Senior Referral Hub Practitioner - YOUnited (CAMHS)

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.

1. To work as a member of the CPFT YOUnited Team and wider partnership YOUnited Referral Hub, providing screening of referrals, information gathering and consultation to referring agencies, young people and their families and/or carers.

2. To utilise specialist knowledge to make decisions about a child or young persons mental health needs and how their needs would most appropriately be met.

3. To assess clinical risk based on information available and additional information gathered, and to prioritise accordingly.

4. To develop formulation of presenting problems or situations that integrate information from assessments within a coherent framework that draws upon mental health theory and evidence and which incorporates developmental interpersonal, societal, cultural and biological factors.

5. To participate in the prevention and early detection of emotional and mental health difficulties in children and young people referred to the service.

6. To maintain awareness of the resources of the core, neuro-developmental and eating disorders pathways in main Community CAMHS, and the administrative systems for booking appointments in those teams.

7. To work alongside Community CAMHS to ensure that waiting time standards are met.

8. To contribute to the development of systems for managing referrals including screening, filtering, re-directing and expediting referrals as appropriate.

9. To follow the Standard Operating Procedures of the YOUnited Referral Hub team.

10. To network and develop partnerships with CAMH professionals and other professionals within Social Care, Education, Early Help services, General Practitioners, Child Health services, Health Promotion agencies and the Voluntary / Independent sector.

11. To work within the framework of legislation, guidance, policies and procedures relating to the Childrens Act, Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act.

12. To maintain accurate and appropriate records of work undertaken.

13. To ensure that Trust policy in relation to confidentiality and consent is adhered to at all times.

14. To attend training opportunities to enhance professional practice and skill development, in line with professional body requirements.

15. To participate in the CAMHS on-call system as and when required.

16. To work as an integral member of the Assessment Team, providing comprehensive mental health assessments demonstrating the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of data from a variety of sources including, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the clients care, a range of direct work and evidence-based therapeutic intervention. To have the ability to utilize specialist knowledge to make decisions about a child or young persons mental health needs.

17. To participate in the prevention and early detection of emotional and mental health difficulties in children and adolescents referred to the service.

18. To use routine outcome monitoring to inform clinical practice through supervision and care planning.

19. To participate in the teams use of routine outcome monitoring to inform service design across CAMHS.

20. To educate and involve children and young people and family/carers, in their care/support plan and provide opportunities or service users to contribute to assessment and the development of service provision.

21. To maintain accurate and appropriate records of work undertaken.

22. To ensure Trust policy in relation to confidentiality and consent is maintained at all times.

23. To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other professions on aspects of risk assessment and risk management in line with Trust and inter-agency policies and procedures.

24. To communicate, in a highly skilled and sensitive manner, to clients, family carers and others as appropriate, information that may be contentious or highly distressing concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients under their care.

25. To produce reports on clients, in a timely manner, that convey the key findings of a mental health assessment and formulation and treatment outcome in a way that does justice to the complexity of the problems described, but that are understandable to the recipients of the reports, including clients and referrers. To assist in the management of the service caseload.

Education / Qualifications

Essential

• A recorded/registered qualification in one of the following at graduate level: nursing, social work, occupational therapy, arts therapy or within a psychological therapy.

Desirable

• Training in an evidence-based therapeutic intervention recommended by NICE Guidelines relevant to CAMHS, i.e. CBT, IPT, Systemic Therapy.
• Other relevant certificated training
• Evidence of on-going CPD activity

Experience

Essential

• Post-qualification experience in assessment and treatment with children, young people and families. using evidence-based therapeutic intervention.
• Experience of working in a role and setting relevant to CAMHS
• Experience working with systems around the young person, e.g. family, schools.

Desirable

• Worked in a service where agreed targets are in place which demonstrate clinical outcomes
• Experience of managing a clinical caseload
• Experience of multi-agency or multi-disciplinary working
• Experience of working within a multicultural framework
• Experience of triaging CAMHS referrals

Skills & Abilities

Essential

• Advanced interpersonal and verbal and written communication skills
• Skills in conducting clinical risk assessments with young people in crisis
• Skills in at least one recognised therapeutic approach used in CAMH services
• Evidence of ability to exercise a high level of judgement and decision-making
• Evidence of ability to keep clear and accurate clinical records

Desirable

• Ability to teach, train and supervise others.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team
• Good personal organisational skills

Knowledge & Understanding

Essential

• Motivated towards personal and professional development
• Knowledge of a range of clinical conditions typically presenting to CAMH services
• Knowledge of a range of therapeutic modalities used in CAMH services

Desirable

• Sound knowledge of the Trust's and Local Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Awareness of systems of service delivery and pathways in a community CAMHS

Other

Essential

• Recognise people's right to privacy and dignity, treating every person with respect
• Willingness to embrace integrated models and new ways of working
• Willingness to be flexible in approach and attitude
• Ability to work flexible hours if required

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).