Specialist CAMHS Support Worker

at  Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

The post holder will work within Milton Keynes Specialist Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service, providing a quality service to children / young people and their families. ·
To work as part of a team to provide specialist mental health services to children and young people with complex needs, working across boundaries of care, assisting in the assessment process where appropriate and providing short term intervention under the supervision of mental health professionals.
To hold caseloads as allocated by a clinician .

INTERVIEWS FOR THIS POST WILL BE FACE TO FACE, WE CANNOT ACCOMODATE REMOTE INTERVIEWS

Provide emotional ,practical help, advice , short-term intervention to children and families ·
Offering short term evidence based intervention to children and young people.
Working closely with families to develop skills and techniques to manage children and young people who display a mental health disorder and associated challenging behaviour. ·
Taking all necessary precautions to safeguard the health, welfare and safety of patients, staff and families.
Attending regular supervision and support meetings and to develop the role of the team member in a positive and professional manner. ·
Act in a professional manner and as a good role model.
Support of the multi-professional team and encourage effective team working, implementing and maintaining high professional standards within and outside the team.
Participate in the implementation of induction programs for new staff. ·
To promote and maintain good public relations with all agencies e.g. Children’s Social Care and Schools within the community. ·
To be risk aware and participate in a process of dynamic risk assessment, including identifying risks to self, colleagues, patients and the service and actively contributing to an effective risk management plan. ·
Must be willing to visit children and families in a variety of setting.
To maintain clinical records as per trust policy.
Central and North West London (CNWL is committed to providing quality health & social care services, tailored to the needs of individuals, public & private organizations, delivered close to home. Our services are designed to increase well being & provide opportunities for recovery. We want our employees to feel valued, challenged & supported.
Our commitment as an employer & in accordance with the NHS constitution is to provide you with:
Clear roles and responsibilities and a rewarding job so that you can make a difference to patients, their families and carers, and communities.
Personal development, access to appropriate training for your job and line management support to succeed.
Support and opportunities to maintain your health, wellbeing and safety; and an environment free from harassment, bullying or violence.
A good working environment with flexible working opportunities, consistent with the needs of patients and with the way that people live their lives.
Fair treatment that is free from discrimination.
Opportunities to engage in decisions that affect you and the services you provide, individually, through representative organisations and through local partnership working arrangements.
Opportunities to enable you to be empowered to put forward ways to deliver better and safer services for patients and their families. (Reference NHS Constitution January 2009)
This job description is indicative only and the role will be reviewed at least annually as part of the Personal Development Review process to take account of changing needs /development of the service.
The duties listed in this document are non-contractually binding. In addition, these may alter through time, in such instances the post holder will be informed of these and will accommodate as required.
Specific objectives for the post holder will be agreed annually through appraisal.
The Trust/CNWL will not accept behaviour which could be seen as discriminatory, but promotes open decision making. In addition the Trust/CNWL looks to appoint and retain a diverse workforce which reflects the local population.
To meet the evolving needs of the organisation you may also be required to provide cover in other areas following appropriate discussion

Please refer the Job description for details