wellbeing of our communities.

We are proud to be an organisation which is focused on our people and we welcome people who share our values to come and work with us.

To deliver great care that is safe, simple and easy to access

To be a caring, flexible and supportive place to work

To deliver the best value for money

Our shared values support the development of a strong working culture. They breathe life into our organisation -- guiding and inspiring all of our actions and decisions. They enable us to be better at what we do and create a great place for our staff to work, whilst ensuring we provide the highest quality of care to our patients.

In creating our values, we spent time listening to our employees and members. Based on what people told us, we created our HEART values to reflect the deep belief that we are caring organisation at the centre of our community: Honesty, Everyone counts, Accountable, Respectful, Teamwork.

We are an accredited Real Living Wage employer.

We encourage and support our staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against Covid-19.

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will provide specialist assessments and interventions to children and young people accessing CAMHS West. Participate in the review of clinical policies and guidelines relevant to the area and support and implement changes to practice; liaise with other organisations and professionals to promote communication and good practice; be able to undertake audit activity and supervision to other staff in service area/care group. Have an understanding of psychosocial interventions to include psycho-education, wellness recovery action plans, Delivering with Delivering Well and discharge planning.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Professional qualifications relevant to CAMHS e.g., Registered Nurse, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist
• Degree or equivalent level training relevant to Child and Adolescent Mental Health
• Significant senior practitioner experience in CAMHS setting

Desirable

• Teaching qualification
• Management or training qualification

Experience

Essential

• Post qualifying experience in mental health setting.
• Experience of working with complex children, young people and families, experiencing severe mental health and trauma difficulties
• Supervisory skills -- caseload management and clinical supervision
• Ability to chair and facilitate team and multi-agency meetings
• Experience of multi professional/multi-agency working
• Appraiser of junior staff and/or peers
• Performance Monitoring

Desirable

• Previous experience of recruitment and high-level HR processes
• Experience of managing change
• Business Planning

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