CAMHS Response Senior Practitioner

Job Description

About the team:Be part of an innovative team which is vital to our plans to transform Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Tier 4 services across South London. The service will work in collaboration with the South London Partnership (SLP) Crisis service.South London Partnership CAMHS New Models of Care Programme aims to transform services through partnership-working, delivering best practice consistently to support young people and their families. The SLP is a collaboration between Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, and South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.The CAMHS Response Team aims to provide assessments for young people with mental health needs presenting through the CAMHS Crisis Line, Emergency Departments (A&E) or who are on paediatric wards as well as those being seen by Community CAMHS Tier 3 services and presenting with, or at risk of, going into crisis. We aim to provide a range of short-term community-based assessment and treatment options for up to 2 weeks for this group of young people and provide advice and support to parents/carers, in partnership with various internal and external agencies.About the role:We have a vacancy for a Senior CAMHS Crisis Practitioner. This role will focus on leading crisis support of young people, independently carrying out mental health assessments in the local Accident and Emergency department and developing intensive interventions in the community. The CAMHS Response Team is based at The Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, London.This varied role offers excellent opportunities to gain experience and skills in a variety of different settings.The CAMHS Response Team currently operates from 8am to 10 pm. The Senior CAMHS Crisis practitioner will be expected to work shifts within these times including weekends and Bank Holidays.We are looking for a forward-thinking, creative and responsive senior practitioner who has a passion for young person and family-centred care; you will be enthusiastic and resilient and be able to respond to young people’s needs flexibly.Main roles and responsibilities include:Screening of referralsCarrying out mental health crisis assessments independentlyAssessing and managing riskPlanning implementing and evaluating treatment and therapeutic interventionsWorking collaboratively with the team and allied health professionals within the network including Primary Health Care, Social Care and educational establishments.About the location:Our Trust headquarters is located at Denmark Hill less than 5 minutes from the train station (zone 2). We also provide services and operate across other locations, such as London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark; and substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Lambeth, Greenwich and Wandsworth.Benefits:We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close knit team at SLaM. It’s important to us that you valued and appreciated and that are why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offerSome of our benefits are highlighted here:

Generous pay, pensions and leave, we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.

Work life balance, flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.

Career development, There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes

Car lease, our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars

Accommodation, our staff benefits from keyworker housing available which is available on selected sites

NHS discounts, with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands though Health Service Discounts website.

Other benefits include:

Counselling services

Wellbeing events

Long service awards

Cycle to work scheme

Season ticket loan

Childcare vouchers

Staff restaurants

We look forward to receiving your application.For further details / informal visits contact:NameMandy WaitJob titleClinical Service ManagerEmail addressMandy.Wait@slam.nhs.ukTelephone number