CAMHS SPOA Practitioner inRochdale inRochdale PUBLISHED
FRI 8 NOV 2024
Pennine Care NHS FT rLpIFIvA
Successful candidates must demonstrate a strong understanding of child and adolescent mental health services, possess excellent risk management skills, and have experience in referral screening and decision-making. Responsibilities also include managing a defined caseload, delivering therapeutic inputs, and providing consultation and training to other professionals on children's emotional health and well-being issues. The practitioner will work closely with multiple agencies to coordinate care plans and advocate for increased awareness of mental health issues among children and young people.
The post holder will work as a member of The Single Point of Access Team for Rochdale CAMHS, being co-located in a busy multidisciplinary office.
As part of the Single Point of Access the post holder will support the team to screen, triage and outcome referrals into Mental Health Services for Children and Adolescents, and manage risk accordingly, consulting with families and professionals.
The post holder will work within the Single Point of Access enabling parents, teachers, education psychology services, school support staff and other professionals across all children's and young people's services to get easy access to signposting, advice, support and urgent care, where necessary.
The successful applicant will be expected to demonstrate excellent understanding of the delivery of the child and adolescent mental health services and be able to manage and assess risk effectively, providing risk support to professionals, children and families
The post holder will also have experience in screening referrals and decision making in terms of appropriate pathways, along with excellent risk management skills.
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To ensure high quality CAMHS assessment of children and families referred to the Tier 3 service.
To deliver therapeutic input to children and young people referred to the team.
To be responsible for and manage a defined caseload and undertake casemanagement responsibilities within the caseload.
To identify and develop strategies to manage risk to the child and others in line with Pennine care and CAMHS procedures and protocols.
To liaise closely with a wide range of agencies regarding individual carepackages and to promote awareness of child and adolescent mental healthissues within these agencies.
Undertake liaison and joint work with other professionals outside of the MDT
To provide consultation and training on a wide range of childrens emotional health and well-being issues to professionals from a range of services including GPs, Early Help and Primacy Care Services, Adult Mental Health Services, Youth Offending Services and Education Services.
To provide urgent mental health advice following triage of referrals into SPOA, inline with Pennine care protocols to both advise other professionals regarding risk and work with them to develop a plan of care for the child
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