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Senior CAMHS HTT Mental Health Practitioner

306 North London NHS Foundation Trust, City of Westminster

Senior CAMHS HTT Mental Health Practitioner

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306 North London NHS Foundation Trust, City of Westminster

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

, 31 Dec | Get your application in now before you're too late!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 6883294a25244b1bb8dd7eab708b7b39

Full Job Description

  • The post-holder will be expected to deliver flexible, high-frequency, evidence based crisis interventions such as ongoing mental health assessments, risk assessments, safety planning and problem solving in a collaborative fashion.
  • Provide a clear, evidence based clinical perspective within the multi-disciplinary team and to referring agencies and external professionals.
  • Be able to provide clinical consultation and liaison when appropriate and establish working clinical formulation through regular Multi-Disciplinary Team discussions.
  • Help to deliver a service specialising in the care and treatment of children and young people with a range of complex mental health problems and disorders, requiring a crisis response and a period of safe stabilisation out in the community.
  • Assess, plan, deliver and evaluate the provision of specialist child mental health interventions across a range of care provision to meet the needs of individuals, groups of individuals and families requiring intensive Home Treatment support.
  • To focus on providing evidence based psychological interventions to young people who are suffering from serious mental illness, via a range of venues.
  • Conduct appropriate specialist assessments of children, young people and their families/carers, evaluating the results and offering a range of therapeutic interventions as appropriate to the presenting clinical need., We are an organisation that is passionate about equality, diversity and inclusion; one that prides itself in developing the leadership capabilities of its employees, looking after their health and wellbeing, creating safe spaces for staff to speak up and providing opportunities to mentor and be mentored. Our employees are the reason for delivering Good CQC ratings, excellent outcomes and outstanding patient experiences, so it is our aim to create a happy and healthy working environment where you can thrive and succeed., Demonstrate respect for all team members, maximising potential through the diverse roles within the team.
  • Attend team meetings as required and to attend meetings outside the team on occasions.
  • Liaison with other teams and services to ensure that quality and timely services are delivered.
  • Work closely with other team members to ensure that care is delivered to the highest standards.
  • Maintain appropriate client confidentiality at all times, with reference to information sharing agreements using CPA and public protection principles.
  • Communicate clearly and concisely in both written and verbal forms, taking into account the ethical, professional and legal aspects of documentation. Document all aspects of care, including care provision and communication with relevant others.
  • Use appropriate methods of communication for addressing client, staff and management issues.
  • Provide information, education and support to family members, carers and other professionals.

    An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the North Central London CAMHS Home Treatment Team (NCL HTT) as a Senior Mental Health Practitioner. This is role is suitable for someone who is passionate about providing high quality mental health care to support young people and their families in times of crisis, who has established and accredited skills, post -registration, and who is able to adapt to crisis situations as and when they arise. The successful candidate will be expected to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and will also need to be skilled at multi-agency working.
    • The NCL Home Treatment Team is a new service delivering high quality co-ordinated care to young people aged 13 up to 18th birthday and their families in mental health crisis across the London Boroughs of Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey and Islington. The service provides 12 weeks of intensive evidence-based support to prevent admission or facilitate safe early discharge from Tier 4 inpatient units. The team works in close collaboration with CAMHS Assertive Outreach Teams, Tier 4 inpatient units, local authorities, and emergency services. The post holder will work shifts to cover the service hours - 09:00-20:00 weekdays and 12pm-8pm weekends. The role primarily entails providing therapeutic assessments and brief interventions to children, young people and their families referred to the service.

    Barnet Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust provides local, regional and national award-winning healthcare services. We have more than 3.300 staff working out of 20 main sites serving a population of 1.2 million people. We provide community health services and mental health services for young people, adults and older people. Our North London Forensic Service treats and cares for people in the criminal justice system who have mental health conditions. We also provide one of the largest eating disorders services in England, as well as drug and alcohol services.

    Thank you for your interest for the North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT), it is an exciting time to join us and being part of our journey to improve mental health care across North London and deliver excellent services to our local people. We will achieve this through the North London Way, as we: + Collaborate at every level by living our Values to create the right conditions for us all to work together. + Develop our new Trust culture, to help make our new Trust a great place to work and to receive great care. + Empower our teams to lead the planned improvements in our services, by skilling them and giving them the tools to make the changes. + Focus on delivering excellence at every level to improve our performance and ensure consistently high-quality care across all our services. + Ensure that research, Quality Improvement, and technology lead the way and are embedded in our services. + Take a trauma informed approach to everything we do We proactively welcome diversity in our workforce and pride ourselves on being an inclusive employer. We aim to recruit from our local communities and provide opportunities to all including apprenticeships, veterans, care leavers and more. The North London Way to deliver, Better Mental Health, Better Lives, Better Communities. Our trust website is: https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk

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