This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic clinician, with experience working with children and young people, to join our community children and adolescent mental health team on the Isle of Wight. The IOW NHS Trust community CAMHS Team is CQC rated Good, the team is a multidisciplinary team of approximately 40 members of staff who provide services to children and young people on the Island that are experiencing emotional health and wellbeing difficulties.

As part of your job role as an Inreach / Outreach Mental Health Practitioner it is your responsibility to respond to children and young peoples presentations and admissions to hospital due to psychiatric crisis (self harm, suicidal thoughts and attempts, overdoses) with support of the team.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for an experienced clinician in children and young people's mental health, to take up the role in the Inreach Outreach Team to ensure the service continues to deliver good quality, compassionate care. They will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide specialist support and intervention to children, young people and their families within a range of settings including home, the children's ward, Tier 4 mainland placements and other community settings to support recovery and deliver interventions in the least restrictive environment. They will be passionate about ensuring the young person's voice is central to the work they do and work in partnership with families and other agencies to achieve the outcomes desired by the child or young person.

About us

Southern Health is one of the largest NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health and learning disabilities, as well as offering physical health community-based services.

With a workforce of more than 7000 and a footprint that spans more than 200 sites across Hampshire, we're wholeheartedly committed to providing the best possible healthcare, reaching a range of diverse communities, whilst placing patients and staff at the forefront of all our endeavours.

We are currently working closely with other NHS Trusts to integrate all our collective community, mental health, and learning disability services. Our new organisation, to be known as Hampshire and Isle of Wight NHS Foundation Trust, is set to launch in July 2024.

The transformation will happen in staggered stages Hampshire CAMHS, part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust joined Southern Health in February 2024, with Isle of Wight NHS Trust mental health and community services transitioning in early May 2024. The final combination of Southern Health and Solent Trusts is anticipated to occur in July 2024, when the new organisation will be formed.

Our new Trust will continue to cater to the unique needs of different communities, making healthcare across the county more accessible, as well as offering staff more opportunities for career development, training and partnership working.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare in Hampshire.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Professional degree or equivalent qualification and registration in nursing, social work, OT, or other relevant profession with related CAMHS experience
• Past qualifying training in CAMHS or therapeutic approaches with children, young people and families

Desirable

• Training in psychotherapeutic approaches with children and young people
• Training in clinical supervision such as ENB 998 or mentorship and/or equivalent experience and training

Experience

Essential

• Extensive working knowledge of mental health disorders in Children and Adolescents
• Experience of carrying out specialist child and/or adolescent mental health assessments and treatments
• Up to date knowledge of child development / adolescent process and mental health issues
• Experience of multidisciplinary and multiagency working

Desirable

• Knowledge of inpatient therapeutic work, eating disorder programmes, CPA, follow up and recovery modules
• Experience of supervising others
• Intermediate IT and data entry skills

Employer details

Employer name

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St Marys Hospital

Parkhurst Road

Newport

Isle of Wight

PO30 5TG

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348-IOW-4917