Job summary
South Gloucestershire CAMHS Social Care Primary Mental Health Specialist (PMHS)
1.0WTE - 37.5 hours per week.
We are looking for a motivated, qualified and registered professional who has experience of working with children and young people, preferably within a community CAMHS service and/or significant experience within adult mental health services.
South Gloucestershire Local Authority have funded Primary Mental Health Specialist (PMHS) roles to be embedded within their main social care teams. This role is based in theexploitation and central locality social care teamsbased at Badminton Road Council Offices/West Gate Centre in Yate. The role involves outreach work and travel across South Gloucestershire.
Hybrid and flexible working options can be discussed.
We strongly encourage those offered an interview to contact us to answer any queries around the role prior to attending interview.
Main duties of the job
The Primary Mental Health Specialist role is embedded within the LA team and will provide consultation to social care staff about young people with emotional and mental health needs, providing advice and support to upskill professionals to identify mental health needs and appropriately intervene. Some of these young people/families will require assessment and interventions from the post holder and are likely to require an assertive outreach approach to aid engagement. Other young people may be supported into the locality CAMHS team (for example those with eating disorders). The post will also provide training to social care staff and other professional working with children and young people.
You will be welcomed into an established and experienced Primary Mental Health Specialist team within South Gloucestershire and Bristol (including PMHS working in Bristol locality social care teams). You will also access support, training and regular supervision from the South Gloucestershire locality CAMHS team.
South Gloucestershire CAMHS service has radically transformed in recent years. This includes significantly improved waiting times; fantastic team skill mix and opportunities for innovative practice. We also strive to provide compassionate leadership as we recognize the importance of staff well-being. As part of the wider local CAMHS service we are moving towards an I-Thrive approach to ensure our service is more responsive, accessible and effective.
About us
We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust) a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care. We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset. Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.
At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
We welcome potential applicants to make contact to discuss the opportunities of this role
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To upskill and support social staff by providing specialist mental health consultation, training, advice, support, and liaison to staff working with children, young people and their parents/carers.
- To be link between CAMHS and social care services, providing referral information, support and guidance and signposting to appropriate services. To explore and help facilitate access to community CAMHS where access issues are difficult.
- To assess and formulate the mental health, emotional and psychological needs of children and young people who are involved with South Gloucestershire Social Care
- Provide an outreach model and systemic approach to help engage and provide intervention to children, young people and their families. To include, attending multi-agency meetings.
- Provide mental health consultation and reflective sessions to Social Care practitioners
- Provide mental health training to Social Care staff
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To upskill and support social staff by providing specialist mental health consultation, training, advice, support, and liaison to staff working with children, young people and their parents/carers.
- To be link between CAMHS and social care services, providing referral information, support and guidance and signposting to appropriate services. To explore and help facilitate access to community CAMHS where access issues are difficult.
- To assess and formulate the mental health, emotional and psychological needs of children and young people who are involved with South Gloucestershire Social Care
- Provide an outreach model and systemic approach to help engage and provide intervention to children, young people and their families. To include, attending multi-agency meetings.
- Provide mental health consultation and reflective sessions to Social Care practitioners
- Provide mental health training to Social Care staff
Person Specification
Qualification
Essential
- Professional qualification eg Nursing, Social Work, Family Therapy, Arts Therapies, OT, Psychology and Psychotherapy
- Maintenance of appropriate professional registration (HCPC, NMC etc)
- Formal post-graduate level qualification in a relevant field eg CYP-IAPT training, AMHP, CBT, Brief Therapy or can demonstrate an equivalent level of knowledge and expertise
Experience
Essential
- Post qualification of delivering evidence based therapies to young people and families in CAMHS
- Significant post-qualifying clinical experience of working with multiple agencies
- Experience of providing consultation and/or training to professionals
Desirable
- Significant post qualification experience in NHS CAMHS
Skills
Essential
- Ability to work with children, young people and families from a wide range of social, cultural and minority ethnic backgrounds.
- Ability to work autonomously, and organise and prioritise workload
- .Experience of care co-ordinating complex cases
Person Specification
Qualification
Essential
- Professional qualification eg Nursing, Social Work, Family Therapy, Arts Therapies, OT, Psychology and Psychotherapy
- Maintenance of appropriate professional registration (HCPC, NMC etc)
- Formal post-graduate level qualification in a relevant field eg CYP-IAPT training, AMHP, CBT, Brief Therapy or can demonstrate an equivalent level of knowledge and expertise
Experience
Essential
- Post qualification of delivering evidence based therapies to young people and families in CAMHS
- Significant post-qualifying clinical experience of working with multiple agencies
- Experience of providing consultation and/or training to professionals
Desirable
- Significant post qualification experience in NHS CAMHS
Skills
Essential
- Ability to work with children, young people and families from a wide range of social, cultural and minority ethnic backgrounds.
- Ability to work autonomously, and organise and prioritise workload
- .Experience of care co-ordinating complex cases
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
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