Job responsibilities
The
main aim of the 16-25 Pathway is to help young people think about their adult
life as a whole, rather than simply thinking about what services they might be
accessing post-18. The 16-25 Practitioner works with the young person to think
about:
The
16-25 Practitioner works with the young person to think about:
Hopes
and dreams for the future
What
is working well currently
What
is not working well currently
What
is important now
What
is important in the future
Alongside
this they aims to provide:
Signposting
and recommendations for suitable activities and services that are not already
being accessed in relation to young persons goals
Identifying
and mapping out links between professionals involved and ensuring young people
and their families are aware of who is involved and what their role is
Organising
and promoting the use of transition meetings in order to ensure the young
persons needs will be met
Attendance
at meetings relevant to young persons needs to ensure their preferences are
being heard and taken into consideration
Identifying
unmet needs and investigating options to provide additional support for young
people in relation to their goals
The post
holder will work as part of the CAMHS Transition Pathway within CAMHS and
within the Community Mental Health Framework as well as initially supporting
young people who access or are transitioned to Primary Care.
The post
Holder will also consider the mental health needs of those who are leaving care
and collaborate with Local Authority colleagues and the Looked after Children
team to ensure mental health support is available for this cohort.
Direct
clinical work with young people and their families, case holding where indicated.
Consultation
with professionals, colleagues and parent/carers.
The 16-25 practitioner needs to be able to engage and work with
professionals in other services as well as CMHF/ CAMHS, who will provide
clinical consultation. He or she will need to be resilient, articulate and
confident. The
post holder will liaise with the multidisciplinary teams by attending necessary
clinical meetings and will provide verbal and written reports as required. The
post holder will demonstrate knowledge and understanding of relevant protocols
and procedures, including risk assessment, care planning and clinical
governance procedures.
Participate in clinical reviews and
discharge planning and multi-agency meetings as appropriate. To communicate
complex information with clarity and sensitivity to families or carers and to
ensure that information is shared appropriately with other professionals within
the system.
Service Delivery:
To improve the
mental health of the 16-25 age group through the delivery of an integrated
and coordinated system of community based mental health care to children,
young people and their families, providing safe, culturally competent,
effective, cost efficient, timely and accessible services that are in
accordance with national and local priorities and are responsive to the needs
and views of local children, young people and their families.
To support
the delivery of consultation, liaison and training to staff in
Universal/targeted/specialist Services. To also provide clinical input to the
team, delivering practice within best evidence and to the highest possible
standard. The post sits within a multi-agency locality-based team within the
city offering mental health assessment and treatment interventions in line
with NICE Guidelines.
To
contribute to a positive working environment and open learning culture, which
supports high morale and commitment within the Community Mental Health
Pathway promoting wellbeing, personal development and continuous improvement
in the standards of business activities and professional practice.
To work with children/young people/families/adults
and professionals working with them, to reduce the stigma associated with
mental health and contribute to the embedding of a positive message about
maintaining good mental health.
The Mental
Health Practitioner (MHP) will be supported to develop the ability to provide
specialist and autonomous, culturally competent mental health assessment,
formulation of and implementation of specific care plans and review for
children and young people and their families/carers following a request for
involvement. The MHP will have skills
that enable them to communicate that assessment in writing to the referrer
and the General Practitioner. This information may also be required to be
copied to any other relevant parties involved in the young persons care,
with the young persons permission where appropriate.
All Mental Health Practitioners (MHP)
must use an evidence-based approach to develop and implement specialist programs
of intervention to a defined caseload of children and young people. These interventions will be based on a
clear theoretical framework and will take full account of the child or young
persons developmental needs, gender, ethnicity, religion, race, ability and
sexual orientation. The MHP will need to develop their skills and knowledge
enabling them to draw on a range of therapeutic interventions, for example
different psychotherapeutic models, non- verbal therapeutic approaches and
other techniques adapted for use with children and young people. They will also need to develop an extensive
knowledge of the full range of children and family services across all
agencies.
Direct intervention by the MHP is undertaken according to the
competencies of individuals. As a Band 6 clinician the expectation will be
that the clinician takes a lead role in the delivery of the service and
supervise the junior members of the team.
It will be evidence based and informed by a clear theoretical
framework. The MHP will describe the
planned care within a written care plan, review and update, which has been
signed by the child/young person and/or parent/carer.
The post
holder will be expected to draw upon experience and knowledge gained through
training and practice relating to child development, child and adolescent
mental health and adult mental health.
The MHP will
demonstrate effective skills in the assessment and reassessment of risk and
communicate concerns accurately in a timely fashion. This is inclusive of priority assessments
and requires multi-agency responses to risk assessment and risk management
plans.
The MHP will develop skills and
knowledge enabling them to make an autonomous decision about the time of
discharge, and agree with the child, young person and family/carers as well
as multi-agency key partners. Communicate
a summary of the work undertaken and how to sustain improvements made and
include correspondence to General Practitioner.
The MHP is
required to maintain high effective standards in the recording of clinical
observations and actions, risk and risk management including child protection
in health records.
All MHPs
work with families at their homes, education and community settings and at
base as appropriate/required by children/young people and their families.
The MHP will strongly adhere to
culturally competent and anti-discriminatory practice, promote equity of
opportunity and use their professional position to empower others and
challenge power imbalances where they are found to exist.
The MHP will
provide consultation to staff in partner agencies and may be required to
support junior staff in attendance at meetings/ EHAT/CP meetings. Consultation is offered to all
professionals to identify the nature and level of the young persons mental
health need so that an appropriate CAMHS response can be defined and
actioned.
All
MHPs promote the mental health and emotional well-being of children and
young people and those within their service
The MHP will play a major role in encouraging and co-coordinating collaboration
between all agencies by attending multi-agency meetings such as multi-agency
EHAT meetings, child protection case conferences, education reviews etc, to
provide a mental health perspective.
The MHP will be required to have
excellent and effective communication skills, applicable to working both with
young people, young adults, their families and professional systems. Acting as a point of
liaison between specialist CAMHS and universal services to ensure improved
communication and collaboration via a range of different interfaces, forums
and meetings e.g., presenting at meetings within Plymouth.
The post holder will be
required to contribute to the delivery of education and training to
professionals in multi-agency universal services.
Contribute to pathway
development between CAMHS and Adult services and providers.
Maintain a high standard of clinical records and provide them in
a timely manner for inputting onto the electronic records system.
Be available for and make use of clinical
supervision, child protection supervision and operational line management
supervision.
The post holder will need to organise their own
workload under the support of Clinical Pathway Manager.
Co-design/Contribute to the development of team protocols
and clinical practice, proposing changes for discussion.
Chair and participate in team meetings, pre-CAMHS to AMHS, full CAMHS to AMHS MDT discussion, CAMHS Core Meeting, allocation meetings, supervision, reflective practice and external case discussions.
To be aware of and familiar with LWSW policy and
procedure and operate within that e.g., lone working policy.