CAMHS STaRT Mental Health Practitioner inPortsmouth inPortsmouth PUBLISHED
WED 6 NOV 2024
Additional responsibilities include evaluating service effectiveness, planning and implementing treatment programs, providing professional consultation to external partners, and educating clients and their families about trauma recovery. The role requires documentation of client assessments and intervention responses, participation in multidisciplinary training, and a commitment to high-quality, evidence-based care. The Trust encourages an inclusive recruitment process and is open to discussing flexible working arrangements during the interview.
As a member of the CAMHS Specialist Trauma and Relational Therapies Team you will hold a caseload and undertake specialist evidence-based assessments and therapeutic interventions, for young people, their families/carers as part of the CAMHS STaRT Team in Portsmouth. You will be expected to undertake direct therapeutic work with individuals, families/caregivers and with groups, that demonstrates a high level of skill in supporting the child/young person and their carers/families where severe, complex and often longstanding difficulties relating to trauma are present. This role includes supporting the delivery of our training package, which includes the Trauma Informed Model of Care (TIMOC), Forming Good Attachments and Caring for the Traumatised Child Training, delivered to carers and the professional network. Our service aims to provide Portsmouth children who are cared for evidence-based trauma therapies, with the aim of reducing the intensity and duration of the symptoms of trauma, whilst strengthening attachment relationships, along with several other evidence based mental health treatments.
The successful candidate will work closely with colleagues from other services and agencies to promote joint working.
You will
Actively participate in service evaluation, audit and outcome measurement to ensure that the team delivers high quality evidence-based interventions and will be expected to participate in regular clinical as well as line management supervision.
Assess patients/clients, plan develop/implement/evaluate treatment programmes in partnership with the network around the child.
Work in partnership with clients and carers to enable them to make informed choices about care and treatment.
To be responsible for providing professional consultation to colleagues in social care, foster carers, other clinicians within CAMHS and other agencies/services in the city.
Contribute to effective discharge planning and/or referral processes to health care providers and support agencies to meet identified health needs.
Uses professional curiosity amongst colleagues to advance practice and patient/client care to ensure the provision of positive patient/client outcomes and person-centred care.
Accurately document assessments of patients/clients' health status, diagnosis and response to interventions and treatments on the Trust Clinical Records System.
Educate and provides information to patients/clients/family to improve their knowledge in supporting the recovery of trauma.
To deliver and participate in training to the MDT and other agencies.
About us
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
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