CAHMS Family Practitioner

The Bournemouth and Christchurch CAMHS team are looking for a Family Practitioner to join their supportive multi-disciplinary team.

As a Family Practitioner you will provide practical help and support and guidance to children, young people and their families who are receiving treatment in CAMHS. You will assist in the identification of those families who would benefit from receiving support and promote the importance and relevance of the parenting care pathway to families whose child/children display emotionally disrupted behaviours where parenting support would be the key intervention, resulting in promoting their recovery in their community environment.

Experience of working in a clinical role in mental health is essential and you will need to have experience of working therapeutically with children and young people with mental health presentations and their families.

The Family Practitioner role is a part time 30 hours, permanent post. The clinic is currently open from 9-5 Monday to Friday. You must hold a full current UK Driving Licence and discussions around working hours and days can be negotiated.

Main duties of the job

To provide practical help and support where there is evidence of extreme emotionally disrupted behaviours which warrant specific evidence-based parenting programmes.

To encourage parents to recognise their skills and strength as a highly effective strategy in supporting their child/children.

Ensure the highest standards of service are provided; to ensure that services to young people and their carers are delivered and developed accordingly to Trust, Social and Healthcare departmental policies.

We currently provide the following CAMHS services across Dorset:

CAMHS Gateway

6 Community CAMHS teams

10 Bed adolescent inpatient unit

Connections service

Peer specialists working within our community and inpatient team

We are proud to be part of the wider CAMH service in Dorset and all it has achieved in recent years, with its progress and developments being demonstrable. Currently our CAMHS community services are rated Good and our CAMHS inpatient unit is rated as Outstanding. We have been fast tracked by NHSE to deliver New Care Models providing a closer to home crisis home treatment service. We are also part of the national trailblazer to deliver Mental Health Support Teams in schools across a number of sites in Dorset. In addition, NHSE have commissioned Dorset Healthcare to build a new state of the art 8 bed PICU.

At Dorset HealthCare we're on a mission to empower people to make the most of their lives through our outstanding, joined-up healthcare services. We're a dynamic, forward-looking Trust, running 12 community hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities and a wide range of integrated community and mental health services for a population of almost 800,000 people.

We do things differently here - it's one of the reasons the CQC rated us 'outstanding' in 2019. It's also why 95% of patients across our services say they have a good or very good experience of our services and 89% of staff feel they can really make a difference. Whether you're looking to work with us in one of our bustling market towns, vibrant urban locations, thriving seaside spots, or among the rolling hills of Dorset, there are lots of ways you can make a difference in our communities.

Our 7,000-strong workforce is at the heart of what we do and our success is a testament to our brilliant people. We're all about building a workplace for the future, we believe in equal opportunities and we celebrate diversity. We're an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be authentic, and we are all encouraged to be the best version of ourselves.

Working with us you'll be part of a strong team, challenge yourself, build a career, and teach us what we don't know. And you'll be working towards our vision to be better every day through excellence, compassion and expertise in all we do.