Band 7 Primary Mental Health Specialist - BristolNHS

Job summary

An opportunity has arisen for a mental health practitioner skilled and experienced with children, young people and families to take on the role of Band 7 CAMHS Primary Mental Health Specialist located in the Local Authority South Bristol Social Care Team.

As a fully registered CAMHS Specialist in this team you will show excellent clinical, therapeutic, and communication skills with the Bristol South social care teams. You will facilitate and provide mental health assessments of children and young people open to the team and you will lead multi agency meetings and consultations with frontline Social Care staff. You will engage in direct therapeutic work with children and carers/parents and will self-manage a caseload. You will design and deliver presentations and training events for other professionals and carers/parents as required.

If you are keen to improve the outcomes for children and families who are participating in support from our Local Authority South Bristol Social Care team and you meet the application criteria, we look forward to receiving your application.

Right to Work in the UK This position is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants must already hold the legal right to work in the UK at the time of application, as the organisation is unable to support sponsorship for this post.

Main duties of the job

Assess the mental health, emotional and psychological needs of children and young people who are involved with the Social Care.

Provide consultation and training to Social Care team members.

To be a link and a bridge between CAMHS and the Bristol South Social Care teams.

Providing referral guidance, signposting and consultation.

Providing mental health training to the Bristol South Social Care teams.

Job description

Assess mental health need and risks (for example self-harm and serious mental illness) in children and young people and to develop, implement and evaluate therapeutic interventions (including brief interventions).

Offer individual and family therapeutic work, with children, young people and their families.

Provide consultation in multi-agency settings.

Deliver training to professionals/parent/careers.

Work independently and manage own caseload.

Work in multi settings e.g. CAMHS, Social Care, schools.

Contribute to wider CAMHS referral and triage processes.Other DutiesThe postholder may be required to perform duties other than those given in the job description for the post. The particular duties and responsibilities attached to posts may vary from time to time withoutchanging the general character of the duties or the level of responsibilities entailed. Such variations are a common occurrence and would not of themselves justify the re-evaluation of a post. In cases, however, where a permanent and substantial change in the duties and responsibilities of a post occurs, consistent with a higher level of responsibility, then the post would be eligible for re-evaluation.

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About us

We are the lead provider of healthcare for people with serious mental illness, learning disabilities and autism across Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES), Swindon and Wiltshire, and Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.We aim to provide High Quality, Compassionate Care everywhere, every day. This means our services will be safe, clinically effective and provide a positive all round experience for our patients, families and carers. And we believe passionately in treating everyone with kindness, respect and empathy.Key to this is providing a supportive and safe environment for our 4,000 staff where we all feel welcome and able to do the best we can for those we support. Our staff and teams work incredibly hard delivering services across more than 90 locations, covering 2,200 miles, to more than 1.8 million people.At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.