CAMHS Mental Health Practitioner Crisis and Home Treatment Team

Job Description

The role

Are you an experienced Senior CAMHS clinician looking for a new challenge and opportunity to join a service at a time of exciting change

Are you passionate about providing high quality of care to children and young people in crisis

Would you like to experience life in one of the UK’s most beautiful areas, with exciting cities, charming countryside and magnificent coastlines

We are looking for Band 6 Senior CAMHS Mental Health Practitioners who are passionate about developing and improving the quality of care for young people and children in crisis, to work within our Crisis and Home Treatment Team. The successful candidates will be integrated with the rest of the Torbay CAMHS team, sharing a base within Torquay.You will join our CAMHS team, which is part of Children and Family Health Devon, at an exciting time of change. The successful candidate can also expect to join a warm, friendly and supportive team who strive to provide excellent care. This was recently evidenced and celebrated at The Nursing Times Awards 2018, where we won the category of adolescent mental health services.The Crisis Team’s operational hours are 09.00 – 22.00 (Mon-Fri) and 09.00-17.00 (Sat- Sun and bank holidays) with the team working a variety of shift patterns including long days (dependent on service needs).Our Children and Young People say…“We would like the people who work for Child and Family Health Devon to be understanding, patient and respectful. They should be trustworthy and make us feel safe and comfortable. It is important that they use their skills and experience to listen carefully in a non-patronising and non-judgemental way. When staff are positive and friendly, they help to create an environment that is informal and without pressure”. About you You will be an experienced and qualified CAMHS professional with a core registrable qualification. You will be able to work alongside colleagues in a multi-disciplinary team and develop relationships across agencies to meet the needs of children and families. The ability to adapt communication and intervention style to meet individual need is important and you will have knowledge of child development and child protection procedures.Assessing the mental health and risk of children and young people who are often in crisis and or high levels of distress is a core part of this role. You will be required to work flexibly across a range of clinical, community and home-based settings to meet the needs of the child.You will be responsible for providing therapeutic intervention that is strengths-focused, evidence-based and tailored to meet the needs of the child/young person and their family/carer. Supervision of more junior staff and trainees is expected to be part of your role as you share your skills and knowledge with those around you.Interview date is to be confirmed. About us In this role, employed by Devon Partnership NHS Trust, you will be working for Children and Family Health Devon who have been tasked with catalysing the collaboration and integration across the full health, education, care and voluntary sector to have a long-lasting impact on every child and family’s future health, happiness and aspirations. Children and Family Health Devon is part of an Alliance that is unique and brings together six leading providers of adult and children’s community, acute and mental health services in Devon, along with key voluntary sector organisations and academic partners.This Alliance has designed a system-wide service model to deliver integrated, coordinated support wrapped around the child, young person and family. It builds on our strong relationships across education, health, social care and voluntary sector services in Devon, and, most importantly, it has been developed and refined in partnership with children, young people and their families/carers. Our offer to you Benefits of working at Devon Partnership NHS Trust include:

Commitment to career development

Wide range of leadership development opportunities

Up to 33days of paid leave per year, depending on length of NHS service, includes bank holidays

Generousness pension schemewith employer contributions of up to 14.5% of pensionable pay

NHS pay progression

Good maternity, paternity and adoption leave over and above the statutory minimum requirements

Sick pay up to a maximum of six months full pay and six months half pay

Childcare vouchers–annual savings of up to £1,19

Commitment to flexible working

24/7 free confidential advice and support service

Refer a friend and both earn £500- available for selected posts. Terms and conditions apply.

Freedom to speak up ‘Guardian Service’, enabling you to safely discuss any concerns impacting on patient care

Exclusive health service discounts for NHS staff

Stagecoach–bus transport discounts

Salary sacrifice cycle scheme

Access to free recovery and wellbeing courses

Living here South Devon is famous for its mild climate and wonderful Mediterranean-style coastline. The Torbay area takes in three towns–Torquay,PaigntonandBrixham–with a combined population of 123,000.Known as “the English Riviera“, Torbay isBritain’spremier holiday resort and has over 1.5 million visitors a year. This means there are an array of leisure opportunities–marinas, subtropical public gardens, scenic walks, seafood and international restaurants, theatres, attractions and events.Inland, the countryside is equally picturesque, withDevon’sthatched cottages andDartmoor’sNational Park. And along the South Devon coast, there are further attractive resorts and estuaries. The City of Plymouth is just 35 miles away, while Exeter is 22 miles, with mainline trains links to all major UK cities.