# Specialist CAMHS Practitioner **Company**: Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust **Location**: Bromley **Job type**: temporary **Salary**: £55524.00 to £62652.00 **Category**: Healthcare **Industry**: Healthcare **Apply**: https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9277-26-1189?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/job/specialist-camhs-practitioner-f8f696e7-344/ ## Description A very exciting opportunity has arisen to join our enthusiastic and supportive Bromley CAMHS Generic Team as a Specialist CAMHS Practitioner (Nurse, OT, Social Work). The post holder will offer assessment, formulation and evidence-based intervention for children and young people (CYP) within the Generic pathway. The Generic Team consists of a diverse client group as well as the opportunity to work with a range of clinical presentations. This post offers great potential for the candidate to pursue specialist interests and develop skills, including opportunities for trainings relevant to their field and to contribute to further development of evidence-based pathways for CYP within Bromley CAMHS. **Main duties of the job** - To manage a defined caseload of young people and their families and carers. - To co-ordinate and deliver individualised care packages / programmes for adolescents and their families and evaluate these programmes, ensuring high standards of practice in accordance with national guidelines and trust policy. - To develop and maintain therapeutic relationships with young people and their families/carers. - To liaise with the young person's professional network, keeping them informed of developments, changes in risk status and promoting multi-agency collaboration. - To involve the young person, and where appropriate, their families/carers in delivering programmes of care. - To be able to assess and manage high-risk adolescent clients in a variety of settings, conducting risk assessments and formulating safety plans. - To be an active part of the emergency duty rota weekly, conducting a holistic assessment and developing risk management plans in collaboration with clients who present to A+E in psychiatric emergency. - To communicate these risks often effectively and appropriately under difficult, highly charged and emotional circumstances to medical staff, other professionals and families involved in the care of the client. - To act as an autonomous practitioner with an understanding of own limitations and recognition of when to seek support. - To play an active role in promoting mental health and well-being in young people and their families/carers. - To take responsibility for the organisation and facilitation of multi-agency meetings. - To have analytical and judgement skills to consider the wider implications of decisions made in regard to clients care, taking into account the young person's developmental stage. - To be able to demonstrate the ability to make appropriate decisions under pressure taking into consideration the risks to clients, self and others. - To demonstrate the ability to make appropriate decisions with regard to the confidentiality of clients and their families. - To provide training and consultations in specialist areas to other professionals within the trust and to outside agencies. - To participate in individual and group supervision with colleagues in the specialist areas. - To maintain clinical records in accordance with professional body standards for record keeping and adhere to the NMC Code of Conduct where applicable. - To be aware of the statutory requirements of both the Children Act and Mental Health Act and use these to inform good clinical practice. **Person Specification** - Registration with relevant Professional body (e.g NMC, Social Work England, HCPC). - Experience in a setting where mental health is the primary focus. - Experience of working in a CAMHS setting. - Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate risk/care plans to meet the needs of clients. - Ability to work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team and demonstrate awareness of MDT functioning. - The ability to supervise, teach and develop the skills of students and junior staff as appropriate. - Excellent written & verbal communication skills. For more fresh new jobs, check out [yubhub.co](https://yubhub.co/). ## Skills ### Required - therapeutic relationships - risk assessments - safety plans - multi-agency collaboration - autonomous practice - analytical skills - judgement skills - communication skills - record keeping - Mental Health Act - Children Act ### Nice to have - additional training/development specific to mental health --- Source: [Apply at jobs.nhs.uk](https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9277-26-1189?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)