CAMHS SPA Family Support Worker

Aims of CAMHS SPA
SPA provides a single point of access for referrals into CAMHS for children and young people who have a Nottinghamshire based GP. The service provides a safe, accountable, and governed process for receiving professional and self-referrals, as well as screening and triaging new referrals to obtain additional contextual informtaion around mental health presentations. In addition, you will need to identify any risk factors and provide minimising risk advice, psychoeducational support and prompt decision making to identify the most appropriate service to meet the presenting needs at the given time. Thereby, enabling, facilitating and recommending the right offer, the right service, at the right time to meet the emotional and mental health presenting needs. This requires close working relationships and understanding of universal services within Nottinghamshire, as well as the specialist CAMHS provision, to enable informed decision making.
Daily structures are in place to meet the demands of SPA through task allocation meetings, multi-disciplinary meetings, referral meetings, as well as designated allocated time within the working day to carry out triage calls and others functionalities of the SPA service.
There is an expectation that the successful applicant will access clinical, managerial, and safeguarding supervision and attend complex case discussions, peer support sessions and share knowledge and training with colleagues within the team., The CAMHS SPA Family Support Worker will work as an integral member of the multidisciplinary SPA Team, offering screening, triage, psychoeducation, harm reduction advice under supervision and containment to children, young people, their family/carers, and other professionals presenting with emotional and mental health difficulties.
You will be experienced in identifying emotional and mental health presentations and have an extensive knowledge around CAMHS provisions, as well as external services, to ensure that the CYP accesses the right pathway, at the right time.
You will work with a variety of agencies including social care, other health agencies, education/schools, acute hospitals, and adult mental health services to ensure a quality service is provided.
You must hold a relevant qualification or have significant CAMHS experience. You will be required to hold a full UK driving licence and have access to a vehicle for business use for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
The role is highly rewarding, but fast paced with many referrals received into the team daily. The job can be demanding so you will be required to be motivated, resilient, and work flexibly to meet service need. Service opening hours are between 8am - 6pm on a rota pattern and on occasion you will be expected to work outside of these hours should need dictate.
Additional Information
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You would be joining an established, supportive, and hardworking team who are passionate about improving the outcomes for the children, young people, and their families/carers. We are looking for a caring, approachable, and confident clinician, who can work independently and under support from the senior clinical team around screening, triaging referrals, gathering additional information, networking, liaising, contributing to MDTs and leading on development areas within the specific role. You will be required to work as part of a team, autonomously, flexibly and within professional boundaries and Trust values to provide a holistic approach and within the THRIVE model of care.

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