Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Mental Health Practitioner - CYP CAMHS Crisis
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Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin (CAMHS STW)
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.
Role Overview
This role includes screening referrals within the team's operational framework during a shift coordinator 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.
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The role will require a good understanding of mental health, assessing and managing risks whilst working within a supportive multidisciplinary team.
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Main Duties
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Provide supervision and mentorship to junior colleagues/ students.
- Work across the Telford and Shrewsbury base.
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