Senior Camhs Liaison Practitioner

Job summary hours per weekPlease note: any previousapplicants need not apply.Are you currently a Band 7 practitioner looking for a new challenge, ora Band 6 practitioner looking for the next step in your career?
We have anexciting opportunity to join our developing team of Liaison Practitioners who provideliaison between the local acute Trust and Wakefield CAMHS.Ideally, you will have extensiveexperience working within the field of children's mental health in a healthcare setting, especially managing risk in health settings.As part of this role, you will attendmultiagency meetings where you will represent the service and discuss complexcases as well as liaison with other teams/services both internally and withexternal partners.You must have a professional registration to be able toapply for this post.The service operates between thehours of 8am and 8pm 7 days a week.By joiningour team, you will be able to bring your wealth of knowledge and experience toour service.Calls andvisits to understand the service are recommended and encouraged.For full job description, please see attached supporting documents.All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect patients.
Main duties of the job You will work autonomously within the context ofa multi-disciplinary team approach and undertake specific clinical work withpatients and their families who can often present with a range of complex mental health needs.You will support our partners withinthe acute trust and provide clinical supervision to staff.
The need to workflexibly to support the needs of the service is essential.
In this role youwill also provide training to colleagues across the district.You will work alongside colleagues tosupport young people who are experiencing mental ill health and will draw uponyour extensive clinical knowledge and relevant experience of assessing andmanaging risk within a mental health and community setting.You will need good working relationships withkey professionals, families and young people therefore, excellent communicationand engagement skills are essential.
A commitment to improving service deliveryand developing new ways of supporting the wider team is essential.At the time of advertising, this role does meet the minimum requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK.
We look forward to receiving your application.
About us Weare a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental healthand learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale,Kirklees and Wakefield.
We also provide low and medium secure services and arethe lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.Our mission isto help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do thisby providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time.
We employstaff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make adifference to the lives of service users, families and carers.We encourageand welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we valuediversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.Beinga foundation Trust means were accountable to ourmembers, who can have a say in how were run.
Around 14,300 local people(including staff) are members of our Trust.Joinus and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improvingthe mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet andhelp each year.Weare committedto safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people andvulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share thiscommitment.We do reserve to right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.
Job description Job responsibilities Thisjob description is an outline of the main duties of the post.
The post-holder will be required to undertakeother duties commensurate with the grade as directed.The content of this post will be reviewed in consultation with the post-holderwhen necessary and in line with the service developments.To provide highlyspecialist skills and expertise, facilitating interventions of the highestquality in the field of mental health, including emergency assessments andintensive interventions with children, young people and their families.To work autonomously andcollaboratively within the MDT, providing consultation and teaching for otheragencies & professionals.To provider supervisionand teaching to all other disciplines within CAMHS and to deputise as agreedfor the team leader.To promote safeguardingand the welfare of children and young people.To work autonomously within professional guidelines andexercise responsibility in accordance with the Trust Policies and procedures.Thepost-holder will have highly developed skills in assessing the needs ofchildren and their carers based on the analysis of highly complex facts andsituations.
Interventions will beplanned based on the assessment information and interpretation of this.
The clinical assessment will includegathering appropriate historical information from the child and family, alliedto clinical observation of family relationships and mental state of the childand other family members, and obtaining relevant information from otheragencies.
Offering highly specialistexpertise in child and adolescent mental health, ensuring clear documentationin all appropriate case notes and sharing assessments and information with thefamily and all relevant professionals.To undertake highly specialist initial assessments ofyoung people following acts of serious self-harm and attempted suicide in linewith evidence based practice.To undertake highly specialised risk assessmentsfollowing referral for presentations requiring urgent mental health orpsychiatric assessment and plan relevant interventions.To implement intensive interventions with youngpeople and their families, as relevant to the post-holders main clinical role, group and individual work, systemic family interventions.
This willinclude analysis, interpretation and evaluation to reformulate plans of care.The post-holder will provide therapeutic care toemotionally demanding clients in highly emotive situations.We are aware that an increasing number of applicants are using AI technology to generate responses on NHS Job application reliance on AI-generated content in application forms is strongly discouraged and we will conduct a thorough screening process before selecting candidates to progress to the next stage.
If you are using AI to enhance your application, please disclose this in your NHS Jobs application form.
Person Specification Experience Essential Experience of delivering training to others.
Extensive experience in identified portfolio requirements.
Substantial post qualification experience, some of which must be working with Children, young people and their carers in a mental health or other complex care setting.
Experience of working in different cultural contexts.
Knowledge and experience of working with Equality and Diversity.
Multidisciplinary team working.
Inter-agency liaison and consultation.
Experience of providing highly specialist advice and supervision to other professionals.
Knowledge of relevant legislation and guidance for working with children, young people, mental health and safeguarding.
Evidence of advanced clinical/therapeutic knowledge and skills in mental health.
Extensive experience in assessment and risk management and ability to implement evidence based practice.
Advanced experience of safeguarding children and young people.
Desirable Experience of community settings.
Personal Attributes Essential Able to work autonomously and as part of a team.
Commitment to multi-agency approach/working.
Ability to work and make decisions under pressure.
Calm, confident, innovative, creative and assertive.
Ability to make and lead decisions under pressure/crisis situations.
Willingness to be flexible and adaptable in accordance with changing service priorities.
Commitment to challenging discrimination and improving accessibility of services.
Ability to cope calmly in a crisis.
To demonstrate good self-care and encourage the same in team members.
A Current driving licence and access to a car during the working day is essential (reasonable adjustments will be considered for any applicants who are unable to drive due to a disability).
To have integrity, be honest, open, transparent and respectful.
Qualifications Essential Relevant professional qualification, nursing, or other professional allied to medicine.
Post qualification training in identified portfolio, LD.
LAC, eating disorder.
Dip SW or relevant mental health profession.
A teaching and assessing qualification.
Membership of professional body.
Desirable Post graduate qualification in mental health ( CBT, Family Therapy, Counselling).
Masters Level qualification.
Formal management/supervisory qualification.
Physical Attributes Essential Ability to undertake the duties and demands of the post.
A satisfactory sickness record over the previous 2 years (subject to the need to act with fairness and equality of opportunity, particularly where the sickness is related to a disability and/or pregnancy).
Special Knowledge and Skills Essential Excellent verbal and communication skills.
Ability to manage own caseload and to be a self-reliant and autonomous practitioner.
Excellent negotiation skills, and problem solving skills.
Customer service orientation.
Excellent record keeping and report writing skills to include care planning and risk assessments.
IT skills.